final stress management
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STRESS
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EVERY BODY IS UNDER STRESS• Every human on the earth experiences stress, even
management and staff--it is a common denominator in life. Some stress is good stress (eustress) that is helpful and assists the drive toward achievement and success. Negative stress (distress) affects life in an adverse manner and is a common cause of ill health in our society. Individuals who ignore stress signals or who cope in a negative fashion will experience escalating symptoms of stress. The symptoms may appear as burnout, exhaustion, emotional illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and physical illnesses such as ulcers, heart attacks, hypertension, and abuse of alcohol and other drugs with all the social and professional consequences.
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WHAT IS STRESS?Stress is mind and body’s response or
reaction to a real or imagined threat, event or change.
The threat, event or change are commonly called stressors. Stressors can be internal (thoughts, beliefs, attitudes or external (loss, tragedy, change).
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF STRESS
Physical • Poor appetite or overeating • Feeing tired and fatigued • Various aches and pains ---headache body ache muscle pain • Nausea & abdominal Pain• Sleep problems• Falling sick very often e.g. fever cough cold diarrhea ( because of lowering of immunity due to stress)
• Feeling low • Nervousness and Anxiety• Excessive Anger or
Depression • Being easily upset• Poor self confidence • Low self esteem• Lack of Concentration• Poor performance in
studies
MENTAL STRESS
TYPES OF STRESS
STRESS
EUSTRESS DISTRESS
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Eustress or positive stress occurs when your level of stress is high enough to motivate you to move into action to get things accomplished.
EUSTRESS
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Distress or negative stress occurs when your level of stress is either too high or too low and your body and/or mind begin to respond negatively to the stressors.
DISTRESS
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• Relationship problems• Depression• Anxiety• Eating Disorders • Substance Abuse• Sleep Problems
COMMON PROBLEMS
• STRESS MANAGEMENT BY ORGANISATION
The organization are in fact the worst affected due to stress experienced y their employees . This realization paved the way for organization to take steps to prevent stress.
a) identify and then eliminate the work stressors . These include
• Improve the physical work environment .• Redesign jobs by changing work loads ,
dead line work schedules etc.• Redo the organization structure .
• Adopt management by objectives inviting greater participation from employees specially in the planning stage • Counseling by senior and workshops to
deal with role clarity and role analysis (specially to avoid role conflict And role ambiguity
• b) Help employees to change their perception and understanding of work stress and help them to cope more effectively with the consequences of stress . A few of these can be attended by :
• Promote and encourage the team building efforts among the employees .
• Conduct workshop on ‘ time management’ and ‘job burnout’
• Conduct training in relaxation ‘exercise’ .
STRESS MANAGEMENT TIPS• Making little changes in your life can really add up to a big feeling
of relief.• Learn to recognize when you are feeling stressed and simple ways
you can relax.• Take a break. Have a cold drink, get some fresh air, or close your
eyes for a minute to refocus.• Stay positive to help friends and family cope with stress.• Let others know you're feeling overwhelmed and tell them how they
can help.• Allow yourself to simply say "no" to friends and family when you
know you cannot meet their demands without becoming overwhelmed.
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• Change your stressors by avoiding or eliminating them?
• Reduce their intensity (manage them over time instead of immediately)
• Shorten your exposure to stress (take a break, leave)
• Devote the time necessary to make a change
RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU CAN CHANGE
• Practice time management • Learn relaxation exercises. • Rehearse and practice situations.• Decrease negative self talk. • Learn to feel good with a workable result – Don’t be a
perfectionist.• Build a network of friends.
Stress Management Plan
STRESS is very commonUse stress in a positive way• Limit NOT
eliminate stress.• Use it to improve
your performance.
BEST WAY TO OVERCOME STRESS
