WHAT IS STRESS WHY STRESS HOW TO RECOGNISE STRESS ( 4 FACTORS ) TYPE OF STRESS CAUSES OF STRESS HOW TO COPE UP ( 4 FACTORS

) PRACTICAL STRESS MANAGEMENT

STRESS
STRESS IS OUR INTERNAL RESPONSE TO A ( DIFFICULT ) SITUATION WE FIND HARD TO MANAGE

GROWTH

PRESSURE

STRESS

4
-ve
Sources of Pressure Coping Mechanisms

PERSONALITY

+ve

FACE

FLIGHT

FREEZE

FIGHT

STRESS CAN BE
SOURCE - DIFFICULT SITUATION

EFFECTS - SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION, CANT COPE UP

CAUSES OF STRESS
PRESSURE DUE TO COMPETITION URBANISATION COMMUTING TO WORK DEMAND FROM JOB/FAMILY AGEING/POLLUTION LIMITATION TO CHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT

A - ANXIETY A - ANGER A - ATTITUTE

TYPE OF STRESS

A?

B?

A
MORE INTENSE DRIVEN IMPATIENT MANY THINGS AT A TIME HEALTH PROBLEMS

B
RELAXED ONE AT A TIME KNOWS HIMSELF

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS..
PHYSICAL REACTION
BRAIN SEND BIOCHEMICAL
MESSAGE THAT TRIGGER THAT TRIGGER ADRENAL GLAND HEADACHE, DIZZINESS

SYMPTOMS

PUPILS DILATE
MOUTH GOES DRY NECK & SHOULDER MUSCLES TENSE BREATHING BECOMES FASTER & SHALLOWER, HEART PUMPS FASTER & B.P RISES LIVER REELEASES STORED SUGAR TO

BLURRED VISION DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING ACHING NECK& BACK ACHE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EXCESS SUGAR IN BLOOD

PROVIDE FUEL FOR QUICK ENERGY

DIGESTION SLOWS DOWN BODY COOLS ITSELF BY PERSPIRATION MUSCLES AT OPENING OF ANUS &

----- INDIGESTION
NAUSEA, ULCERS EXCESS SWEATING, BLUSHING FREQUENT URINATION,

BLADDER ARE RELAXED

DIARRHOEA

 FIRST described by Walter B. Cannon & Hans Selye during 1930s

RESPONSE TO STRESS
SYMPTOMS
PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

SIGNS
PHYSICAL MENTAL EMOTIONAL SOCIAL SPIRITUAL BEHAVIOURAL

PHYSICAL SIGNS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FREQUENT COLDS RINGING IN THE EARS BODY PAIN LOSS OF SEX DRIVE CHANGE IN SLEEP PATTERN HEAD ACHE/MIGRAINE INDIGESTION/LOSS OF APPETITE FREQUENT URINATION SHORTNESS OF BREATH

MENTAL SIGNS
FREQUENT LAPSES OF MEMORY POOR CONCENTRATION DIFFICULTY IN MAKING DECISIONS CONSTANT NEGATIVE SELF TALK CONFUSION & POOR JUDGEMENT PESSIMISM SUICIDAL THOUGHTS DISORIENTATION PANIC ATTACKS

EMOTIONAL SIGNS
RAPID MOOD SWINGS, IMPATENCE & IRRITABILITY FITS OF RAGE/ANGER ANXIETY ATTACKS DEPRESSION WORRY FEELINGS OF DESPAIR BURSTS OF TEARS NERVOUS LAUGHTER DETERIORATION IN PERSONAL HYGIENE AND APPEARANCE

SOCIAL SIGNS
ISOLATION LONELINESS INTOLERANCE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IRRITABILITY TOWARDS PEOPLE

SPIRITUAL SIGNS
FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS LOSS OF FORGIVENESS LOSS OF DIRECTION HOSTILITY HOPELESSNESS GUILT FEELINGS

STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ASTHMA DIABETES ULCERS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS SKIN COMPLAINTS HEADACHES & MIGRAINES PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) DEPRESSION

PRACTICAL STRESS MANAGEMENT

WORRIED LET DOWN REJECTED ANGRY TENSE TIRED ANXIETY

HOW TO COPE UP?

PHYSICAL DEFENCE MENTAL DEFENCE SOCIAL SUPPORT FALSE FRIENDS

PHYSICAL DEFENCE
SLEEP DIET EXERCISES

MENTAL DEFENCE
SELF INSTRUCTIONS CONTROL RELAXATION

SOCIAL SUPPORT
GAMES COUNSELLING CARING AGENCIES SELF HELP GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS MEDIA TELEPHONE/INTERNET FAMILY MEMBERS/DOCTOR

A A

AWARENESS

ACTION

ATTITUDE