1. Stress Management

2. 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

3. 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

4. Program Objectives (3 of 3) • Reduce negative stress and its effects. • Learn passive progressive relaxation techniques. • Practice, discuss, and problem solve. www.readysetpresent.com

5. A Challenge Please write a One Sentence Definition of S T R E S S. www.readysetpresent.com

6. Definition • Non-specific response to a demand -- a product of change. • Any situation, good or bad, that causes you to readjust. www.readysetpresent.com

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Related Terms • Anxiety. • Free-Floating Anxiety. • Stress. • Tension. • Fear. • Phobia. • Unconscious Anxiety. • Panic. • Existential Anxiety. www.readysetpresent.com

12. Standard Stress Response www.readysetpresent.com

13. 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

14. Standard Stress Response (2 of 2) • Increased perspiration, especially on the palms. • Muscle tension. • Fast, shallow breathing. • Fatigue. • Boredom. www.readysetpresent.com

15. 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

16. The Way Stress Builds www.readysetpresent.com

17. Negative Results Of Stress www.readysetpresent.com

18. Detecting Type A Behaviors www.readysetpresent.com

19. Organizational Sources Of Burn-Out www.readysetpresent.com

20. What is your next step? www.readysetpresent.com

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