STRESS MANAGEMENT

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Part One: Introduction
 STRESS

EPIDEMIC OF THE

21st CENTURY.
 WHAT IS STRESS ?
Every day fact of life.
Stress can be GOOD.

But Excessive
stress can be
harmful..
Stress Performance Connection
 WHAT IS STRESS..

The body and

mind reaction
to every day
demands and
threats.
. The body and mind
reaction to every day
demands and threats.
Employees can be the biggest
asset or biggest liability of an
organization
 STRESS

It is a mismatch between
the expectations of both
individual and organisation.
Stress not only affects the physical,
Psychological and financial balances
of an employee but also the
employers as well.
 STRESS.
Desired results cannot be expected from
employees who are burnt out, exhausted or
stressed, as they loose their energy, accuracy
and innovative thinking.
By this, employers may loose more working
days there by
a decrease in productivity
and increase in cost to
company
 WHAT IS STRESS
When we believe we are in danger,
the pituitary gland automatically sounds
an alarm by releasing a burst of adreno cortico
tropic hormone (ACTH), which in turn signals
the adrenal glands to release the “stress
hormones” adrenaline and cortisol.
These hormones, speed up reaction times, and
temporarily boost our physical strength and
agility while we decide whether to retreat or
stand firm.
 Two Types of STRESS

1.Eustress. NEGATIVE
2.DISTRESS. POSITIVE.
 POSITIVE STRESS

1,Enables concentration.
2.Increase Performance.
3.Energise you in to action.
 NEGATIVE STRESS

1.Loss of Motivation.
2.Reduces effectiveness.
3.Physical.Mental and
Behavioural Problems.
Stress can be the spice of life…..

………………………
 STRESS

or KISS of death..
 STRESS

Stress can
be the spice of
life or KISS
of death..
 Our goal is not to
eliminate stress but to
learn how to manage and
use it to help us.
.
 Our goal is not to
eliminate stress but to
learn how to manage and
. use it to help us.
 STRESSORS.

• External stressors.

• Internal stressors-
 STRESS.

• Your work can be a source of

both external and internal
stressors.
 STRESSORS

•LONG TERM
•SHORT TERM
SHORT TERM
STRESSORS
Prepares you to fight
or flee……
 LONG TERM STRESSORS

• Which are ongoing and

continuous, when the urge to
fight or flight has been
suppressed.
 Economic and financial
issues.
In the UK over 13 million
working days are lost every
year because of stress.
Stress is believed to
trigger 70% of visits
to doctors, and 85%
of serious illnesses .
What makes you stressed.
Money…………….?
2.Relationship Problems.
What makes you stressed.

3.Major Life Changes.

3. Major Life Changes.
Transfer.
3. Major Life Changes.
Promotion.
3. Major Life Changes.
Marriage…
3. Major Life Changes.
Migration….
3. Major Life Changes.
Death of Spouse.
What makes you stressed.
4. Job Related.