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Stress Management: Dealing with the Demands of Life and Work
Catrina CookSiena Heights University
LDR 621Dr. Patricia McDonald
What is Stress?
• Definition of Stress: Psychological and Physical reaction to certain life events or situations.
• Stress is the reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed upon them. It arises when they worry that they can’t cope.
Myths of Stress
• All stress is bad
• Stress will not hurt you
• No symptoms, no stress
• Only major symptoms of stress are harmful
What are Stressors?
• Stressors- Life events are called stressors and include things such as deadlines, traffic jams, job issues, children , marriage, Negative public image, and role conflicts. Events that cause stress.
Stress Control
S=P>R
Stress occurs when the pressure is greater than the resource
Stress Control
A=AwarenessWhat causes you stress?
How do you react?
Stress Control
B= Balance• There is a fine line between
positive/negative stress• How much can you cope with
before it becomes negative?
Stress Control
C= ControlWhat can you do to help yourself combat the negative effects of stress?
Managing Stress
• Exercise
• Laughter
• Sleep
• Support Network
• Most of the stress we experience is self-generated. How we perceive life whether an event makes us feel threatened or stimulated, encouraged or discouraged happy or sad depends to a large extent on how we perceive ourselves.
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