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Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn't as easy as it sounds and it may seem like there is nothing you can do about your stress level. However, you have more control than you might think. Stress Management PowerPoint Presentation Content slides include topics such as: understanding the dynamics of stress, quickly and effectively managing stress, symptoms of stress, identifying sources of stress, negative and positive effects of stress, the five step system to tackle stress, 6 strategies to minimize burn-out, from distress to eustress, specific problems and associated treatments, 15 ways to make work less stressful, how to's and more. Slides can easily be tailored to your specific needs (make handouts, create overheads and use them with an LCD projector) and are available for license. Each slide includes slide transitions, clipart and animation. Royalty Free - Use Them Over and Over Again. Once purchased, download instructions will be sent to you via email. (PC and MAC Compatible).
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Program Objectives (1 of 3) • Recognize stress and its symptoms. • Diagnose personal and organizational stress/stressors. • Identify specific problems and apply treatments. • Gain practical techniques that can be readily applied. www.readysetpresent.com
Program Objectives (2 of 3) • Describe long- and short-term stressors and trigger situations. • Identify your personal and work-related sources of stress. • Describe several common lifestyle and societal pressures that can produce stress. www.readysetpresent.com
Program Objectives (3 of 3) • Reduce negative stress and its effects. • Learn passive progressive relaxation techniques. • Practice, discuss, and problem solve. www.readysetpresent.com
A Challenge Please write a One Sentence Definition of S T R E S S. www.readysetpresent.com
Definition • Non-specific response to a demand -- a product of change. • Any situation, good or bad, that causes you to readjust. www.readysetpresent.com
The Alarm Reaction • Biological changes. • Increased gland activity. • Increased heart and respiration. • Elevated blood pressure. • Body poised for action. • Fight or Flight Response. www.readysetpresent.com
Stressors • Physical -- external factors. • Social -- caused by interactions between an individual and his/her environment. • Psychological -- strong emotions can be brought on by external or internal factors. www.readysetpresent.com
Kinds Of Stress • The kind of stimulus that represents a challenge or threat which causes an alarm reaction and then elicits a response which resolves the situation. • A condition in which we experience a continual barrage of unresolved stimuli. www.readysetpresent.com
Kinds Of Stress • Appraisal Stage: • The first opportunity in which a person's belief systems, past experience, and personality determine if a specific situation will be successful. • Coping Stage: • The second opportunity where the person determines whether the response will be either positive or negative. www.readysetpresent.com
Related Terms • Anxiety. • Free-Floating Anxiety. • Stress. • Tension. • Fear. • Phobia. • Unconscious Anxiety. • Panic. • Existential Anxiety. www.readysetpresent.com
Standard Stress Response www.readysetpresent.com
Standard Stress Response (1 of 2) • Increased blood pressure. • Increased pulse rate. • A heart-pounding feeling in your chest. • Dilation of the pupils. • Dry mouth. www.readysetpresent.com
Standard Stress Response (2 of 2) • Increased perspiration, especially on the palms. • Muscle tension. • Fast, shallow breathing. • Fatigue. • Boredom. www.readysetpresent.com
Reaction To Stress • The General Adaptation Syndrome, developed by Hans Selye, former professor and director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the University of Montreal, (Selye, 1974). • Stage 1: Alarm. • Stage 2: Resistance. • Stage 3: Exhaustion. www.readysetpresent.com
The Way Stress Builds www.readysetpresent.com
Negative Results Of Stress www.readysetpresent.com
Detecting Type A Behaviors www.readysetpresent.com
Organizational Sources Of Burn-Out www.readysetpresent.com
What is your next step? www.readysetpresent.com
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