Stress Managment by Ikram

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Stress Management

Presented By:

BIG Bs (MBA-I)

IKRAM ULLAH

YASIR JADOON

TAHIR NOOR


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Types of Stress:

Eustress

Distress

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Stress: An Introduction

The bodys physical response to a perceived demand or

threat, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise

in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and

depression.

What is stress?

Where does stress come from?How can I tell when I am under stress?

How can I better manage the stress in my life?


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What is Stress?

In his 1974 book Stress Without Distress, Hans Selye

defines stress as:

ones reaction to life events the nonspecific

response of the body to any demand made upon it


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What is Stressful to You

May Not be Stressful to Me!

Our genetic and physical makeup, growing-up

experiences, early life experiences with stressful events,and patterns of positive or negative thinking influences

how we react to potentially stressful experiences.


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Give a Talk!

If I ask you to prepare and

present a program to 400 people

--on a stage with a microphone

how would you react?

With enthusiasm or with reservation or

with fear? The exact same situation

is energy-producing for oneperson and stressful to another.


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How Can I Know When Im

Under Stress?

Physical symptoms of stress may include:

Stomach or bowel upset

Headaches

Backaches

Muscle tension

Change in eating habits:

loss of appetite or overeating

IrritabilityFatigue


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Behavioral reactions to stress may include:

Decreased ability to concentrate

Memory problems/forgetfulnessMaking more mistakes

Clumsiness; being accident prone

Increased illness

More frequent use of cigarettes,

alcohol, or drugs

Withdrawal from usual activitiesSleep disturbance


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Psychological reactions to stress may include:

Increased anger

TearfulnessEmotional outbursts

Excessive fear

Worry

Confusion

Increased anxiety

Decreased self-confidenceDepression


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When I know I am under stress, what can I do to

manage it? Select three of the following options to

implement this week!


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Stress Management Strategies:

Maintain regular and consistent sleep patterns. Get

enough sleep to wake up refreshed.


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Stress Management Strategies

Prayer and religious commitment.


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Exercise - regular, routine, and aerobic.


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Support system - friends - community involvement.


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Eat right - select a healthful diet high in fruits and

vegetables.


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Transcendental meditation may decrease your heart

rate, lower your blood pressure, and reduce your

oxygen consumption. It is considered a natural

antidote to tension.


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Vacations, mini-vacations, or mind vacations (where

you sit quietly, close your eyes, and go to the

mountains or seaside).


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Use anti-anxiety medication if appropriate.

Stress Management

Strategies


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Learn positive problem-solving techniques.

Take one step at a time.

Break problems into smaller parts.

Minimize time spent with people who contribute to your

psychological distress.

Seek out people who contribute to your psychological

health.


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Listen your favorite music.

Play guitar or piano.


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Put some energy to change your

appearance.

Change your casual dressing

into formal. Change the hairstyle.

Say yourself Im good

Try to spend some time with

your closer one.



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Decrease negative thinking; increase positive

thinking.

If one is throwing stone in

your way to create hurdles,

than positive attitude is you

have to make bridge from

those stones and cross thehurdles.



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Final Thought

If you can't fight what's bothering you and you

can't escape from it, flow with it and try to use it

in a productive way!!!!!!!


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