1. STRESS MANAGEMENT STRESS IS COMPLIMENTARY TO ALL LIVING BEINGS

2. IS STRESS HARMFUL? NO STRESS: - INSPIRES ONE IN TO ACTION BUT OVERSTRESS:- CAUSES REACTION

3. IS STRESS MANAGEABLE/ CONTROLLABLE ? YES CAN ONE SEE/ FEEL THE EFFECT OF STRESS YES

4. CAN STRESS BE CURED? YES IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF STRESS

5. WHAT IS STRESS? EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION OF ONE’S REACTION TO STIMULI / SITUATION -PHYSICAL -MENTAL

6. EXPRESSION OF DISTURBANCES IN BODY/ MIND MANIFESTATION OF IRRITATION (DUE TO EXTERNAL/ INTERNAL PRESSURE BUILT UP TO A SITUATION)

7. IS STRESS A DISEASE NO BUT CATALYSES A DISEASE

8. STRESS AFFECTS ALL SYSTEMS INVITES SEVERAL DISEASES 1. CARDIO-VASCULAR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HEART FAILURE (SOME TIMES TO CAUSE SUDDEN DEATH)

9. 2. ENDOCRINOLOGY HYPO-THALAMUS PITUITARY THYROID 3. ADRENAL GLANDS THYROID MIGRAINE 4. NEUROLOGY MENTAL DISORDERS 5. RESPIRATORY ASTHMA 6. DIGESTIVE GASTRIC ULCER 7. SENSORY SKIN ALLERGY CANCER

10. I. EXTERNAL PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE SURROUNDING PRESSURE (disturbances in body / mind to feel hurt / disappointed and forces us to react sharply) CRITICISM ABUSE QUARREL WORK PRESSURE CLIMATE CHANGE

11. II. INTERNAL PRESSURE HEALTH HAZARD DREAM UNUSUAL SCENES ACCIDENT PREMATURE DEATH OF LOVED ONE RAPE APPEARING FOR EXAM STAGE ACTION

12. Some examples of stress sensitiveness “Though father agreed to daughter’s request to trim her hair but not for a stylist cut; so got flared up to the situation, the daughter committed suicide” “ A poor man with 3 sons who behaved/ reacted divergently. Eldest, a rebelling one, was reacting “Why father was poor? Youngest, ok. to live with the situation when cannot be cured, to be endured; but the middle one, without any expression or grudge, went on reading through out to become a renowned doctor in USA”

13. Does hard work create stress/ tension? No Why one gets exhausted? Why a situation makes one uneasy? The way attempts are made Kind of response to the task/ situation

14. Few tips: Avoid doing the work alone Avoid working for long hours Delegation reduces pressure Cardinal principle of stress reduction: Hard work- Smart work- Team work

15. Lesson Could not succeed:- more stress (bad) no stress (also bad) control stress (good)

16. Stress Management: 4 ‘C’s - Challenge - Control - Communicate - Cooperate Goodness gets response -Whatever good you give, you get back. Life is a boomerang -Every thing is paid for a glass of milk (A doctor’s story)

17. ONCE YOU COOPERATE, YOUR STRESS GETS REDUCED Cooperation is not necessarily a jargon like -to be associated with community service -NGO work etc. Can be -micro level activity - charity begins at home go to neighbour hear some body’s grief help some one

18. Lesson: You spend time with others Divert from the stressed moment Free from clutches of loneliness Compare your stress with others

19. Communicate Tell others not public at large some one you trust Unilateral talk speak to God -patient hearing with no response/ reaction Talk to a Doctor In USA, charges are high to here the patient Crying Symbolizing Lord Vishnu’s conch blowing Once you cry you blow up your suppressed feelings.

20. Stress is not painful Avoid Repetitive feelings- more painful (to check repetition is more important in management) Accident itself is not cause of stress but brooding/ thinking gives pain. Suffering of a stress victim gets compounded when he is alone (when narrates before others, that digression/ diversion makes him comfortable)

21. THEN; Don’t allow stress to live Don’t allow stress to live Manage to leave Manage to leave Thank you