Stress Management

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Stress Management
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What is Stress?
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Definition of Stress

• Stressor External or internal factors that
  cause
• Stress A physiological response to stressors

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How do you know you are stressed?

• Physiological responses
• Psychological responses

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Types of Stressors
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A students guide to Stress Management

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• will talk about these another time or
• take a study skills workshop at IASC
  

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• T--Time Management
• will talk more about this at later date also
• or take time management workshop at IASC

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• T--Time Management
• R--Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
• our bodies are not machines
• we need rejuvention--recreate is re-create
• one of the 1st things to go if we are stressed
• How do you relax?
• Concept of 15 minute vacation

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• T--Time Management
• R--Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
• E--Eating, Exercise
• Also one of the 1st things to go when stressed
• Need to see healthy eating and exercise as fuel
  that the body needs

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• T--Time Management
• R--Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
• E--Eating, Exercise
• S--Self-Talk
• One of the worst internal stressors humans face
• Negative self-talk takes a toll on our hearts and
  bodies
• Examples of negative self-talk?

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More on S--Self-Talk

• Ten Most Common Negative Self-Talk

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Ways to Combat Negative Self Talk
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Homework

• Take a two hour period in a day and count how
  many times you use negative self-talk

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A students guide to Stress Management

• S--Study Skills
• T--Time Management
• R--Rest, Relaxation, Recreation
• E--Eating, Exercise
• S--Self-Talk
• S--Social Support
• True that misery loves company
• Social support is a way to get perspective
• not alone
• new ways of looking at situation
• just plain avenue to vent!

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A students guide to Stress Management

• Ideas from the group???