STRESS MANAGEMENT

Stress is a feeling of tension that happens when a person perceives that a condition is about to go
beyond his ability to deal with and as a result could cause danger to the well-being.

1.Acute stress is a short-term reaction to immediate threat. Conditions that can

result to acute stress:
a. Alertness and excitement
b. Increase in energy
c. Feelings of uneasiness and worry
d. Loss of appetite
e. Short term suspension of immune system
f. Feeling of sadness
g. Increase metabolism of body fat

2. Chronic stress results from ongoing situations. Some conditions that can lead to chronic stress:

a. Anxiety and panic attacks

b. Depression

c. Long term disturbances in eating

d. Irritability

e. Lowered resistance to infection and disease

f. Diabities

g. High blood pressure

h. Loss of sex drive

Workplace stress is the response people may have been presented with work demands and pressures
that are not coordinated to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to handle.
Stress happens in a wide range of work situations but is often made worse when employees feels that
they have modest support over supervisors and colleagues as well as small control over work processes.

Managing Workplace Stress:

1. Put it in perspective
2. Modify ones job situation
3. Get time away
4. Fight through the clutter
5. Talk it out
6. Cultivate allies at work
7. Find humor in the situation
8. Have realistic expectations
9. Nobody is perfect
10. Maintain a positive attitude