2. Contents
• Stress
• Types of Stress
• Stressors
• Major causes of Stress
• Short and Long Term Physical Stress Symptoms
• Is all Stress bad?
• Positive and Negative Effects of Stress
• Healthy Living to Conquer Stress
• How can you Cope with Stress ?
• Major Causes of Stress of University Students
• Conclusion
3. STRESS
Stress is an adaptive
response to an external
situation that results in
physical, psychological or
behavioral deviation for
organizational
participation.
4. Components of Stress
1. Eustress: Good
stress
Getting into college
Getting engaged
Winning the lottery
2. Distress: Stress from
Bad sources
Difficult work
environment
Overwhelming sights
and sounds
Threat of personal
injury
5. 1. General Stress
2. Cumulative
Stress
3. Acute Traumatic
Stress
4. Post Traumatic
Stress
Types of Stress
6. 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
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. Cont…
3. Acute Traumatic
Stress:
- critical Incident Stress
- Produces considerable
psychological distress
- A normal reaction to
abnormal events
4. Post Traumatic
Stress:
- severe stress produced
by severe psychological
trauma
- Created by unresolved
Critical Incident Stress
- Produces lasting
changes
8. Stressors
• School
• Work / Job
• Family
• Relationships
• Legal
• Finances
• Health/Illness
• Environment
• Living Situation
9. 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
• Diarrhea
• A desire to urinate
10. Long Term Physical Stress
Symptoms
• Insomnia
• Change in Appetite
• Sexual disorders
• Arches and pains
• Frequent colds
• Feelings of intense
and long-term
tiredness
• Prone to illness
11. Is all Stress bad?
• Moderate levels of stress may actually improve
performance and efficiency.
• Little stress may result in boredom.
• Much stress may cause an unproductive anxiety
level.
14. Healthy Living
to Conquer
Stress
Examine your diet
▫ Lower your salt
▫ Lower your intake
of refined sugars
and carbohydrates
▫ Lower your caffeine
intake
Add to your diet
▫ Vegetables
▫ Fruits
▫ Complex
Carbohydrates
▫ Vitamins
▫ Water
15. • Exercise at least
twenty minutes, five
times a week
• Ask for help
• Do meditation
• Talk things out with
someone you trust
• Make an increased
effort to organize
your life
Most important things
16. Cont…
• Learn to manage your anger
• Rethink the situation and
learn to be more flexible.
• Keep your sense of humor!!
Do things with fun.
• Get a minimum of six hours
of continuous sleep.
• Most important is
RELAXING and needs to be
the part of our daily routine.
17. Other Helpful tips
• Changing perceptions and expectations
• Break jobs/tasks into manageable parts
• Don’t compromise your values/beliefs
• Set reasonable/realistic goals
• Avoid procrastination
• Set boundaries
• Schedule “me” time
18. Major Causes of Stress
• Being fired
• Being Promoted or Demoted
• Moving/Relocation
• Marriage/Divorce
• Pregnancy
• Death of family member or friends
These are just examples of major life changes that
can have a serious impact on our lives and cause
our bodies to react with stress. Often times, the
most common and stressful things happen on a
daily basis.
19. How can you Cope with
Stress?
• Time Management
• Schedule
• Take good care of yourself
• Stop negative thoughts
• Speak up
• Ask for help
• Do something you enjoy
• Keep a journal
• Focus on the present
• Laugh it up !
20. Major Causes of
Stress for University
Students
• Adjustments to your daily routine
• Sleeping and eating habits
• Time-management due to additional academic
work loads, finding the balance of studying, free
time and deadlines.
• Missing your social support network of high
school friends and family.
• Learning new navigations such as getting around
campus, living on your own, choosing your
classes, choosing new friends, choosing your
life’s direction and career path for your future.
21. On Campus Contacts
• There are times you might need external help in
dealing with your stress.
• Good friend circle and teachers support can
help one to handle with stress.
• If it becomes too much to handle reach out .
The university offers several resources to help:
▫ Student Welfare Center
▫ Department Heads
▫ Health Counselors
▫ Upper Classman
Associations
22. Conclusion
• Moderate levels of stress may actually improve
performance and efficiency.
• Don’t keep thinking back to your mistakes and
reliving the negative things that happened.
• Get a minimum of six hours of continuous sleep
• Focus on the positives and the future that you
can still impact.
• Laughter really can be the best medicine !
