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3. WHAT IS STRESS WHY STRESS HOW TO RECOGNISE STRESS ( 4 FACTORS ) TYPE OF STRESS CAUSES OF STRESS HOW TO COPE UP ( 4 FACTORS ) PRACTICAL STRESS MANAGEMENT Shrimal Jayathilake

4. STRESS IS OUR INTERNAL RESPONSE TO A ( DIFFICULT ) SITUATION WE FIND HARD TO MANAGE Shrimal Jayathilake

5. PRESSURE GROWTH STRESS Shrimal Jayathilake

6. PERSONALITY Sources of Pressure Coping Mechanisms +ve -ve 4 Shrimal Jayathilake

7. FACEFLIGHT FIGHTFREEZE Shrimal Jayathilake

8. STRESS CAN BE SOURCE - DIFFICULT SITUATION EFFECTS - SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION, CAN’T COPE UP Shrimal Jayathilake

9. CAUSES OF STRESS PRESSURE DUE TO COMPETITION URBANISATION COMMUTING TO WORK DEMAND FROM JOB/FAMILY AGEING/POLLUTION LIMITATION TO CHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT Shrimal Jayathilake

10. A - ANXIETY A - ANGER A - ATTITUTE Shrimal Jayathilake

11. RESPONSE TO STRESS FIRST described by Walter B. Cannon & Hans Selye during 1930’s SYMPTOMS PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS  PHYSICAL  MENTAL  EMOTIONAL  SOCIAL  SPIRITUAL  BEHAVIOURAL Shrimal Jayathilake

12. PHYSICAL SIGNS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FREQUENT COLDS RINGING IN THE EARS BODY PAIN LOSS OF SEX DRIVE CHANGE IN SLEEP PATTERN HEAD ACHE/MIGRAINE INDIGESTION/LOSS OF APPETITE FREQUENT URINATION SHORTNESS OF BREATH Shrimal Jayathilake

13. MENTAL SIGNS FREQUENT LAPSES OF MEMORY POOR CONCENTRATION DIFFICULTY IN MAKING DECISIONS CONSTANT NEGATIVE SELF TALK CONFUSION & POOR JUDGEMENT PESSIMISM SUICIDAL THOUGHTS DISORIENTATION PANIC ATTACKS Shrimal Jayathilake

14. EMOTIONAL SIGNS RAPID MOOD SWINGS, IMPATENCE & IRRITABILITY FITS OF RAGE/ANGER ANXIETY ATTACKS DEPRESSION WORRY FEELINGS OF DESPAIR BURSTS OF TEARS NERVOUS LAUGHTER DETERIORATION IN PERSONAL HYGIENE AND APPEARANCE Shrimal Jayathilake

15. SOCIAL SIGNS ISOLATION LONELINESS INTOLERANCE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IRRITABILITY TOWARDS PEOPLE Shrimal Jayathilake

16. SPIRITUAL SIGNS FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS LOSS OF FORGIVENESS LOSS OF DIRECTION HOSTILITY HOPELESSNESS GUILT FEELINGS Shrimal Jayathilake

17. STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ASTHMA DIABETES ULCERS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS SKIN COMPLAINTS HEADACHES & MIGRAINES PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) DEPRESSION Shrimal Jayathilake

18. PRACTICAL STRESS INDICATORS AND MANAGING THEM WORRIED LET DOWN REJECTED ANGRY TENSE TIRED ANXIETY Shrimal Jayathilake

19. PHYSICAL DEFENCE SLEEP DIET EXERCISES Shrimal Jayathilake

20. MENTAL DEFENCE SELF INSTRUCTIONS CONTROL RELAXATION Shrimal Jayathilake

21. SOCIAL SUPPORT GAMES COUNSELLING CARING AGENCIES SELF HELP GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS MEDIA TELEPHONE/INTERNET FAMILY MEMBERS/DOCTOR Shrimal Jayathilake

22. A AWARENESS ACTION ATTITUDE Shrimal Jayathilake