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I am SO stressed!
What do you mean by this?
How do you feel?
Is it the same for everyone?
Stress Questionnaire
• Answer the questions honestly (Q20 will give you a giggle….)
• Add up your score.• Check your stress levels.
• Do you think your answers would be the same in the summer holidays? Why/Why not?
• Is this measure reliable/valid?
• Children don't need stress relief because their lives aren't stressful like adults' lives.– False
• Stress can make your hair fall out (It can cause your hair to stop growing)– True
• Stress can cause serious illness like diabetes and heart disease– True
• Parents naturally experience less stress than those without kids, as kids relieve stress with their love and support– False
• Stress can contribute to weight gain. (Production of cortisol can effect metabolism, cravings, blood sugar levels and fat storage)– True
• In terms of social support, it's better to have a greater number of friends, even if some of these friends are competitive with you or emotionally distant.– False
• Unless you really don't enjoy animals, pets can lower your blood pressure as effectively as medication. (Mood improvement, exercise, social support, loneliness)– True
• You actually can become 'worried sick’.– True
• Stress is linked with psychosomatic illness, which is when you think you're sick, but you really aren't.– False
• There is agreement among medical professionals that stress causes ulcers.– False
• If you get too stressed, you can catch a cold.– True
• As a rule, people in management positions experience more stress than those under them because they have more responsibility.– False
• Some types of stress are actually good for you. (eustress – not chronic stress)– True
• Those with more money are generally happier and experience less financial stress.– False
• Stress directly causes premature gray hair.– False
• Some people are more susceptible to stress than others.– True
• There is a link between stress and infertility. (sperm and dysf)– True
• Stress can lower your sex drive.– True
• Stress causes adult acne.– True
• Working long hours is the main cause of burnout. (other factors)– False
Is stress a problem?• The total number of cases of stress in 2010/11 was 400 000 out of
a total of 1 152 000 for all work-related illnesses. This is significantly lower than the number in 2001/02.
• The number of new cases of work-related stress has reduced to 211 000 from 233 000 in 2009/10 (change not statistically significant).
• The industries that reported the highest rates of work-related stress in the last three years were health, social work, education and public administration.
• The occupations that reported the highest rates of work-related stress in the last three years were health and social service managers, teachers and social welfare associate professionals.
• What conclusions can you come to from these statistics?
So What is Stress?• Occurs when the demands placed on the body
exceed its ability to cope– This becomes a threat to the person
• Is related to the fight flight system– When you perceive a threat adrenaline is release– This increase heart rate and blood flow to your
muscles – You can then run or fight
• Problem for us is that neither running or fighting can be done– So we are stressed because we cannot do what our
body wants us to do
• If this goes on for a long time we get exhausted