STRESS

MANAGEMENT
FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS
STRESS
STRESS RESPONSE
GOOD STRESS BAD STRESS
TYPES OF STRESS
1)EUSTRESS-THE POSITIVE STRESS
2)DISTRESS-THE NEGATIVE STRESS
STRESS OVERLOAD
CAUSES OF STRESS
1) ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
2) WORK PLACE STRESS
3) LIFE CHANGE STRESS
4) DAILY LIFE EVENT
TEN CAUSES OF STRESS
• Death of a spouse
• Divorce
• Marital Separation
• Jail term
• Death of a close family
member
• Personal injury or illness
• Marriage
• Fired at work
• Marital reconciliation
• Retirement
 STAGES OF STRESS
1) ALARM STAGE
2) RESISTANCE STAGE
3) EXHAUSTION STAGE
• NEW EATING HABITS
• EATING WHILE STUDYING
• EATING LATE AT NIGHT
• EATING SNACK FOOD
• EMOTIONAL EATING
• DRINKING
• NOT ENOUGH EXERCISE
• YOU ARE AT THAT AGE…
 STRESS IN COLLEGE
• Greater academic demands.
• Being on one’s own in a new environment – with
new responsibilities.
• Changes in family relations and one’s social life.
• Financial responsibilities.
• Exposure to new people, ideas, and temptations.
• Being away from home, often for the first time.
• Making decisions, on a higher level than one is used
to.
IMPACT OF STRESS
1) HEAVY DRINKING
2) WEIGHT GAIN
3) DROPOUT
CHARACTER
SURVEY
NO OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE

A 9 18
B 28 56
C 1 2
AB 12 24
BC 0 0
CA 0 0
STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
TIME MANAGEMENT
GOALS
PRIORITIES
SPACE TO BE ALONE
EXERCISE NUTRITION AND SLEEP
TALKING ABOUT IT
A DIARY OR JOURNAL
MONEY MANAGEMENT
RELAX
LAUGH