1. Stress Management Dev Sanskriti VishwaVidyalaya Gaytrikunj, Shantikunj Haridwar, UttaraKhand A group of Clinical Psychologists

2. Stress Stress: The human reaction to events in our environment Stress as wear and tear on the body

3. Aspects of Stress  Positive,  Negative,

4. Two streams of stress Positive Stress Getting into college Getting engaged Winning the lottery

5. Negative Stress Difficult work environment Overwhelming sights and sounds Threat of personal injury

6. General Stress Cumulative Stress Acute Traumatic Stress Post Traumatic Stress TYPES OF STRESS

7. General Stress: General Stress: Everyone has this kind of stress It resolves itself within a day or two No intervention is necessarily required

8. Cumulative Stress: Cumulative Stress: Stress builds up in your body It becomes more difficult to alleviate your symptoms You may have more serious physical symptoms You may have more serious mental anguish

9. Acute Traumatic Stress: Critical Incident Stress Produces considerable psychological distress Abnormal reaction to normal events

10. Post Traumatic Stress: Severe stress produced by severe psychological trauma Created by unresolved Critical Incident Stress Produces lasting changes

11. Stressors in Present Time  Poor time management  Mal-adjustment,  Less capacity to deal effectively,  Competition,  Demands,  Modernization,  Family Environment,  Socio-economic status,

12. Stages of Stress Syndrome Stage I - Alarm Reaction Stage II – Stage of adaptation Stage III – Stage of Exhaustion

13.  Alarm Reaction “fight or flight” Decreasing effect of immune system

14.  Stage of Adaptation Negative effect of stress continuation Lack of physical strength

15.  Stage of Exhaustion Stress persists for a long time The body’s resistance may be reduced or collapse quickly Psychosomatic disorder

16. Negative effect of stress symptoms –Dry mouth –Cool skin –Cold hands and feet –Increased sweating –Rapid breathing –Faster heart rate –Tense muscles –Feelings of nausea –Butterflies in your stomach –Diarrhea –A desire to urinate

17. Long Term Physical Stress Symptoms –Insomnia –Change in Appetite –Sexual disorders –Aches and pains –Frequent colds –Feelings of intense and tiredness –Prone to illness

18. BEHAVIORAL STRESS SYMPTOMS  Yawning  Talking too fast  Talking too loud  Fiddling  Twitching  Nail biting  Grinding teeth  Drumming fingers  Pacing  Over reacting  Emotional  Defensive  Irritable  Irrational  Defensive  Hostile  Critical  Aggressive

19. –By reducing your effectiveness –Making you accident prone –Causing you to be forgetful –Causing you to be very negative –You may neglect your appearance –You may make poor judgments –Causing you to make more mistakes –Increasing your absenteeism Effective cognitive symptoms

20.  not make good decisions  motor skills are affected  no longer enjoy your work  attention span may be affected  negative thoughts  self confidence will suffer  difficulty concentrating  positive energy is consumed

21. Essence of healthy living  Examine your diet –Balance salt intake –Lower your intake of refined sugars and carbohydrates –Lower your caffeine intake  Add to your diet –Vegetables –Fruits –Complex Carbohydrates –Vitamins –Water

22. Tips of healthy living  Rest: –Continuous rest for min. six hours

23.  Exercise: –At least 15 min. daily –break a sweat,

24. Sharing  Someone who is trustworthy- family members/ friends

25.  Make an increased effort to organize your life  Ask for help  Delegate things when you need to

26.  Learn to manage your anger  Anger affects your health  Anger causes you to over react to many situations

27. HEALTY LIVING  To control over- expectation  Rethink

28. Playing Therapy  Fill your life with fun things to do!!!!  Grow your sense of humor!!!!

29. HEALTHY LIVING  Take charge of your life.  Act appropriately  Be balance in your life

30. Avoid  Alcohol  Drugs  Marijuana  Medicines & Pills

31. HEALTHY LIVING  Relaxing needs to be part of your daily routine.

32. HEALTHY LIVING  RELAAAAAAX

33. HEALTHY LIVING  RELAAAAAAX

34. HEALTHY LIVING  RELAAAAAAX

35. Yoga  Pranayam  Meditation  Shavasana  Prayer

36. Music therapy Light & melodious music,

37. Colour Therapy  Yellow  Orange  Red  Purple  Green  Blue  Brown  Violet  Black  White

38. STRESS MANAGEMENT “Love all-serve all, help ever-hurt never” Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Gaytrikunj, Shantikunj, Hardwar, UttaraKhand, India www.dsvv.org

39. STRESS MANAGEMENT  Questions?????