STRESS MANAGEMENT

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STRESS MANAGEMENT
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STRESS

• THE WAY YOUR MIND AND BODY REACT TO ANY SITUATION
  THAT IS NEW, THREATENING, OR EXCITING.
• IT IS PRESSURE FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT MAKES YOU
  FEEL TENSE INSIDE. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES, THIS
  PRESSURE CAN COME FROM YOU.
• IT IS AN UNAVOIDABLE FACT OF LIFE.

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STRESS

• PREPARES YOU TO ACT.
• THE WAY YOU HANDLE STRESS DETERMINES WHETHER IT
  IS HELPFUL OR HARMFUL (PRODUCTIVE WORRY Versus
  TOXIC WORRY).
• IT CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

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EUSTRESS

• HELPFUL STRESS
• GIVES YOU AN EXTRA BURST OF ENERGY BY PUMPING
  MORE ADRENALINE INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM.

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EUSTRESS

• HARNESSING THIS EXTRA ENERGY ON OCCASION CAN HELP
  YOU MEET PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND
  REACH GOALS.
• YOU HAVE AN ADRENALINE RUSH (HEART BREATHING
  RATES INCREASE, BLOOD FLOW QUICKENS, MUSCLE
  STRENGTH IMPROVES, ETC.)
• THIS ADRENALINE RUSH IS AUTOMATIC AND RESULTS
  FROM THE BODYS RESPONSE TO STRESS IN TERMS OF A
  FIGHT OR FLIGHT REACTION.

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DISTRESS

• HARMFUL STRESS THE WORD STRESS IS DERIVED
  FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING TO DRAW TIGHT.
• CHRONIC UNRELIEVED STRESS CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL
  EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.

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DISTRESS

• PHYSICAL PROBLEMS

• EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS

• HEADACHES
• UPSET STOMACH/
• INDIGESTION
• INABILITY TO SLEEP
• ALLERGIES/ASTHMA
• WEIGHT LOSS/GAIN
• CONSTANT FATIGUE
• COLDS/FLU/SORE THROAT
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
• MUSCLE TWITCHES SPASMS
• ANGINA/HEART ATTACKS/STROKE

• DEPRESSION FATIGUE, SLEEP PROBLEMS, INABILITY TO
  CONCENTRATE, LOSS OF INTERESTS, FORGETFULNESS,
  IRRITABILITY, ANGER, URGE TO ESCAPE, FEELINGS OF
  WORTHLESSNESS, FEELING OVERWHELMED, ISOLATION,
  ETC.
• ANXIETY - NERVOUSNESS, DIZZINESS, POUNDING
  HEART, TREMBLING, TROUBLE BREATHING, ETC.

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COLLEGE OF THE OVERWHELMED

• DR. RICHARD KADISON OF HARVARD CITED STRESS AS
  THE BIGGEST PROBLEM DESCRIBED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS
  IN HIS BOOK.

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CAUSES OR SOURCES OF STRESS

• LEAVING HOME
• COMMUTING TO COLLEGE
• ACADEMICS/TESTS/STUDYING
• PARENTAL AND OTHERS EXPECTATIONS
• ILLNESSES
• ROOMMATES
• FINANCES
• WORK
• PEER PRESSURE/RELATIONSHIPS/FAMILY
• PERSONAL ISSUES
• ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (NOISE, WEATHER, ETC.)
• DAILY HASSLES (OVERSLEPT, FORGETTING SOMETHING,
  TRAFFIC, ETC.)
• PROFESSORS..
• Gay Coleman, Clay Barton, Carol Byrd

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ANALYZE YOUR STRESSORS
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CONTROL YOUR STRESS OR IT WILL CONTROL YOU

• LOOK FOR CAUSES OF STRESS
• CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN (SERENITY PRAYER)
• TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF DIET, EXERCISE, SLEEP,
  HOBBIES, FRIENDS/ SOCIAL NETWORK,
• LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH
• RELAXATION TECHNIQUES MASSAGE, PROGRESSIVE
  RELAXATION, VISUALIZATION, YOGA, DEEP BREATHING

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KEEP STRESS IN ITS PLACE

• IT CAN ADD ZEST TO YOUR LIFE.
• IT CAN HELP YOU PERFORM AT YOUR PEAK.
• TOO MUCH CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH
  HAPPINESS.
• FIND THE LEVEL THAT IS BEST FOR YOU.
• LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
• PRACTICE HEALTHY LIVING AND POSITIVE THINKING.