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Understanding Stress Management and Coping Strategies

Explore the types of stress, physical and psychological reactions, coping mechanisms, and the effects of stressors such as excessive drinking in college. Discover recommendations for a healthier lifestyle and learn about different types of expenses faced by students.

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Understanding Stress Management and Coping Strategies

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  1. Stress • Stress is the reaction of our mind and body to an event. • The source of stress is called a stressor • There are three types of stressors • A hassle • A crisis • A strong stressor

  2. Distressors or eustressors • When the source of stress is a negative event, it is called a distressor and its effect is called distress. • When the source of stress is a positive event, it is called a eustressor and its effect is called eustress(pronounced “you-stress”).

  3. TYPES OF STRESS: YOUR PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO THE STRESSORS. • Physical reactions • skin problems, headaches, gastrointestinal problems, susceptibility to colds and flus, and high blood pressure • Psychological reactions • nervousness and anxiety, expressed as irritability, difficulty concentrating, and sleep disturbances

  4. Two Principal Methods of Dealing with Stress • Adaptation:With adaptation, you do not change the stressor or the stress. An example is getting drunk. Adaptation is the bad way of handling stress. • Coping: With coping, you do change the stressor or change your reaction to it. For example, if you’re feeling stressed about handing in a paper late, you go talk to the instructor about it. This is the good way of handling stress.

  5. ADAPTATION: THE NONPRODUCTIVE WAYS OF HANDLING STRESS • Drugs, legal and illegal • Food: Overeating and junk-food snacking • Sleep and social withdrawal

  6. COPING: THE PRODUCTIVE WAYS OF HANDLING STRESS • 1. Reduce the stressors. • 2. Manage your emotional response. • 3. Develop a support system. • 4. Take care of your bodY. • 5. Develop relaxation techniques.

  7. What are the results of excessive drinking in college? • Effects on selves • missed a class. • forgot where they were • what they did • had unprotected sex • got hurt • damaged property • got into trouble with police • suicides, accidents, and violence • lower bank account, lower grades

  8. Effects on others • study or sleep interrupted • had to care for a drunken student • insulted or humiliated • experienced an unwanted sexual advance • serious arguments • having property damaged • having been pushed or assaulted.

  9. HOW ACTIVITY MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD • Anxiety and tension relief • Alleviation of depression • Increased energy • Stimulation of creative thinking • Health benefits

  10. Recommendations for a Power Diet • 1.Go easy on foods of animal origin • 2. Go easy on sugar • 3. Eat performance fuel: complex carbos • 4. Eat a variety of foods. • 5. Be moderate with salt, take calcium & iron, & avoid junk

  11. Types of Expenses • One-time educational expenses • Recurring educational expenses • Housing, food, and clothing expenses • Transportation • Personal and health expenses • Telephone expense • Entertainment • Emergencies and other expenses

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