Personal STRESS

Presentation Outline

Part 1 – Stress in General

Part 2 - Stress at Work

Part 3 – Stress Management

Stress in General

Legal Overview

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 6)

Every employer shall take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees while at

work

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 7)

Every employer shall ensure that there are in place effective methods for identifying existing hazards, and (if possible before they arise) new hazards to employees at work.

WHAT IS STRESS ?

Stress. What is stress?Stress can be caused by many different things. Something becomes to hard or feels like it is impossible and that puts a massive strain on your mind and body. There is good stress but mainly when some one is stressed out it is a bad thing. It puts to much strain on not only you but can have effects on the people around you.

STRESS FEELINGS

When you are stressed out you can feel many different emotions. You can feel jealousy, anger, nervous, Paranoid, worried and get very defensive. This can effect how people feel about you and your work.

TYPES OF STRESSORS

Types of stressors can be things like

- Concerns about weight - A cheating wife - Being bullied at school or work - Maintenance to your house - Rising prices - To many things to do - Prices - Physical appearance - Health of a family member- Misplacing of your keys etc

NEGATIVE STRESS

Negative stress is bad stress and can have very bad effects on your body, people around you and your work. The effects stress has on you can be EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL. Some of those effects are

- Back pain - Over reacting to things- Have a short temper- Muscle tension - Cold hands - Body language towards others - Erratic behaviour- Depression- Trouble making decisions- Frustration - Sleeping badly - Anxiety

POSITIVE STRESS

Positive stress can also happen. Normally when you are very nervous about an up coming meeting or game or job interview. This is good though as it makes you want to perform that extra 10% and could result in you winning or getting the job or promotion.

SYMPTOMS OF STRESS

Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Behavioural symptoms Emotional symptoms

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS

MENTAL SYMPTOMS

BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS

Stress can have effects on your behaviour such as

- Anger - Drug or Alcohol abuse- Angry outbursts - Increased smoking - Irritability- Eating more or less - Sleeping too much or too little- Isolating yourself from others- Procrastinating or neglecting responsibilities

EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS

- Moodiness - Irritability or short temper- Agitation, inability to relax- Feeling overwhelmed- Sense of loneliness and isolation- Depression or general unhappiness- Crying spells - Social withdrawal - Worrying - Feeling insecure - Relationship conflicts

STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES

Stress is not the same as ill-health, but has been related to such illnesses as;

-heart disease chronic fatigue anxiety attacks mood swings psychological distress depression sleep problems high blood pressure eating disorders

COSTS OF STRESS

Because stress can cause not only emotional and physical but behavioural symptoms. This can sometimes lead to some body snapping or having an outburst or physically abusing someone or even attacking someone on a emotional and physical level. This may lead to you losing your job or losing a close family member or not succeeding in a promotion you have applied for. You could also lose out financially. In serious stressful situations people will kill.

Stress at Work

FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK STRESS

Stress is always caused quiet easily through work some factors are.

- Being bullied at work or exposed to violence or injury

- Ongoing problems with work related to learning disability or other problems

- Crammed schedules, not having enough time to rest and relax, and always being on the go

Stress Management

Causes of Stress

External Stresses

Internal Stresses

External Stresses - Organisational

Organizational stress is the stress that takes place in the workplace. A police officer would experience this by working long hours, also by taking their work outside of work.

A good way to deal with this type of stress would be to leave work at work .

External Stresses - Major Life Events Marriage Babies Death in the family Work Money problems Moving house Buying first house

Internal Stress

Internal factors, contributing to stress include:

 - Inability to accept uncertainty- Pessimism- Negative self-talk- Unrealistic expectations- Perfectionism- Lack of assertiveness

STRESS CONTROLThe best way to deal with stress is learning how to deal with it properly and how to manage the stress. Here are some things that can help keep your stress under control.

- Take a stand against over scheduling

- Be realistic

- Get a good nights sleep

- Learn to relax

- Getting regular exercise helps people manage stress

Stress Management Techniques- Change your self-confidence and self-esteem

- Change your anger management

- Change your relaxation and sleep

- Change your coping strategies

- Change your perception-based strategies

- Change your action-based strategies

SummaryBuild your resilience by

- Thinking of change as a challenging and normal part of life

- See setbacks and problems as temporary and solvable

- Take action to solve problems that chop up

- Believe that you will succeed if you keep working towards your goal

- Have a support system and ask for help

- Participate regularly in activities for relaxation and fun

- Build strong relationships and keep commitments to family and friends