Stress Management

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STRESS MANAGEMENT
Dr. ANANDA KUMAR Professor Department of Mgt.
Studies Christ College of Engg.
Tech. Puducherry Mobile [phone] E-mail
searchanandu_at_gmail.com
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Stress

• Stress has been defined as a physical, mental or
  emotional response to events which cause mental
  or bodily tension.

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Stressors

• School
• Work
• Family
• Relationships
• Legal
• Finances
• Health/illness
• Environment
• Living Situation

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Negative Effects of Stress

• 1. Physical
• Weight gain/loss
• Unexpected hair loss
• Heart palpitations
• High blood pressure
• 2. Emotional
• Mood swings
• Anxiety
• Can lead to depression
• Can also lead to unhealthy coping strategies
  (i.e. alcohol, drugs, etc)

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Managing Stress

• Stress Relief Strategies
• 1. Body relaxation excercises
• - breathing techniques
• - guided imagery
• 2. Physical exercise
• -yoga
• -work out routine
• 3. Meditation
• 4. Counseling
• -talk therapy
• -life coaching

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Problems with definition

• One problem with a single definition is that
  stress is made up of many things It is a family
  of related experiences, pathways, responses and
  outcomes caused by a range of different events or
  circumstances. Different people experience
  different aspects and identify with different
  definitions

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Symptoms of Stress

• Physical symptoms
• Mental symptoms
• Behavioural symptoms
• Emotional symptoms

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1. Physical Symptoms
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2. Mental Symptoms
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3. Behavioural Symptoms

• Stress can have effects on your behaviour such as
  - Anger - Drug or Alcohol abuse - Angry
  outbursts - Increased smoking -
  Irritability - Eating more or less - Sleeping
  too much or too little - Isolating yourself from
  others - Procrastinating or neglecting
  responsibilities

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4. Emotional Symptoms

• - Moodiness - Irritability or short temper -
  Agitation, inability to relax - Feeling
  overwhelmed - Sense of loneliness and
  isolation - Depression or general unhappiness -
  Crying spells - Social withdrawal - Worrying
  - Feeling insecure - Relationship conflicts

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Sources of stress

• Environmental factors
• Organizational factors
• Individual factors

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1. Environmental factors

• Environmental uncertainties
• Changes in business cycles
• Political uncertainties
• Technical uncertainties

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2. Organizational factors

• Pressure to avoid errors or complete task in
  limited time period
• Task demands are factors related to a persons job
• Role of individuals to play in an organization

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3. Individual factors

• Employees personal life like family issues,
  economic problems and personality characteristics
• Broken families, wrecked marriages and other
  family issues
• Economic problems created by individuals
• A persons basic dispositional nature
• Stressors are additive stress builds up

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Not All Stress is Bad

• Eustress Positive stress
• Stress in these circumstances is pleasurable even
  though it involves placing physical and mental
  stress on the body.
• Examples Exercise, successful completion of a
  challenging task.
• Results Enabled concentration, increased
  performance, motivation and energy.

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Behaviorally at Work with Stress

• Absenteeism
• Accidents
• Poor morale
• Impaired cognitive functioning
• Poor decision making
• Lower creativity
• Burnout
• Workplace violence
• Poor job performance

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