Stress Stress ManagementManagement

Dev Sanskriti VishwaVidyalayaDev Sanskriti VishwaVidyalayaGaytrikunj, ShantikunjGaytrikunj, ShantikunjHaridwar, UttaraKhandHaridwar, UttaraKhand

A group of Clinical PsychologistsA group of Clinical Psychologists

Stress Stress Stress: The human

reaction to events in our environment

Stress as wear and tear on the body

Aspects of Stress Positive, Negative,

Two streams of stress

Positive StressPositive Stress

Getting into college

Getting engaged

Winning the lottery

Negative StressNegative Stress

Difficult work environment

Overwhelming sights and sounds

Threat of personal injury

General Stress

Cumulative Stress

Acute Traumatic Stress

Post Traumatic Stress

TYPES OF STRESS

General Stress:General Stress:

Everyone has this kind of stress

It resolves itself within a day or two

No intervention is necessarily required

Cumulative Stress: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

Acute Traumatic Stress:

Critical Incident Stress

Produces considerable psychological distress

Abnormal reaction to normal events

Post Traumatic Stress:

Severe stress produced by severe psychological trauma

Created by unresolved Critical Incident Stress

Produces lasting changes

Stressors in Present Time

Poor time management Mal-adjustment, Less capacity to deal

effectively, Competition, Demands,

Modernization, Family Environment, Socio-economic status,

Stages of Stress Syndrome

Stage I - Alarm ReactionStage I - Alarm Reaction

Stage II – Stage of adaptationStage II – Stage of adaptation

Stage III – Stage of ExhaustionStage III – Stage of Exhaustion

Alarm Reaction

“fight or flight” Decreasing effect of immune system

Stage of Adaptation

Negative effect of stress continuation

Lack of physical strength

Stage of Exhaustion

Stress persists for a long time

The body’s resistance may be reduced or collapse quickly

Psychosomatic disorder

Negative effect of stress symptomsNegative effect of stress symptoms

– Dry mouthDry mouth– Cool skinCool skin– Cold hands and feetCold hands and feet– Increased sweatingIncreased sweating– Rapid breathingRapid breathing– Faster heart rateFaster heart rate– Tense musclesTense muscles– Feelings of nauseaFeelings of nausea– Butterflies in your Butterflies in your

stomachstomach– DiarrheaDiarrhea– A desire to urinateA desire to urinate

Long Term Physical Stress SymptomsLong Term Physical Stress Symptoms

– InsomniaInsomnia– Change in AppetiteChange in Appetite– Sexual disordersSexual disorders– Aches and painsAches and pains– Frequent coldsFrequent colds– Feelings of intense Feelings of intense

and tirednessand tiredness– Prone to illnessProne to illness

BEHAVIORAL STRESS SYMPTOMSBEHAVIORAL STRESS SYMPTOMS

Yawning Talking too fast Talking too loud Fiddling Twitching Nail biting Grinding teeth Drumming fingers Pacing

Over reacting Emotional Defensive Irritable Irrational Defensive Hostile Critical Aggressive

– 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

Effective cognitive symptoms

Effective cognitive symptoms

not make good decisionsnot make good decisions motor skills are affectedmotor skills are affected no longer enjoy your workno longer enjoy your work attention span may be affectedattention span may be affected negative thoughtsnegative thoughts self confidence will sufferself confidence will suffer difficulty concentratingdifficulty concentrating positive energy is consumedpositive energy is consumed

Essence of healthy living

Examine your dietExamine your diet– Balance salt Balance salt

intake intake– Lower your intake of Lower your intake of

refined sugars and refined sugars and carbohydratescarbohydrates

– Lower your caffeine Lower your caffeine intakeintake

Add to your dietAdd to your diet– VegetablesVegetables– FruitsFruits– Complex Complex

CarbohydratesCarbohydrates– VitaminsVitamins– WaterWater

Tips of healthy living

Rest:Rest:

– Continuous rest Continuous rest for min. six hoursfor min. six hours

Exercise:

– At least 15 min. daily

– break a sweat,

Sharing

Someone who is trustworthy- family members/ friends

Make an increased effort to organize your life

Ask for help

Delegate things when you need to

Learn to manage your anger

Anger affects your health

Anger causes you to over react to many situations

HEALTY LIVING To control over-

expectation

Rethink

Playing Therapy Fill your life with fun

things to do!!!!

Grow your sense of humor!!!!

HEALTHY LIVING Take charge of your

life.

Act appropriately

Be balance in your life

Avoid Alcohol Drugs Marijuana Medicines & Pills

HEALTHY LIVING

Relaxing needs to be part of your daily routine.

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