Presenters :

Hamza Zubair 13031519-062

Muhammad Abu Bakar 13031519-060

Bilal Hasan 13031519-016

STRESS & COPING

STRESS IS A

PERSON’S

PHYSICAL

AND

EMOTIONAL

RESPONSE

TO CHANGE.

What is

stress??????STRESS

TYPES OF STRESS

GENERAL STRESS

- Everyone has this stress

- Resolve in a day or two

- No intervention required

CUMULATIVE STRESS

- Builds up in your body

- Become more difficult to alleviate your symptoms

- More serious psychological problems

ACUTE TRAUMATIC STRESS

- Critical Incident stress.

- Produce Psychological Distress

- Abnormal reaction to normal situation

POST STRESS TRAUMATIC STRESS

- Severe stress produces severe psychological trauma

- Produces lasting change

TYPES OF STRESS

WHAT CAUSES STRESS ?

• DIVORCE OR SEPARATION

• DEATH OF A LOVED ONE

• MAJOR FINANCIAL SETBACK

• EMPLOYMENT CHANGES

• BECOMING THE VICTIM OF A CRIME OR NATURAL DISASTER

• TRAFFIC CONGESTION

• WORKING OVERTIME

• PERSONAL CONFLICTS

• JOB STRESS

• PHYSICAL INJURY

• LACK OF SLEEP

SYMPTOMS OF STRESS

• Behavioral symptoms

- Productivity

- Absenteeism

- Turn Over

• Physiological symptoms

- Headache

- Heart disease

- High BP

• Psychological symptoms

- Anxiety

- Depression

- Decrease in job satisfaction

FEW COMMON

REACTIONS IN STRESS

COPING

WHAT IS COPING?• Coping is expending efforts to solve personal

and interpersonal problems, and seeking to

master, minimize or tolerate stress or

conflict.

TYPES OF COPING STRATEGIES

• Appraisal-focused

• Problem-focused

• Emotion-focused

APPRAISAL FOCUSED

• Appraisal-focused: Directed towards challenging one's own assumptions, adaptive

cognitive

PROBLEM FOCUSED

• Problem-focused: Directed towards reducing or eliminating a stressor, adaptive

behavioral

EMOTION FOCUSED

• Emotion-focused: Directed towards changing one's own emotional reaction

THE FIVE EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING

STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED BY FOLKMAN AND

LAZARUS

• Disclaiming

• Escape-avoidance

• Accepting responsibility or blame

• Exercising self-control

• Positive reappraisal

TECHNIQUES

(ADAPTIVE OR CONSTRUCTIVE COPING)

• Develop Right Views• The way we see things and our attitude are very important in determining how prone we are

towards stress. Understand important things such as these : Nothing remains unchanged.

Nobody is perfect. Nothing is perfect. There will be always degrees of un-satisfactoriness,

conflict, problems and pain. We can’t always get the things we want; sometimes things we

don’t want do fall upon us.

Right Views certainly will help us face up with the stresses and pressures of modern life .

CONT. . .

• Don’t Set Unrealistic Goals

• Stop comparing with others

• Learn To Accept Inevitable Things

• Make Decisions When You Need To

• Think Problems Through

• Plan & Organize

• Take One Thing At A Time

• Avoid Procrastination

CONT. . .

• Don’t Bottle Up Feelings

• Rest Adequately

• Have Recreational Activities And Hobbies

• Have a sense of humor

• Think Good Thoughts

• Practice Relaxation Techniques

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May You Be

Free From

All Stress

When You

Realize What

Is Best!

#itsme

Hamza, Bilal