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DR

. N

AZ

AT

UL

SH

IMA

MS

. CE

CIL

IA A

NT

HO

NY

DA

S

IS THIS YOU!

STRESS DEFINED

WHAT IS STRESS?

�"T

he

ad

ve

rse

re

act

ion

pe

op

le h

av

e t

o e

xce

ssiv

e

pre

ssu

res

or

oth

er

typ

es

of

pre

ssu

res

or

oth

er

typ

es

of

de

ma

nd

pla

ced

on

th

em

."

WHAT IS WORK STRESS?

�T

he

U.S

De

pa

rtm

en

t o

f H

ea

lth

ha

s d

efi

ne

d

Job

Str

ess

as:

"...

the

ha

rmfu

l ph

ysi

cal a

nd

em

oti

on

al

resp

on

ses

tha

t o

ccu

r w

he

n t

he

re

spo

nse

s th

at

occ

ur

wh

en

th

e

req

uir

em

en

ts o

f a

job

do

no

t m

atc

h t

he

cap

ab

ilit

ies,

re

sou

rce

s o

r n

ee

ds

of

the

wo

rke

r".

WHAT CAUSES STRESS AT WORK?

Causes of Stress At Work

�b

ull

yin

g o

r h

ara

ssm

en

t, b

y a

ny

on

e,

no

t n

ece

ssa

rily

a p

ers

on

's m

an

ag

er

�fe

eli

ng

po

we

rle

ss a

nd

un

inv

olv

ed

in

de

term

inin

g o

ne

's o

wn

re

spo

nsi

bil

itie

s d

ete

rmin

ing

on

e's

ow

n r

esp

on

sib

ilit

ies

�co

nti

nu

ou

s u

nre

aso

na

ble

pe

rfo

rma

nce

d

em

an

ds

�la

ck o

f e

ffe

ctiv

e c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

an

d c

on

flic

t re

solu

tio

n

�la

ck o

f jo

b s

ecu

rity

�lo

ng

wo

rkin

g h

ou

rs

Causes of Stress At Work

�e

xce

ssiv

e t

ime

aw

ay

fro

m h

om

e

an

d f

am

ily

�o

ffic

e p

oli

tics

an

d c

on

flic

t a

mo

ng

st

aff

�a

fe

eli

ng

th

at

on

e's

re

wa

rd is

no

t �

a f

ee

lin

g t

ha

t o

ne

's r

ew

ard

is n

ot

com

me

nsu

rati

ng

wit

h o

ne

's

resp

on

sib

ilit

y

�w

ork

ing

ho

urs

, re

spo

nsi

bil

itie

s a

nd

pre

ssu

res

dis

rup

tin

g li

fe-

ba

lan

ce (

die

t, e

xe

rcis

e,

sle

ep

an

d

rest

, p

lay

, fa

mil

y-t

ime

, e

tc)

WHAT JOB CONDITIONS THAT

MAY LEAD TO STRESS?

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�T

he

De

sig

n o

f Ta

sks.

�H

ea

vy w

ork

loa

d, i

nfr

eq

ue

nt

rest

bre

ak

s, lo

ng

wo

rk h

ou

rs a

nd

sh

ift

wo

rk; h

ect

ic a

nd

ro

uti

ne

task

s th

at

ha

ve li

ttle

inh

ere

nt

me

an

ing

, do

no

t ta

sks

tha

t h

ave

litt

le in

he

ren

t m

ea

nin

g, d

o n

ot

uti

lize

wo

rke

rs’ s

kill

s, a

nd

pro

vid

e li

ttle

se

nse

of

con

tro

l.

�E

xam

ple

: Da

vid

wo

rks

to t

he

po

int

of

exh

au

stio

n.

Th

ere

sa is

tie

d t

o t

he

co

mp

ute

r, a

llow

ing

litt

le

roo

m f

or

fle

xib

ility

, se

lf-i

nit

iati

ve, o

r re

st.

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�M

an

ag

em

en

t S

tyle

.

�L

ack

of

pa

rtic

ipa

tio

n b

y

wo

rke

rs in

de

cisi

on

-ma

kin

g,

po

or

com

mu

nic

ati

on

in t

he

o

rga

niz

ati

on

, la

ck o

f fa

mily

o

rga

niz

ati

on

, la

ck o

f fa

mily

fr

ien

dly

po

licie

s.

�E

xam

ple

: Th

ere

sa n

ee

ds

to

ge

t th

e b

oss

’s a

pp

rova

l fo

r e

very

thin

g, a

nd

th

e

com

pa

ny

is in

sen

siti

ve t

o

he

r fa

mily

ne

ed

s.

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�In

terp

ers

on

al R

ela

tio

nsh

ips.

Po

or

soci

al

en

viro

nm

en

t a

nd

lack

of

sup

po

rt o

r h

elp

fro

m

co-w

ork

ers

an

d s

up

erv

iso

rs.

�E

xam

ple

: Th

ere

sa’s

ph

ysi

cal i

sola

tio

n r

ed

uce

s �

Exa

mp

le: T

he

resa

’s p

hy

sica

l iso

lati

on

re

du

ces

he

r o

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

inte

ract

wit

h o

the

r

wo

rke

rs o

r re

ceiv

e h

elp

fro

m t

he

m.

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�W

ork

Ro

les.

Co

nfl

icti

ng

or

un

cert

ain

job

exp

ect

ati

on

s,

too

mu

ch r

esp

on

sib

ility

,

too

ma

ny

“h

ats

to

we

ar.

”to

o m

an

y “

ha

ts t

o w

ea

r.”

�E

xam

ple

: Th

ere

sa is

oft

en

cau

gh

t in

a d

iffi

cult

situ

ati

on

try

ing

to

sa

tisf

y

bo

th t

he

cu

sto

me

r’s

ne

ed

s

an

d t

he

co

mp

an

y’s

exp

ect

ati

on

s.

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�C

are

er

Co

nce

rns.

Jo

b in

secu

rity

a

nd

lack

of

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r g

row

th, a

dva

nce

me

nt,

or

pro

mo

tio

n; r

ap

id c

ha

ng

es

for

pro

mo

tio

n; r

ap

id c

ha

ng

es

for

wh

ich

wo

rke

rs a

re u

np

rep

are

d.

�E

xam

ple

: Sin

ce t

he

re

org

an

iza

tio

n

at

Da

vid

’s p

lan

t, e

very

on

e is

w

orr

ied

ab

ou

t th

eir

fu

ture

wit

h

the

co

mp

an

y a

nd

wh

at

will

h

ap

pe

n n

ext

.

Job Conditions That May Lead

to Stress

�E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal C

on

dit

ion

s. U

np

lea

san

t o

r

da

ng

ero

us

ph

ysi

cal c

on

dit

ion

s su

ch a

s

cro

wd

ing

, no

ise

, air

po

lluti

on

, or

erg

on

om

ic

pro

ble

ms.

pro

ble

ms.

�E

xam

ple

: Da

vid

is e

xpo

sed

to

co

nst

an

t n

ois

e

at

wo

rk.

WORK PERFORMANCE DUE TO

STRESS

Typical Relationship Between

Performance and Stress

Level of

Performance

Hig

h

(excelle

nt)

Too L

ittle S

tress

Optim

um

Str

ess

Excessiv

e S

tress

Low

Hig

h

Level of

Performance

Low

(poor)

Str

ess

How to Identify Stress

PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS

�In

ab

ilit

y t

o c

on

cen

tra

te o

r m

ak

e s

imp

le

de

cisi

on

s

�M

em

ory

lap

ses

�B

eco

min

g r

ath

er

va

gu

e

�E

asi

ly d

istr

act

ed

�E

asi

ly d

istr

act

ed

�L

ess

intu

itiv

e &

Cre

ati

ve

�W

orr

yin

g

�N

eg

ati

ve

th

ink

ing

�D

ep

ress

ion

& a

nx

iety

EMOTIONAL SIGNS

�T

ea

rfu

l

�Ir

rita

ble

�M

oo

d s

win

gs

�E

xtr

a s

en

siti

ve

to

cri

tici

sm

�D

efe

nsi

ve

�D

efe

nsi

ve

�F

ee

lin

g o

ut

of

con

tro

l

�L

ack

of

mo

tiv

ati

on

�A

ng

ry

�F

rust

rate

d

�L

ack

of

con

fid

en

ce

�L

ack

of

self

-est

ee

m

PHYSICAL SIGNS

�A

che

s /

pa

ins

& m

usc

le t

en

sio

n /

gri

nd

ing

te

eth

�F

req

ue

nt

cold

s/in

fect

ion

s

�A

lle

rgie

s/ra

she

s/sk

in ir

rita

tio

ns

�C

on

stip

ati

on

/ d

iarr

ho

ea

�C

on

stip

ati

on

/ d

iarr

ho

ea

�W

eig

ht

loss

or

ga

in

�In

dig

est

ion

/he

art

bu

rn/u

lce

rs

�H

yp

erv

en

tila

tin

g /

lum

p in

th

e t

hro

at

/ p

ins&

ne

ed

les

�P

hy

sica

l tir

ed

ne

ss

BEHAVIOURAL SIGNS

�N

o t

ime

fo

r re

lax

ati

on

�P

ron

e t

o a

ccid

en

ts,

forg

etf

uln

ess

�In

cre

ase

d r

eli

an

ce t

o s

mo

kin

g o

r ca

ffe

ine

�B

eco

min

g a

wo

rka

ho

lic

�P

oo

r ti

me

ma

na

ge

me

nt

/ p

oo

r st

an

da

rds

of

wo

rk�

Po

or

tim

e m

an

ag

em

en

t /

po

or

sta

nd

ard

s o

f w

ork

�A

bse

nte

eis

m

�S

elf

ne

gle

ct /

ch

an

ge

in a

pp

ea

ran

ce

�S

oci

al w

ith

dra

wa

l

�R

ela

tio

nsh

ip p

rob

lem

s

�N

erv

ou

s

HOW TO OVERCOME STRESS?

Top Ten Stress Busting Tips

�1

. L

ea

rn t

o m

an

ag

e y

ou

r ti

me

mo

re

eff

ect

ive

ly�

a lo

t o

f ti

me

IS W

AS

TE

D d

oin

g u

nim

po

rta

nt

task

s, e

spe

cia

lly

wh

en

str

ess

ed

, so

pri

ori

tise

yo

ur

da

y a

nd

do

th

e im

po

rta

nt

job

s fi

rst.

Th

e u

nim

po

rta

nt

on

es

can

wa

it.

do

n’t

pu

t o

ff t

he

un

ple

asa

nt

task

s –

av

oid

an

ce c

au

ses

a g

rea

t d

ea

l of

stre

ss.

Giv

e u

np

lea

san

t ta

sks

a h

igh

pri

ori

ty a

nd

do

th

em

fir

st.

Giv

e u

np

lea

san

t ta

sks

a h

igh

pri

ori

ty a

nd

do

th

em

fir

st.

�2

. Ad

op

t a

he

alt

hy

life

sty

le

�e

at

a h

ea

lth

y d

iet,

ex

erc

ise

re

gu

larl

y a

nd

en

sure

YO

U g

et

ad

eq

ua

te s

lee

p &

re

st T

O E

NA

BL

E t

he

bo

dy

to

co

pe

wit

h

stre

ss s

ho

uld

it o

ccu

r. s

ign

, d

on

’t ig

no

re it

, a

sk f

or

som

e h

elp

.

Top Ten Stress Busting Tips

�3

. K

no

w y

ou

r li

mit

ati

on

s a

nd

do

no

t ta

ke

on

to

o m

uch

We

ca

use

ou

rse

lve

s a

gre

at

de

al

of

stre

ss b

eca

use

we

lik

e p

eo

ple

to

like

us

an

d d

on

’t w

an

t to

let

�W

e c

au

se o

urs

elv

es

a g

rea

t d

ea

l o

f st

ress

be

cau

se w

e l

ike

pe

op

le t

o li

ke u

s a

nd

do

n’t

wa

nt

to le

t p

eo

ple

do

wn

. We

th

en

en

d u

p d

oin

g m

ore

th

an

we

sh

ou

ld.

Le

arn

to

de

leg

ate

eff

ect

ive

ly &

be

a

sse

rtiv

e s

o t

ha

t y

ou

ca

n s

ay

no

wit

ho

ut

up

sett

ing

or

off

en

din

g.

�4

. F

ind

ou

t w

ha

t ca

use

s y

ou

str

ess

Ta

ke t

ime

to

dis

cov

er

wh

at

is w

orr

yin

g y

ou

an

d t

ry t

o c

ha

ng

e y

ou

r th

ou

gh

ts &

be

ha

vio

ur

to r

ed

uce

it

.

�5

. Av

oid

un

ne

cess

ary

co

nfl

ict

�D

o n

ot

be

to

o a

rgu

me

nta

tiv

e.

Is it

re

all

y w

ort

h t

he

str

ess

? L

oo

k f

or

win

-w

in s

itu

ati

on

s. L

oo

k f

or

a

reso

luti

on

to

a d

isp

ute

wh

ere

bo

th p

art

ies

can

ach

iev

e a

po

siti

ve

ou

tco

me

. F

ind

ou

t w

ha

t th

e r

ea

l ca

use

of

the

pro

ble

m is

& d

ea

l w

ith

it.

Top Ten Stress Busting

�6

. Acc

ep

t th

e t

hin

gs

yo

u

can

no

t ch

an

ge

�C

ha

ng

ing

a d

iffi

cult

sit

ua

tio

n is

no

t a

lwa

ys

po

ssib

le.

If t

his

pro

ve

s to

be

th

e c

ase

, re

cog

nis

e

an

d a

cce

pt

thin

gs

as

the

y a

re &

co

nce

ntr

ate

on

a

ll t

ha

t y

ou

do

ha

ve

co

ntr

ol

ov

er.

�7

. Ta

ke

tim

e o

ut

to r

ela

x a

nd

Top Ten Stress Busting

Tips

�7

. Ta

ke

tim

e o

ut

to r

ela

x a

nd

re

cha

rge

yo

ur

ba

tte

rie

s�

yo

u w

ill

pe

rfo

rm m

ore

eff

ect

ive

ly d

uri

ng

wo

rk

aft

er

ev

en

a s

ho

rt 1

0/1

5m

inu

te b

rea

k

�8

. F

ind

tim

e t

o m

ee

t fr

ien

ds

�F

rie

nd

s ca

n e

ase

wo

rk t

rou

ble

s &

he

lp u

s se

e

thin

gs

in a

dif

fere

nt

wa

y.

Top Ten Stress Busting Tips

�9

. Try

to

se

e t

hin

gs

dif

fere

ntl

y, d

ev

elo

p a

p

osi

tiv

e t

hin

kin

g s

tyle

�If

so

me

thin

g is

co

nce

rnin

g y

ou

, tr

y t

o s

ee

it

dif

fere

ntl

y. T

alk

ov

er

yo

ur

pro

ble

m w

ith

so

me

bo

dy

be

fore

it g

ets

ou

t o

f p

rop

ort

ion

. Oft

en

, ta

lkin

g t

o a

fr

ien

d/c

oll

ea

gu

e/f

am

ily

me

mb

er

wil

l he

lp

frie

nd

/co

lle

ag

ue

/fa

mil

y m

em

be

r w

ill h

elp

y

ou

se

e t

hin

gs

fro

m a

dif

fere

nt

an

d l

ess

st

ress

ful p

ers

pe

ctiv

e.

�1

0. A

vo

id a

lco

ho

l, n

ico

tin

e

an

d c

aff

ein

e a

s co

pin

g

me

cha

nis

ms

�L

on

g t

erm

, th

ese

fa

ult

y c

op

ing

m

ech

an

ism

s w

ill j

ust

ad

d t

o t

he

pro

ble

m.

Are You a Positive or

Negative Thinker?

�"A

ma

n is

bu

t th

e p

rod

uct

of

his

th

ou

gh

ts.

Wh

at

he

th

ink

s, h

e

be

com

es.

" M

ah

atm

a G

an

dh

i

�"P

osi

tiv

e t

hin

kin

g w

ill l

et

yo

u d

o e

ve

ryth

ing

be

tte

r th

an

ne

ga

tiv

e t

hin

kin

g w

ill.

" th

an

ne

ga

tiv

e t

hin

kin

g w

ill.

"

�Z

igZ

igla

r-

Pe

rso

na

l d

ev

elo

pm

en

t g

uru

�T

ake

th

is s

ho

rt q

uiz

to

de

term

ine

wh

at

kin

d

de

term

ine

wh

at

kin

d

of

thin

ker

yo

u a

re!

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sive

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e

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nce

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