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INTRODUCTION

SOME NEW PERSPECTIVES ON OPERATIONAL STRESS 88th Regional Readiness Command. INTRODUCTION. PURPOSE To increase your awareness of the key factors contributing to Stress in your life To discuss the most current

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INTRODUCTION

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  1. SOME NEWPERSPECTIVES ONOPERATIONALSTRESS 88th Regional Readiness Command

  2. INTRODUCTION • PURPOSE • To increase your awareness of the key factors contributing to Stress in your life • To discuss the most current research about what causes stress • To offer some suggestions for identifying and dealing with your personal stress

  3. WHAT IS STRESS? • Stress is a word used to describe the physical, cognitive and emotional feelings experienced when tensions become unbearably high. • Fight or flight - effects of short term stress • Adrenaline versus hormones - effects of long term stress

  4. WHAT IS STRESS? • Physiological effects of long term stress Hormones and Neurotransmitters • Serotonin • Dopamine • Noradrenaline • GABA • CRF

  5. CAUSES OF STRESS • High Mission Tempo • Difficult projects that test your mental and physical capacity • Limits on available resources • Little chance to take breaks or do usually enjoyable activities • Self-imposed demands for excellence

  6. MORE CAUSES OF STRESS • Family and relationship conflicts • Financial worries • Health conditions • Excessive substance intake including tobacco, alcohol and caffeine • Extremes of environment and temperature

  7. COMMON PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF STRESS • Headaches and muscle aches • Indigestion and stomach aches • Neck, shoulder and back pain • Sleeping difficulties including insomnia, fatigue and oversleeping • Sexual performance problems • Loss of or excess appetite

  8. COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF STRESS • Poor concentration • Short-term memory loss • Feeling easily frustrated • Expression of irritability or anger • Apathy • Feelings of Hopelessness and Helplessness • Depression • Suicide

  9. COMPLICATIONS • Inefficiency (at best) • Feeling blue and low • Withdrawal • Physical burn-out • Mental burn-out

  10. PREVENTION STRATEGIES • Share your thoughts with someone you trust • Keep active with regular exercise • Eat a properly balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables • Avoid foods full of processed sugar • Avoid tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs which mask stress but do not alleviate it

  11. PREVENTION STRATEGIES • Look for humor in a situation wherever you can • Learn and use relaxation techniques including breathing and muscle relaxation • Assertively deal with the things that cause you to be stressed

  12. Points of Contact • 88th RRC Stress Control Team LTC Susan Whiteaker LTC Mary Erickson 612-713-3255/3254 • 88th RRC Chaplain Services 1-800-THE ARMYx3021/3938 • 88th RRC Family Readiness PROGRAM 1-800-THE ARMYx3955/3521

  13. QUESTIONS?

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