DID YOU KNOW?

DONT STOP BELIEVING

IN RAINBOWS
There is always a part of us that wants to
believe in rainbows.
No matter how difficult our lives become,
we aspire to find that curve in the road
that takes us to different places. We search
for the mountains that transcend the
valleys in our lives. When clouds obscure our
vision and the journey seems impossible, the
sun shines again in our lives.

Ive been where youve been, and I know
the path is not easy. It riddled with detours
and disappointments. I came through the
rain, and so will you. Youll stumble and fall,
but in the end youll find a rainbow- the one
you keep sacred in your heart.

I believe in rainbows and in you.
- Josie Willis








































CONCLUSIONS: The perfect no-stress
environment is the GRAVE. When we change our
perception, we gain control. The stress becomes
a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to
action, to actually doing something rather than
feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life
becomes manageable. Unknown
God didnt do it all in one day. What
makes you think I can? Unknown
Hence, let us give ourselves a threat - RELAX!
Women are twice as likely as men
to be affected by generalized
anxiety disorder, which is
characterized by at least 6 months
of excessive, unrealistic worry over
everyday problems!
Laughing lowers stress hormones
(like cortisol, epinephrine, and
adrenaline), and strengthens the
immune system by releasing
health-enhancing hormones.
Post-traumatic stress physically
changes childrens brains;
specifically, stress shrinks the
hippocampus, a part of the brain
that retrieves memories.
Stress can result in more
headaches as a result of the body
rerouting blood flow to other parts
of the body.
The hyper-arousal of the bodys
stress response system can lead to
chronic insomnia.
When cells shrink due to the
exposure to stress hormones, they
disconnect from each other, which
contributes to depression.



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www.m.webmd.com
Psychology 1 SLU
Kozier and Erbs
Fundamentals of Nursing
13
th
Edition

Sub by: Giselle Fabay
Abigail Tayaban

Stress What is it?
Your Adaptation to
Stress
The Five Rs of
Coping with stress
List of Stress
Management
Principles
Give your
stress wings
and let it
fly.
Okay, so heres the thing. You cried during
your first day in day care, right? Then, you got scared
in the changes you later noticed in your physique.
Well, theres college and its undeniably frustrating
too! And if you even planned
to marry and have kids thats
another challenge. Even
imagining yourself as a
hunchback old man gets
under your skin, isnt it? The
point is, you have stressors all
your life it is unavoidable.
And what you, and ALL of us
experience everyday is called
STRESS. Mind you, some stress is good, too!
What if cutie above got
his precious bananas stolen from
him? Yeah, hell get extremely
angry and very violet! You see
anger is just one of the
psychological manifestations of
stress.

STRESS WHAT IS IT?
According to Monat and Lazarus (1991),
STRESS refers to ANY event in which environmental
demands, internal demands, or both tax or exceed
the adaptive resources of an individual, social
systems, or tissue system. That which causes stress is
called the stressor (internal, external, developmental
or situational) and the reactions to stress be it
behavioural, emotional and physical is termed as
strain.
So you see, the concept of stress is important
because it provides a way of understanding the
person as a being WHO RESPONDS IN TOTALITY (mind,
body, and spirit) to a variety of changes that take
place in daily life. So having stress is very normal!

YOUR Adaptation to Stress
At first, all systems are reactive to everyday
stressors in a balanced and healthful manner. This
balanced state is called HOMEOSTASIS.
If a
stressor is
perceived, and
homeostasis
slightly drops as
the mind and
body temporarily lose balance, the individual gets an
ALARM REACTION. It consists of 2 phases.











After the shock phase is
the COUNTERSHOCK PHASE, where the changes
produced in the body in the initial reaction is reversed.
If the stressor continues, adaptation resources
are mobilized to combat stressor and to limit it to the
smallest area of the body that can deal with it. This
second stage is called the STAGE OF RESISTANCE.
In the third stage of reaction, the STAGE OF
EXHAUSTION, adaptation and energy stores are
depleted. This can either lead to:


RECOVERY or DEATH

THE FIVE Rs
OF COPING
WITH
STRESS
RETHINK
REDUCE -
reducing the
amount of
stressors in our
lives.
RELAX
RELEASE -
providing a
positive, vigorous
physical outlet
for energy
produced by the
stress response
REORGANIZE - increasing your level of wellness
across 7 dimensions (physical, social, spiritual,
emotional, intellectual, occupational, and
environmental).
LIST OF STRESS MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES
1. It is not the stressor but your perception of the stress
that is important.
2. You need to become aware before considering
change.
3. Make relaxation a part of your life.
4. Think before passing judgment.
5. Balancing your anger balances your life.
6. Wipe out anxiety before it wipes you out.
7. Enjoy balanced meals at regular
times and cherish the gift.
8. Start an exercise program and
keep exercising properly.
9. Do it now!
10. Work on a plan; then the plan will
work on you.
EUSTRESS or positive stress refers to
the amount of stress a person needs
to operate at optimum level of
performance.

Yes, Im in the SHOCK PHASE!
And presently, my adrenal medulla
is secreting epinephrine and
norepinephrine in response to
gossip that I have bad hair.
So there, Im experiencing
myrocardial contractility, bronchial
dilation & increased cellular
metabolism.
INDICATORS OF
STRESS:
1. Physiological indicators
Pupil dilation, sweat
production, increase in
heart rate and cardiac
output increase, dry mouth,
pallid skin and increase in
rate of respiration.
2. Psychological Indicators-
Anxiety, fear, anger,
depression, and
unconscious ego
mechanism
3. Cognitive Indicators
thinking responses: problem
solving, structuring, self-
control, suppression and
fantasy.
Stress is linked to the 6 leading
causes of death: heart
disease, cancer, lung
ailments, accidents, liver
cirrhosis, and suicide.