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Turn Stress into Success
  • Derrick Doige, M.Ed. CCC
  • Okanagan College

2
How Stressed Are You?
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Worry is like a rocking chair it gives you
something to do, but it doesnt get you anywhere.
Dorothy Galyean
4
What stressors do College students face?
5
What are your Stressors?
  • ?
  • ?

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But, Stressors do not Stress
  • What does create STRESS?

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What Creates Stress?
  • Current research findings suggest that the stress
    response is triggered not so much by the demands
    people face, but by their belief that they will
    not be able to handle those demands as well as
    they would like to.
  • However

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Imagine if you were camping
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Stress Reaction
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Sympathetic (gas), Parasympathetic (brake)
  • Fight, Flight or Freeze
  • Turns off other less crucial systems like the
    immune system etc
  • Survival mechanism
  • If real danger, this is good

Always on the look out for danger
10
Stress Reaction often gets
  • Triggered when there isnt a real danger
  • Overstimulation of the sympathetic system can
    cause long term health problems.
  • We often ignore or not aware of the reaction
  • Out of touch with our bodies and thoughts

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Not all Stress Bad for You
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People are like guitar strings
13
Quick Review
  • Lots of stressors
  • Stress reaction can help us survive
  • Stress can improve performance
  • Stress is more a result of a persons belief that
    they cant handle their stressors adequately
  • Out of touch with our bodies and thoughts

14
Do You Know Where Your Mind Is?
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Is it Lost..
  • Rehearsing the Future or Rehashing the Past?

16
Where is your Mind?
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Turn Stress into Success!
  • Acceptance
  • Laughter
  • Relaxation, Exercise, Sleep, Eat regularly and
    nutritiously Time Management
  • Live in the moment
  • Mindfulness Breathing

18
Stress to Success.
  • Communication Skills
  • Support Network
  • Be mindful of the
    Itty Bitty Shitty Committee
  • Listen to your body (Stickers)

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Grant me the SERENITY to accept the things I
cannot change the COURAGE to change the things I
can and the WISDOM to know the difference
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How do You Handle Stress?
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