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How to cope with STRESS?
HI HI HI HI ………………
WE WILL DISCUSS•Diagnostic survey.
•What is stress?
•Why get Stressed?
•Cost & consequence of stress!
•Stress at work
•How to cope with stress.
•Autogenic exercise
STRESS & FREEDOMStress is inversely
proportional to freedom
STRESS DEFINED
S = P > RStress occurs when pressure is greater
than resource
Stress is the reaction of people to excessive
pressure/demand which they cannot cope
up
Maslow’s Pyramid
Basic physical needs
Safety needs
Social needs
Esteem needs
Self actualization
needs
Annamaya khosha
Pranamaya khosha
Vijnanamaya khosha
Anandamaya
khosha
Doctrine of khosha, Taittiriya Upanishad (II,105)
Stress managementan Indian sight
Stress- Major elementsRestraining force Driving force
Good home lifeTime pressure
Leisure
Financial concern
Job satisfaction
Pets
Work load
Poor interpersonal relationship
The two sides of stress
• Positive - Motivates to face the
challenge. Leaves you stronger.
• Negative - Creates harmful effects
on mental/physical/spiritual
health
The three reasons •Environment- Economy, political threat, Technology,
Terrorism.
•Organization-Unrealistic expectation, Increased
workload, transfers, interpersonal
relationship.
•Individual- Matrimonial issues, Children, Cash flow,
club of 99, can‘t let it go , brain worked up
Cost of stress80% of all the modern disease have their origins in stress .
Chronic stress is 6 times more predictive of cancer and heart disease than smoking, cholesterol, or high BP.
Less than 50% job satisfaction
60% of absenteeism
Consequences of stressSubjective effects
anxiety, aggression, apathy, bad temper, low self, frustration, nervousness.
Behavioral effects
emotional outburst, drug use, excessive drinking and smoking ,
Cognitive effects
Inability to decide /concentrate, mental blocks.
Physiological effects
BP,Sugar, sweating, difficulty in breathing, numbness
Organizational effects
Poor industrial relation, absenteeism, poor organization climate,high labour turn out.
• High Blood Pressure
• Diabetes,
• Low Blood Sugar
• High Cholesterol
• Abdominal Fat
the 5 dangers
Stress at work•Job insecurity-
(M&A, Reorganization, change in management, down sizing)
•High demand for performance,
(Unrealistic expectation, Increased workload, transfers, pressure to perform at peak levels)
•Work pace culture
(behavioral pattern of boss , co-workers, office politics)
•Personal / family problems
•Job stress for women
Stress and performance
Stress
performance
Area ofBestperformance
Optimum stress
Source-mindtools.com/stress//understandstress/stressperformance.htm
Stress levelsRank Job Stress
score1 President of USA 176
2 CEO of a corporate 108
17 Real Estate agent 73
20 Stock Broker 72
35 Insurance agent 63
42 Sales person 60
50 College professor 54
119 Economist 39
173 Accountant 31Source-Wall street Journal.
Defusing Stress –employer’s role
•Conducive work environment
•Meaningful & challenging job profile.
•Participative & interactive work culture.
•Flexible working hours.
•Facilities for relaxation
•Intermission & brakes.
•Stress management does not mean mere removal of stressors ,but to enable human personality to develop its capability to absorb higher degree of stress by elevating its capacity .
•We need to educate ourselves to cope up with it.
Stress Management
ABC strategy on stress
Awareness - Cause & reaction
Balance - Between positive &
negative
Control - Help yourself to combat negative effects
First step
Most of the stress we experience is self generated. Recognizing this is the first step to cope with stress
Coping with stress
"It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.“
Hans Selye
How to minimize Stressors•Exercise-Relaxation techniques like slow breathing , Autogenic
exercise , Yoga ,TM etc
•Nutrition-Eat balanced food, whole gram, nuts, fruits, low in fat.
•Sleep- Sleep at least for minimum 6 hours/day and wake up fresh.
•Stimulants-Avoid alcohol, chemical stuff, medication.
•Support Systems-Share with someone whom you can trust
•Nurture self-Recognize your limits, focus on + points.
•Time management-Set realistic goals, set priorities
plan ahead, delegation of work etc.
•Relax-Go for a Walk, take a warm bath, hug some one etc.
Seven wonders
to see , to hear ,to touch , to taste
to laugh , to feel , to love
The things we overlook as simple and ordinary are truly wondrous!
Call to action
Stress costs!
Stress kills!
Stress must be managed!
Take action.
Don’t worry,be happy !Replace self criticism with self
correction.
Break the chain of anxiety
Take professional help
Do relaxation exercise at will
Don’t worry,be happy !