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Slide 1: Stress Management
Slide 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 Page 2
Slide 3: Program Objectives  (2 of 3) Describe long- and short-term stressors and trigger situations. Identify your personal and workrelated sources of stress. Describe several common lifestyle and societal pressures that can produce stress.   www.readysetpresent.com Page 3
Slide 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 Page 4
Slide 5: A Challenge Please write a One Sentence Definition of S T R E S S. www.readysetpresent.com Page 5
Slide 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 Page 6
Slide 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 Page 7
Slide 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 Page 8
Slide 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 Page 9
Slide 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 Page 10
Slide 11: Related Terms   Anxiety. Free-Floating Anxiety. Stress. Tension. Fear.   Phobia. Unconscious Anxiety. Panic. Existential Anxiety.      www.readysetpresent.com Page 11
Slide 12: Standard Stress Response www.readysetpresent.com Page 12
Slide 13: Standard Stress Response (1 of 2) 1. 2. 3. Increased blood pressure. Increased pulse rate. A heart-pounding feeling in your chest. Dilation of the pupils. Dry mouth. 4. 5. www.readysetpresent.com Page 13
Slide 14: Standard Stress Response (2 of 2) 1. Increased perspiration, especially on the palms. Muscle tension. Fast, shallow breathing. Fatigue. Boredom. 2. 3. 4. 5. www.readysetpresent.com Page 14
Slide 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 Page 15
Slide 16: The Way Stress Builds www.readysetpresent.com Page 16
Slide 17: Negative Results Of Stress www.readysetpresent.com Page 17
Slide 18: Detecting Type A Behaviors www.readysetpresent.com Page 18
Slide 19: Organizational Sources Of Burn-Out www.readysetpresent.com Page 19
Slide 20: What is your next step? www.readysetpresent.com Page 20
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