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    This document discusses stress, its causes and effects, and provides tips for managing stress. It defines stress as the body's physical, mental or emotional response to threatening events that causes tension. Common signs of stress include headaches, back pain, fatigue and difficulty concentrating. While some stress is inevitable due to daily decisions and responsibilities, the document recommends gratitude, relaxation, healthy eating, exercise, time management, and spending time with supportive people to help manage stress levels.

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    This document discusses stress, its causes and effects, and provides tips for managing stress. It defines stress as the body's physical, mental or emotional response to threatening events that causes tension. Common signs of stress include headaches, back pain, fatigue and difficulty concentrating. While some stress is inevitable due to daily decisions and responsibilities, the document recommends gratitude, relaxation, healthy eating, exercise, time management, and spending time with supportive people to help manage stress levels.

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    Keeping All Your Balloons in

    the Air”

    Stress !!!??
    Are you Stressed?
    Feel like you are Losing It?
    Stress…
    • Researchers define stress as a
    physical, mental, or emotional response
    to events that causes bodily or mental
    tension.

    • Simply put, stress is any outside force


    or event that has an effect on our body
    or mind.
    Stress…
     When you feel threatened,
    your nervous system responds by
    releasing a flood of stress hormones,
    including adrenaline and cortisol, which
    rouse the body for emergency action.
     Your heart pounds faster, muscles
    tighten, blood pressure rises, breath
    quickens, and your senses become
    sharper.
    What Causes Us Stress?

    While incarcerated prisoners make


    twenty decisions a day, those of us
    walking the streets make one
    hundred & twenty decisions a day.
    -Prison Fellowship
    Signs of Stress
    • Physical
    – Headache
    – Back Pain
    – Fatigue
    – Aches and Pains
    • Mental
    – Difficulty Concentrating
    – Increased Errors
    – Poor Decision Making
    Myths of Stress

    All stress is bad


    Stress will not hurt you
    What stresses you out
    also stresses me out
    No symptoms, no stress
    Only major symptoms of
    stress are harmful
    How many hats do you wear?
    • Personal

    • Work Related
    Managing Stress

    What is your favorite stress reliever?


    How Can We Manage Stress?

    Live with an Attitude of Gratitude


    Be Grateful for what you have.
    Time Management
    • Get organized
    • Get structured
    • Set short term goals
    • Set long term goals
    • Use a planner:
    – daily schedule and “To Do” list
    Relaxation
     Breathing: practice deep breathing
     Progressive muscle relaxation
     Guided Imagery
     Meditation
     Tapes, CDs etc.: Either something
    structured (commercial) or soothing
    music
     Choose and schedule it in
    Cognitive (Thoughts)
     Pay attention to what you say to
    yourself
     Identify negative thinking and
    irrational beliefs
     Negative thinking leads to stress
    and anxiety
     Teach thought-stopping techniques
     Teach affirmations
    One negative thought
    leads to another………..
    then another………..
    then another…..

    Pretty soon you have ruined


    your entire life
    Spirituality
    • Temple, Church, etc
    • Help others
    • Spend quiet time every day
    • Be thankful
    • Think positively
    • Put your faith to work!
    "I am at peace in the midst of chaos or
    madness.
    No person, place or thing has the power
    to upset me.".
    Eating

     Cut down on sugar, caffeine,


    processed foods
     Eat nutritiously: all food groups,
    especially fresh fruits and veggies
     Eat a little every couple of hours
    or so
     Eat slowly
    More Ideas…
     Laugh Often
     Try a New Thing

     Cry
     Get Enough Sleep
     Exercise & Fresh Air
     Build a Support System –
    Friends, Family and Co-workers
     Say “No” Occasionally
    Even More Ideas
    Let go of perfectionism
    Learn to be flexible
    Relax your standards
    Focus less on pleasing others and
    more on pleasing yourself
    Stay away from negative people
    Surround yourself with upbeat,
    flexible and fun people.
    Personal Stress First Aid Kit
    • What would you put in yours?

    • I have in mine…
    Name Your Stressor*
    • Person
    • Place
    • Thing
    • Combination

    Stressors are the things we respond to in our


    environment. Examples of stressors are noises,
    unpleasant people, a speeding car, or even going out
    on a first ….
    Ann Landers said…

    “People take advantage


    of
    you only with
    your permission”
    Questions?

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