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• A presentation to make
• Impending exams
• A late-night party
• Inability to answer three questions in your exam
• Marriage in the family
All of the above
WHAT IS STRESS?
Dr. Hans Selye, stress management expert, defines stress as:
Stress Response
TYPES OF STRESS
EUSTRESS : +VE
DISTRESS : -VE
HUMAN FUNCTION CURVE (Peter Nixon)
EXHAUSTION
BREAK DOWN
STRESSORS
Internal External
sources sources
School / Environ-
Personality Family mental
Role stress
college/ job
PERSONALITY STRESSORS
Aggressive and
anti-social
behaviour
Getting into Withdrawal and
isolation;
wrong habits detachment
PERSONALITY
STRESSORS
Poor self-worth,
Indecisive blame and feeling
ugly
Perfectionism
SCHOOL/COLLEGE STRESSORS
Fight with a
friend/ being
bullied
A ‘blank feeling’
Little time for
when one tries
extra-curricular
to remember
activities SCHOOL/
answers
COLLEGE
STRESSORS
Losing books or
Exam stress
notes
FAMILY STRESSORS
Parental
expectations
Chronic illness
Sibling rivalry in the family
FAMILY
STRESSORS
Serious loss in
Poor parent-child
the family
relationship
( life event)
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
Peer Pressure
Traffic and
Competition
Overcrowding
ENVIRON-
MENTAL
STRESSORS
Noise Pollution
ROLE STRESSORS
WIFE
PLAYER FRIEND
INDIVI-
HOUSE
DUAL
SISTER
CAPTAIN
DAUGH-
STUDENT
TER
COMMON RESPONSE TO STRESS
• Irritability
• Anger
• Apprehension
• Fear
• Sadness
• Feeling tense
• Mood swings
COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Indecisiveness
• Low performance
• Reduced performance
• Low motivation
• Avoidance of certain situations
• Absenteeism
• Increase or decrease in activity level
• Increase in use of caffeine, smoking, alcohol and
any other drug
STRESS
C O P I N G C A PA C I T Y
AIM OF STRESS MANAGEMENT
5R’s
• RETHINK
• REDUCE
• RELEASE
• RELAX
• REORGANIZE
RETHINK
Activities:
– Going for walks
– Listening to music
– Taking a bath
Relaxation techniques