1. Stress Management

2. Stress in students
 Stress: The human
reaction to events
in our environment
 Han Selye defines
stress as wear and
tear on the body

3. STRESS!!!
 Eustress: Good Stress
– Getting into college
– Getting engaged
– Winning the lottery

4. STRESS !!!
 Distress: Stress from
bad sources
– Difficult work
environment
– Overwhelming sights
and sounds
– Threat of personal injury

5. FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
1. General Stress:
– Everyone has this
kind of stress
– It resolves itself
within a day or two
– No intervention is
necessarily required

6. FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
2. Cumulative Stress:
– Stress builds up in your
body
– It becomes more difficult
to alleviate your
symptoms
– You may have more
serious physical
symptoms
– You may have more
serious mental anguish

7. FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
3. Acute Traumatic
Stress:
– Critical Incident Stress
– Produces considerable
psychological distress
– A normal reaction to
abnormal events

8. FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
4. Post Traumatic
Stress:
– Severe stress produced
by severe psychological
trauma
– Created by unresolved
Critical Incident Stress
– Produces lasting
changes

9. General Adaptation
Syndrome
 Stage I - Alarm Reaction
– The “fight or flight” response which
causes you to be ready for physical
activity
– However, it decreases the effectiveness
of the immune system which makes you
more susceptible to illness

10. General Adaptation
Syndrome
 Stage II – Stage of adaptation
– If stress continues, the body adapts to the
stressors it is being exposed to
– If the stressor is starvation, the person
experiences a reduced desire for physical
activity to conserve energy, and the absorption
of nutrients from any food intake is maximized

11. General Adaptation
Syndrome
 Stage III – Stage of Exhaustion
– Stress persists for a long time
– The body’s resistance may be reduced or
collapse quickly
– People who experience long-term stress may
have heart attacks, severe infections, or chronic
pain or illness

12. Short Term Physical
Stress Symptoms
– Dry mouth
– Cool skin
– Cold hands and feet
– Increased sweating
– Rapid breathing
– Faster heart rate
– Tense muscles
– Feelings of nausea
– Butterflies in your
stomach
– Diarrhea
– A desire to urinate

13. Long Term Physical
Stress Symptoms
– Insomnia
– Change in Appetite
– Sexual disorders
– Aches and pains
– Frequent colds
– Feelings of intense
and long-term
tiredness
– Prone to illness

14. BEHAVIORAL STRESS
SYMPTOMS
 Yawning  Over reacting
 Talking too fast  Emotional
 Talking too loud  Defensive
 Fiddling  Irritable
 Twitching  Irrational
 Nail biting  Defensive
 Grinding teeth  Hostile
 Drumming fingers  Critical
 Pacing  Aggressive

15. BEHAVIOR STRESS
SYMPTOMS
 These symptoms will have a negative affect
on your performance
– By reducing your effectiveness
– Making you accident prone
– Causing you to be forgetful
– Causing you to be very negative
– You may neglect your appearance
– You may make poor judgments
– Causing you to make more mistakes
– Increasing your absenteeism

16. PERFORMANCE
STRESS SYMPTOMS
 You may not make good decisions
 Your fine motor skills are affected
 You may no longer enjoy your work
 Your attention span may be affected
 You may have more negative thoughts
 Your self confidence will suffer
 You may have difficulty concentrating
 All of your positive energy is consumed

17. HEALTHY LIVING TO
CONQUER STRESS
 Examine your diet  Add to your diet
– Lower your salt – Vegetables
– Fruits
intake – Complex
– Lower your intake of Carbohydrates
refined sugars and – Vitamins
carbohydrates
– Water
– Lower your caffeine
intake

18. HEALTHY LIVING
 Rest:
– Get a minimum of
six hours of
continuous rest

19. HEALTHY LIVING
 Exercise:
– At least twenty
minutes, five times
a week
– break a sweat, to
release endorphins

20. HEALTHY LIVING
 Talk things out with
someone you trust -
a family member or
a good friend

21. HEALTHY LIVING
 Make an increased
effort to organize
your life
 Ask for help
 Delegate things
when you need to

22. HEALTHY LIVING
 Learn to manage
your anger
 Anger affects your
health
 Anger causes you
to over react to
many situations

23. HEALTY LIVING
 We get angry often
because someone
did not do what we
thought they should
 Rethink the
situation and learn
to be more flexible

24. HEALTHY LIVING
 Fill your life with fun
things to do!!!!
 Keep your sense of
humor!!!!
 We call it :
PLAY THERAPY

25. HEALTHY LIVING
 Take charge of your
life.
 Act appropriately
-don’t simply react
to stressful
situations
 Find balance in all
that you do.

26. HEALTHY LIVING
 Too many people
look for an easy
answer to stress
management by
misusing
 Alcohol
 Drugs
 Marijuana
 Medicines & Pills

27. HEALTHY LIVING
 We all need a
lengthy list of things
that will help us
relax…..
 I love horse back
riding.

28. HEALTHY LIVING
 Relaxing needs to
be part of your daily
routine.

29. HEALTHY LIVING
 RELAAAAAAX

30. HEALTHY LIVING
 RELAAAAAAX

31. HEALTHY LIVING
 RELAAAAAAX