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Stress Relief Workshop

Stress Relief Workshop. Washington County Community College Trio Student Support Services. What is Stress ? . Reaction to change or stimuli. Stress Friend or Foe?. Creative stress Motivator Out of control stress. Too Much Stress. Physical aspects of too much stress.

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Stress Relief Workshop

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  1. Stress Relief Workshop Washington County Community College Trio Student Support Services

  2. What is Stress? • Reaction to change or stimuli

  3. Stress Friend or Foe? • Creative stress • Motivator • Out of control stress

  4. Too Much Stress • Physical aspects of too much stress

  5. Stress and Your Body • “flight or fight” mode • Adrenaline • Cortisol • Need for oxygen increases • Heart rate and blood pressure up • Blood vessels in skin to constrict • Muscles to tense • Blood sugar level to increase • Blood increased tendency to clot • Body’s cells to pour stored fat into the blood stream

  6. Stress Management Workshop • Take the stress self assessment

  7. Changes in your life Trauma or crises Small daily hassles Conflicts Unpleasant people Barriers that prevent you from reaching your goals Feeling little control over your life Excessive or impossible demands Noise Boring or lonely work Irrational ideas about how things should or must be; perceiving that life is not unfolding as you think it should Stress Triggers

  8. Believing you are helpless to handle a situation Drawing faulty conclusions Pushing yourself to excel and/or failing to achieve Assigning fault for bad events, for example, placing blame on yourself or others Realizing you may have been wrong, but wanting to be right *overreacting to current stress as a result of intense stress years earlier, especially in childhood More Stress Triggers

  9. Stress Triggers • Stress is an individualized experience. What may be stressful to you may not affect someone else.

  10. Dealing with Stress • Identify whether you are feeling stressed (take the finger test) • Can you control your stress on cue? • Breathing exercises • Muscle relaxation exercises (15 major muscle groups for releasing stress)

  11. Stress Relief Workshop • Be good to yourself • Humor -- the ultimate stress reliever

  12. 1. Laugh 2. Socialize 3. Get rid of Anger 4. Be Decisive 5. Be Assertive 6. Get Some Sleep 7. Adapt Your Environment 8. Encourage Yourself 9. Choose Winners 10. Reward Yourself 11. Establish Rituals 12. Nurture Your Spirituality 13. Take Note 14. Play Around 15. Slow Down 16. Get a Pet 17. Take Vacations 18. Take Up a Hobby 19. Delegate 20. Be In Control of Your Finances 21. Don’t Procrastinate 22. Live by Lists 23. Eat Right 24. Exercise 25. Relax. Breathe Deeply Charles B. Inlander’s 25 Ways to Reduce Stress

  13. How to Eat Right to Reduce Stress • High fiber, carbohydrate rich foods • Fruits and vegetables • Avoid high fat foods • Cut back on caffeine • Avoid refined sugar

  14. Managing Stress and School • Manage your time effectively • Get some exercise • Avoid using drugs or alcohol • Take a break • Minimize interruptions • Eat Healthy Foods • Practice Daily Relaxation Exercise • Think positive, learn to control worry • Know when you need help and get it • Learn to say NO • Put stressful situations into perspective • Get Enough Sleep

  15. A prayer for the Stressed • Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today, because they got on my nerves. • Also help me to be careful of the toes I step on today, as they may be connected to the feet I may have to kiss tomorrow. • Help me to do my work 100%: • 12% on Monday • 22% on Tuesday • 38 % on Wednesday • 23% on Thursday • 5% on Friday • And help me to remember…. • When I’m having a bad day and it seems that people are trying to wind me up, that it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 muscles to smile, and only 10 to extend my arm and smack you in the mouth.

  16. Stress Management Workshop Citations and Resources • http://www.teachhealth.com/#stressscale • www.reflector.com/health/content/ shared-auto/womens/stress/over.html • wuzzle.org/cave/breathe.html • www.thebody.com/mb/mini.html • http://www.success.net.au/stress_test.html • http://solarraven.com/stresspoint1.html

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