The Eight Illusions About Stress - 1

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The Eight Illusions About Stress - 1

1. You have to be a doctor to diagnose and treat
   stress
2. Stress is a normal part of everyday life
3. Some stress is necessary in order to reach peak
   performance
4. Stress is purely a physical phenomena and rest
   and relaxation will make it go away

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The Eight Illusions About Stress - 2
5. A change of diet, a little jogging and a good
holiday will make your stress away 6. Other
people, situations and events are responsible for
your stress 7. You have to be working 14 hours a
day and constantly meeting deadlines to
experience stress 8. You never experience stress
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What most people do?

• New hobby
• New relationships
• Sleep
• Alcohol
• Tranquilizers

• Jogging
• Aerobics
• Change of diet
• Vitamins
• Vacation
• Sport

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WHAT IS STRESS?

• Stress is physical or emotional reaction/response
  to any kind of change external or internal
• Stress is a form of pain that comes to tell me
  there is something I need to change
• Pain is a messenger that comes to tell me there
  is something I need to learn

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The Physical Signs of Stress
increased heart rate, stomach digestive
disturbances, diarrhea, sweating, heart attack,
ulcers, head aches, chest pains, insomnia,
accident prone, alcoholism high blood pressure
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The Mental Signs of Stress
tension, tightness, resistance, friction, anger,
guilt, critical, anxiety, evasion, reactive,
discontentment, worry, impatience, apprehension
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Effects of Stress
MENTAL Irritability increases, forgetfulness,
concentration decreases, less judgment power
weakens BEHAVIOURAL Smoking / alcohol addiction,
nail/biting, not mixing, reckless driving,
eating more or less, sleep more or less,
work-alcoholism or absenteeism
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External Internal causes of Stress
External Fast changing world, hurry,
consumerism, media, government policies,
population explosions, pollution
Internal change of attitude, fear, jealousy,
hatred, aspirations, approach
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From Victim to Agent of Change

• Victim Change Agent
• Blaming Objective Helper
• Manipulating Process Helper
• Forcing Counsellor
• Resisting Stabilizer
• Fighting Referee
• Fleeing Educator
• Criticizing Energizer

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Stress Management Skills

• DETACHMENT
• FILTERING
• CONTROLLING
• NOT ABSORBING
• STABILIZING
• HUMOUR

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4 Levels of Stress
SPIRITUAL identity, perception, values,
self awareness MENTAL thinking,
discriminating, deciding, acting EMOTIONAL
- feelings, emotions, intuition PHYSICAL
disease, illness, fatigue, food
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Causes or Triggers of Stress
EVENTS, SITUATIONS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES AT
WORK being fired, competition, demotion,
conflict, over qualified or under qualified,
dealing with aggressive people, noisy
environment, communication failure. EVENTS,
SITUATIONS, AND CIRCUMSTANCES AT HOME death,
diverse, difficulties with in-laws, trapping,
addiction, uncertainty, fear
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Physiology of Stress

• NORMAL alert is followed by defense
• NEUROTIC alert is greater than defense which
  becomes in effective
• PSYCHOTIC alert may be ignored
• PYSCHO-SOMATIC defense by mind fails