STRESS MANAGEMENT

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 422.

Questions to the text.

1. How can job stress be defined?

2. What can job stress lead to?

3. What other concept is usually confused with the concept of job stress?

4. What does a challenge do to us?

5. How do we feel when a challenge is met?

6. Where does job stress result from?

7. What are the primary causes of job stress?

8. How does the nervous system respond in stressful situations?

9. Why is this response of a nervous system important?

10. What stress poses little risk?

11. What happens when stressful situations go unresolved and last for a long time?

12. What are the early signs of stress related problems?

13. What is the role of stress in chronic health problems? ***

Describe the role of stress in your life. In what situations do you experience stress? What is the positive role of stress in you life? What is the negative role of stress in your life?

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It has been found that most illneses are related to unrelieved stress. If you are experiencing stress symptoms, you have gone beyond your opti­mal stress level; you need to reduce the stress in your life and/or im prove your ability to manage it.

Identifying unrelieved stress and being aware of its effect on our li vr* is not sufficient for reducing its harmful effects. Just as there are mimy sources of stress, there are many possibilities for its management. How­ever, all require work toward change: changing the source of si rm and/or changing your reaction to it. How do you proceed?

1. Become aware of your stressors and your emotional and pliynl* cal reactions.

• Notice your distress. Determine what eventsdistress you. WltAlare you telling yourself about meaning of these events?

• Determine how your body respondsto the stress. Do you bmiin nervous or physically upset? If so, in what specificways?