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What is Stress? Signals of Stress Physical Behavioral Emotional. How do you Cope with Stress? Stress Busters. Agenda. Life Skills - Adjusting to Your New World. Jana C. Davidson With special contributions from Dr. Jennifer Brandt, MSW, LISW (Ohio State)

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  1. What is Stress? Signals of Stress Physical Behavioral Emotional How do you Cope with Stress? Stress Busters Agenda Life Skills - Adjusting to Your New World Jana C. Davidson With special contributions from Dr. Jennifer Brandt, MSW, LISW (Ohio State) and Dr. Holly Evers (Oklahoma State) Stress & Stress Coping Strategies

  2. What is Stress? Is it tension? Or pressure? Stress is the way you respond to change Understanding stress and its effects can help you use it to your own advantage and turn potential “stressors” into positive challenges.

  3. What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of dread about something unpleasant or threatening that might happen. Some degree of anxiety is normal. Some people feel anxious even when there is no discernable cause. Anything that seems unusually overwhelming for you and lasts for more than a few days or weeks should be a warning signal and should prompt a need for a self-check with others you trust and/or professional resources to assess your situation.

  4. What is Depression? Feeling down? how frequent? how severe? how long? We all have “ups’ and “downs”, but for those with depression this distress can be severe and lasts for days, weeks, months or years. Anything that seems unusually overwhelming for you and lasts for more than a few days or weeks should be a warning signal and should prompt a need for a self-check with others you trust and/or professional resources to assess your situation.

  5. Physical Signals of Distress

  6. Behavioral Signals of Distress

  7. Emotional Signals of Distress

  8. Acceptance, commitmentandopennessto change are the keys. You can’t always choose your destiny in life, but you can choose how you perceive it and cope with it. You Are the Creator of Your Own ExperienceTake charge!

  9. It’s not about coping better with added stress—it’s about examining your “have to’s”, focusing only on what you actually have control over, and reducing your stress load.

  10. ` Stress-Busters

  11. How is your time and energy divided today? How would your time and energy be divided if you were taking better care of yourself? Analyze How Life is Now vs Life as You’d Like it to Be

  12. What limits can you set to guarantee that you’ll get what you need for optimal physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual health? When you allow others to step over your limits, what’s the most common reason? I’m uncomfortable saying no I’m afraid of losing someone or something I feel guilty Their needs seem more important than mine Setting Limits

  13. Laugh and/or Smile Deep Breathing Meditation/Yoga Positive Self-talk Sleep Massage Progressive Muscle Relaxation 5-Minute Stress Busters

  14. STRETCH!! Correct your posture Walk/Run Throw/kick a ball Take the dog for a walk Pet the cat Feed the fish Watch a youtube video Look at recent photos 5-Minute Stress-Busters

  15. Maintain a regular program of healthy eating, good health habits and adequate sleep Exercise regularly Helping others can be the remedy for what is troubling us- we concentrate too much on ourselves when we are distressed Take a long shower or bath with warm water Other Self-Care Tips

  16. Have a good cry – tears cleanse the body of substances that accumulate under stress and release a natural pain reliever Accept what you do not have control over Do a relaxation exercise daily Reward yourself Take a break Budget your time Prioritize your workload Other Self-Care Tips

  17. Develop and maintain a positive attitude Rehearse for stressful events—visualize yourself feeling and behaving as if you are calm and confident Talk out troubles—Another person can help you view your problem from a different perspective Seek help Other Self-Care Tips

  18. A very special thanks to Dr. Brandt & Dr. Evers for their professional input • Outside help: • CSU Student Resources • Lori Kogan, College Psychologist 491-7984 • University Counseling Center 491-6053 • CSU Emergency Number 491-7111 • Suicide hotline: 800-273-Talk

  19. Parting Words of Wisdom Remember…. When everything is coming your way, you may be in the wrong lane…

  20. Parting Words of Wisdom Nobody cares if you can’t dance (sing) well, just get up and dance (sing)!

  21. Parting Words of Wisdom If you cannot be kind, at least have the decency to be vague!

  22. Parting Words of Wisdom And finally… We could learn a lot from crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors… …but they all have to live in the same box!

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