1. Stress Management For Life Chapter 1 Stress in Today’s World

2. Stress in Today’s World
Best of Times
opportunities
freedom of choice
vast array of information
Worst of Times
feeling overwhelmed
stress
information overload
Control Your Own Destiny
proper skills
right information

3. Stress: What Is It?
“A scientific concept which is too well known and too little understood.” Hans Selye
a demand made on the adaptive capacities of the mind and body
Three Important Aspects of Stress
can be a positive or negative factor
reaction rather than the actual event determines outcome
body is strong and healthy  positive outcome or
lack ability to handle demands  negative outcome

4. Relationship Between Stress, Health and Performance
too little stress  boredom, lethargy
too much stress  physical and emotional breakdown
proper balance  healthy, productive life

5. Yerkes-Dodson Principle
to a certain point, stress is healthy, useful and beneficial
when stress exceeds ability to cope diminished performance, inefficiency and/or health problems may result

6. Terminology of Stress
stressor – any event perceived as a threat that causes adaptation or the initiation of a stress response
eustress – positive, desirable stress that motivates and inspires
distress – negative effects of stress that drains energy
acute stress – short term, sudden, intense, disappears quickly
episodic acute stress – repeated bouts of acute stress, extended over arousal
chronic stress – long term stress, unrelenting demands and pressures, last an interminable time

7. Holistic Health “Modern man is sick because he is not whole”
Carl Gustav Jung
Health is more than the absence of disease and is more than just physical.
Holistic health encompasses physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional dimensions.
The holistically healthy person is complete and balanced.

8. Dimensions Of Health

9. Holistic Health: Putting It All Together

10. Sources of Stress time management personal expectations family
employment
STRESS
school
information
overload
living
arrangements
choices
relationships
environment
physical
health
daily
hassles