Stress Management

What is Stress?
• Stress is the body’s automatic response to
any physical or mental demand placed on
it.

• Adrenaline is a chemical naturally

produced in our body as a response to
stress .

• Fight or Flight response is illicited.

 Stressors
• School
• Work
• Family
• Relationships
• Legal
• Finances
• Health/illness
• Environment
• Living Situation
 Spotting Stress in you

• Do you lie awake worrying?

• Do you feel guilty when you are not working?
• Do you get frustrated easily
• Do you get a dry mouth/sweaty hands/nausea?
• Do you grit or grind your teeth?
• Do you flare up easily at other people?
 Spotting Stress in you
• Do you regularly eat in a hurry?
• Do you smoke or drink to unwind?
• Do you drop or break things frequently?
• Do you have signs like irritability/ fearfulness
/moodiness?
 Interpretation
If the answer is “Yes” to most of the
questions….

Then
You are experiencing
STRESS
 Kinds of Stress
• Good and Bad Stress
Eustress or Good stress is used to explain the
positive, desirable stress that keeps life
interesting and helps to motivate and inspire
• Events like going to college, getting married,
starting a new job can be happy, joyous, and
stress-producing occasion
 Kinds of Stress
• Good and Bad Stress
Distress or Bad stress refers to the negative
effects of stress that drain us of energy and
surpass our capacities to cope
 Kinds of Stress
• Acute and Chronic Stress
Acute Stress is short-lived. It can be
beneficial and create motivation.
• For example: when a deadline is approaching, stress may help
you to focus and complete your task before the deadline. College
students use this type of stress often to complete projects and
"cram" for exams. Acute stress is the type of stress many people
feel when they have a car accident, have trouble at work or their
children have problems in school. Once the situation is resolved, the
stress diminishes.  
 Kinds of Stress
• Acute and Chronic Stress
Chronic or long-term stress, comes about as the result of a situation
that has not been resolved or continued for many years prior to
being resolved. This might be a traumatic event that happened
during childhood. Although resolved, the feelings surrounding the
situation may not have been dealt with and chronic stress remains.  
There may also be an ongoing situation, such as family abuse,
dysfunctional home or an ongoing illness in the family.  -
 Effects of Stress
Physical stress
The Positive Effects The Negative Effects
 Success comes through  Bodily exhaustion
Inspires others to take efforts  Life span is reduced
 Health benefits Reduction in efficiency
Provides certain values Leads to mental stress

Mental stress
The Positive Effects The Negative Effects
 Enable to understand the problem  Ability gets reduced
Help to find correct solution Cannot analyze correctly
Avoid future mistakes Wrong solutions are offered
Creative method of finding Mistakes prove costly in the
solutions future
 Effects of Stress
Psychological stress
The Positive Effects The Negative Effects
 Makes a man alert  Disappointment
 Motivates  Mental Illness
 Makes sensitive  Frustration
 Makes a person Human  Loneliness

On your body On your thoughts On your behaviour

and feelings
• Headache • Anxiety • Overeating
• Chest Pain • Restlessness • Drug abuse
• High blood pressure • worrying • social withdrawal
• Shortness of breath • sadness • crying spells
• Back Pain • anger • Relationship conflict
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 Behaviour identified with
stress
You may see
• Nail biting
• Twitching eye brow
• Frequent biting of lips
• Change in eating/drinking
• Excessive blinking
• Sign of tiredness
• Crying
You May hear
• Slamming of door
• Jingling of coins or keys
• Pen top flicking
• Sighing
• swearing
 Behaviour identified with
stress
You May Feel
• Sweaty • Flushed frustrated
• Isolated • Irritable
• Clammy • Tensed
• Anger • Hopeless
• Depressed • Impatient
• Anxious
 Stress Management Tips
• Say Cheese
• Do some mathematics
• Compose a mantra
• Count to 10
• Avoid coffee/tea
• Just say no
• Warm up
• Say yes to pressure
 Stress Management Tips
• Admit it
• Take a walk
• Listen to music
• Dial a friend
• Say a little prayer
• Make plans
• Goof off