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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