Description
The PPT describes on Stress.
Stress
What is stress?
? Stress is the FEELING of not being able to cope with problems or potential problems in your life ? Stress components:
The situation Your response
? You deal with stress by changing the above stress components.
Concepts
• • All people are not vulnerable to stress in the same way: Human resilience, initiative, and creativity Some people come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigour than they had before Long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, physical and mental strain.
Fight or Flight
• • Stress hurts you by sounding the alarm to mobilize for fight or flight. When you feel you are in danger: Your heart rate speeds up The fats, cholesterol & sugar in the bloodstream increases Stomach secretes more acid Immune system slows down All these changes are a colossal strain Strain is the greatest if the stress you face are numerous severe and persistent Leads to various illness
Stressors
• Things that collectively make up stressful situations – things that happen to you and reinforce your feeling of being unable to cope. • Stressors vary with persons. Common themes: - Abrupt change - Feeling over committed - Feeling under-skilled - Joyless striving • To identify stressors: close look at your life; check factors contributing to stress.
Identifying stress
Need to take time and trouble to identify stress in: - Your job - Your relationships - Your family - Your health - Your finances - Your friends, and All interconnections between them
Identify symptoms
1. 2. You are aware: Insomnia, headache Heart: racing pulse; chest pain Immune system: infection Stomach: appetite; nausea; retching Skin: rashes Psychological: anxiety, depression You are not aware: Vital changes in the body system induced by stressful situation: brain chemistry, circulation, hormones, immune system Through controlling the system you are aware of you can control systems you are not aware of.
Managing stress
• • • 1. 2. • • You cannot eradicate stress; you can only control it. Need to master techniques to make you feel more in control of your stressors and symptoms Two philosophies: Action philosophies: change your life Relaxation philosophies: accept life for what it is Thus there are things you will have to learn how to change; and things you have to learn how to accept To make changes you have to learn: how to take control, be assertive, to achieve a sense of self-mastery To achieve acceptance you have to learn: how to relax, reduce tension, and to reach a state of inner calm Not a question of either / or; you have to do both
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Managing stress
• • • • All problems in life, complex forces pulling you in different directions, can be divided into: Things you can change through action Things you can live with by relaxation You have what it takes to solve problems in your life – you need a framework for more clarity. Be aware of using the appropriate techniques for your problems Equip yourself with a set of techniques
Action techniques
• • • • Allow you to predict and deal with the world around you: Pros: Sense of control Effectiveness of time Applicable at work and home Allow to achieve complex or distant goals Cons: Leads to obsesiveness & dissatisfaction Impatient with what cannot be changed Futile quest for perfection Action techniques help pro-activeness
Relaxation techniques
• • • They teach that happiness and serenity can be reached through a state of inner calm: Accept life as it is Learn to accept slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes Pros: Acceptance of life as it is Reduction of anxiety New kinds of rewards A broader view of the world Cons: Avoidance of change Escapism, avoidance of decision Excuse for inertia
Hardiness
In these days of relentless emotional and psychological pressures: • Survivors use 3 personality types: - They are COMMITTED to what they do - They feel in CONTROL of their lives - They see change as a CHALLENGE rather than a threat • The above three C’s are the ingredients of Psychological Hardiness • Besides hardiness people fight stress through: Social support; Exercise; A strong constitution • A hardy personality is more important than a strong constitution
Hardiness
• Hardy people should be able to face change with confidence and self-determination, and the eagerness of seeing change as an opportunity. In contrast, a less hardy person could feel alienated, threatened, or helpless in the face of any major challenge in the status quo. Stressed but healthy executives were more committed, felt more in control, and had bigger appetites for challenge You can become hardier; the change will come through self-reflection, through learning.
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Benefits of hardiness
• • • • Energizing Relieves tension and anxiety Strengthens the body stress-coping mechanism Clear mind, improve concentration and memory • Contribution to the feeling of exhilaration and physical wellbeing • Improve sleep • Alleviate depression
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The PPT describes on Stress.
Stress
What is stress?
? Stress is the FEELING of not being able to cope with problems or potential problems in your life ? Stress components:
The situation Your response
? You deal with stress by changing the above stress components.
Concepts
• • All people are not vulnerable to stress in the same way: Human resilience, initiative, and creativity Some people come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigour than they had before Long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, physical and mental strain.
Fight or Flight
• • Stress hurts you by sounding the alarm to mobilize for fight or flight. When you feel you are in danger: Your heart rate speeds up The fats, cholesterol & sugar in the bloodstream increases Stomach secretes more acid Immune system slows down All these changes are a colossal strain Strain is the greatest if the stress you face are numerous severe and persistent Leads to various illness
Stressors
• Things that collectively make up stressful situations – things that happen to you and reinforce your feeling of being unable to cope. • Stressors vary with persons. Common themes: - Abrupt change - Feeling over committed - Feeling under-skilled - Joyless striving • To identify stressors: close look at your life; check factors contributing to stress.
Identifying stress
Need to take time and trouble to identify stress in: - Your job - Your relationships - Your family - Your health - Your finances - Your friends, and All interconnections between them
Identify symptoms
1. 2. You are aware: Insomnia, headache Heart: racing pulse; chest pain Immune system: infection Stomach: appetite; nausea; retching Skin: rashes Psychological: anxiety, depression You are not aware: Vital changes in the body system induced by stressful situation: brain chemistry, circulation, hormones, immune system Through controlling the system you are aware of you can control systems you are not aware of.
Managing stress
• • • 1. 2. • • You cannot eradicate stress; you can only control it. Need to master techniques to make you feel more in control of your stressors and symptoms Two philosophies: Action philosophies: change your life Relaxation philosophies: accept life for what it is Thus there are things you will have to learn how to change; and things you have to learn how to accept To make changes you have to learn: how to take control, be assertive, to achieve a sense of self-mastery To achieve acceptance you have to learn: how to relax, reduce tension, and to reach a state of inner calm Not a question of either / or; you have to do both
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•
Managing stress
• • • • All problems in life, complex forces pulling you in different directions, can be divided into: Things you can change through action Things you can live with by relaxation You have what it takes to solve problems in your life – you need a framework for more clarity. Be aware of using the appropriate techniques for your problems Equip yourself with a set of techniques
Action techniques
• • • • Allow you to predict and deal with the world around you: Pros: Sense of control Effectiveness of time Applicable at work and home Allow to achieve complex or distant goals Cons: Leads to obsesiveness & dissatisfaction Impatient with what cannot be changed Futile quest for perfection Action techniques help pro-activeness
Relaxation techniques
• • • They teach that happiness and serenity can be reached through a state of inner calm: Accept life as it is Learn to accept slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes Pros: Acceptance of life as it is Reduction of anxiety New kinds of rewards A broader view of the world Cons: Avoidance of change Escapism, avoidance of decision Excuse for inertia
Hardiness
In these days of relentless emotional and psychological pressures: • Survivors use 3 personality types: - They are COMMITTED to what they do - They feel in CONTROL of their lives - They see change as a CHALLENGE rather than a threat • The above three C’s are the ingredients of Psychological Hardiness • Besides hardiness people fight stress through: Social support; Exercise; A strong constitution • A hardy personality is more important than a strong constitution
Hardiness
• Hardy people should be able to face change with confidence and self-determination, and the eagerness of seeing change as an opportunity. In contrast, a less hardy person could feel alienated, threatened, or helpless in the face of any major challenge in the status quo. Stressed but healthy executives were more committed, felt more in control, and had bigger appetites for challenge You can become hardier; the change will come through self-reflection, through learning.
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Benefits of hardiness
• • • • Energizing Relieves tension and anxiety Strengthens the body stress-coping mechanism Clear mind, improve concentration and memory • Contribution to the feeling of exhilaration and physical wellbeing • Improve sleep • Alleviate depression
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