Stress Management Final 986

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The Eight Illusions About Stress - 1

1. You have to be a doctor to diagnose and treat stress

2. Stress is a normal part of everyday life

3. Some stress is necessary in order to reach peak

performance

4. Stress is purely a physical phenomena and rest and

relaxation will make it go away


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The Eight Illusions About Stress - 2

5. A change of diet, a little jogging and a good holiday

will make your stress away

6. Other people, situations and events are responsible

for your stress

7. You have to be working 14 hours a day and

constantly meeting deadlines to experience stress

8. You never experience stress


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What most people do?

Jogging

Aerobics

Change of diet

Vitamins

Vacation

Sport

New hobby

New relationships

Sleep

Alcohol

Tranquilizers


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WHAT IS STRESS?

Stress is physical or emotionalreaction/response to any kind of change

external or internal

Stress is a form of pain that comes to tell me

there is something I need to change

Pain is a messenger that comes to tell methere is something I need to learn


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The Physical Signs of Stress

increased heart rate,

stomach & digestive disturbances,

diarrhea, sweating, heart attack, ulcers,head aches, chest pains, insomnia,

accident prone, alcoholism

high blood pressure


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The Mental Signs of Stress

tension, tightness,

resistance, friction, anger,

guilt, critical, anxiety, evasion, reactive,

discontentment, worry, impatience,

apprehension


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Effects of Stress

MENTALIrritability increases, forgetfulness, concentration

decreases, less judgment power weakens

BEHAVIOURALSmoking / alcohol addiction, nail/biting,

not mixing, reckless driving, eating

more or less, sleep more or less,work-alcoholism or absenteeism


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External & Internal causes of Stress

External

Fast changing world, hurry, consumerism,

media, government policies,

population explosions, pollution

Internal

change of attitude, fear, jealousy,

hatred, aspirations, approach


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From Victim to Agent of Change

Victim Change Agent

Blaming Objective Helper

Manipulating Process Helper

Forcing Counsellor Resisting Stabilizer

Fighting Referee

Fleeing Educator

Criticizing Energizer


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Stress Management Skills

DETACHMENT

FILTERING

CONTROLLING

NOT ABSORBING

STABILIZING

HUMOUR


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4 Levels of Stress

SPIRITUAL

identity, perception, values,

self awareness

MENTAL

thinking, discriminating,deciding, acting

EMOTIONAL - feelings, emotions, intuition

PHYSICAL

disease, illness, fatigue, food


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Causes or Triggers of Stress

EVENTS, SITUATIONS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES AT WORK

being fired, competition, demotion, conflict,

over qualified or under qualified, dealing with

aggressive people, noisy environment, communication failure.

EVENTS, SITUATIONS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES AT HOME

death, diverse, difficulties with in-laws, trapping,

addiction, uncertainty, fear


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Physiology of Stress

NORMAL alert is followed by defense

NEUROTIC alert is greater than defense which

becomes in effective

PSYCHOTIC alert may be ignored

PYSCHO-SOMATIC

defense by mind fails

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Stress Management Final 986