Dear friends,please find a compilation of stress management ways.

2. Stress management at Office

3. FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK
STRESS
•The drive for success
•Changing work patterns
•Working conditions
•Overwork
•Under-work
•Uncertainty
•Conflict
•Responsibility
•Relationships at work
•Change at work

4. Stress Feelings
Elated Worry
Depressed Tense
Anxious Tired
Frightened
Anger

5. TYPES OF STRESS
•External
•Internal

6.  EXTERNAL STRESSORS
•Physical Environment
•Social Interaction
•Organisational
•Major Life Events
•Daily Hassles

7.  PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
•Noise
•Bright Lights
•Heat
•Confined Spaces

8.  SOCIAL INTERACTION
•Rudeness
•Bossiness
•Aggressiveness by others
•Bullying

9.  ORGANISATIONAL
•Rules
•Regulations
•“Red - Tape”
•Deadlines

10.  MAJOR LIFE EVENTS
•Birth
•Death
•Lost job
•Promotion
•Marital status change

11.  DAILY HASSLES
•Commuting
•Misplaced keys
•Mechanical breakdowns

12.  INTERNAL STRESSORS
•Lifestyle choices
•Negative self - talk
•Mind traps
•Personality traits

13.  LIFESTYLE CHOICES
•Caffeine
•Lack of sleep
•Overloaded schedule

14.  NEGATIVE SELF - TALK
•Pessimistic thinking
•Self criticism
•Over analysing

15.  MIND TRAPS
•Unrealistic expectations
•Taking things personally
•All or nothing thinking
•Exaggeration
•Rigid thinking

16.  PERSONALITY TRAITS
•Perfectionists
•Workaholics

17. SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
•Physical symptoms
•Mental symptoms
•Behavioural symptoms
•Emotional symptoms

18.  PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
•Sleep pattern changes Dizziness
•Fainting
•Sweating & trembling
•Tingling hands & feet
•Breathlessness
•Palpitations
•Missed heartbeats
•Fatigue
•Digestion changes
•Loss of sexual drive
•Headaches
•Aches and pains
•Infections
•Indigestion

19.  MENTAL SYMPTOMS
•Lack of concentration
•Memory lapses
•Difficulty in making decisions
•Confusion
•Disorientation

20.  BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS
•Appetite changes - too much or too little
•Eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia
•Increased intake of alcohol & other drugs
•Increased smoking
•Restlessness
•Fidgeting
•Nail biting

21.  EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
•Bouts of depression
•Impatience
•Fits of rage
•Tearfulness
•Deterioration of personal hygiene and
appearance

22. STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES
Stress is not the same as ill-health, but has
been related to such illnesses as;
Cardiovascular disease
Immune system disease
Asthma
Diabetes

23. Stress Management Principles
1.Make promises carefully, not indiscriminately.
2.Don't act blindly under pressure
3.Prioritize
4.Think benevolently and avoid the adversarial
mentality

24. 5. Adopt a day-to-day policy of optimistic realism
6. Be a fact-oriented egoist, not a conventional
egoist
7. Take care of the body as well as the mind

25. 10 Ways to manage stress
 Time management
 Deep breathing
 Get a life
 Better lifestyle choices
 Exercise

26.  Mini-breaks
 The lunch break.
 A hobby and a friend help
 The right foods
 Nice surroundings help

27. Stages of Burn out
 Overenthusiasm.Honey moon
phase,idealism,voluntary overwork,physical and
Emotional exhautsion
 Stagnation-Reality check,early Job
dissatisfaction,shame and doubt,shortcuts,need for
leisure time,minor health troubles

28. Management of Burnout
Stages of Burn out Intervention
1.Overenthusiam Realism
Don’t over commit-Can you do this forever
2.Stagnation Movement
Further training education,socialising,leisure activities
and brief vacations

29.  Frustration : Whats the Use,detatchment from
persons,mistakes at work,cynism,major health illness
 Apathy: Burn out,total lack of concern,Irreversible
detachment,vulnerability,colloapse and crisis,Serious
health problems

30. 3.Frustration Movement
Close supervision,counselling,new projects,taking on
different roles at work
4.Apathy Rest
Recuperation

31. THANK YOU
ASIF EBRAHIM