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    STRESS AND

    HUMAN RESPONSE
    Learning Objectives
     To define stress (including positive and negative
    stress)
     To explore sources and consequences of stress
     To improve knowledge regarding stress
    management strategies
    STRESS ACTIVITY
     List down at least 5 stressors you are
    experiencing now.
     Identify or classify if it is EUSTRESS or

    DISTRESS
     Give some ways to cope or manage these

    stressors
     Make a Matrix in a 1 whole sheet of paper
    STRESS ACTIVITY (1 whole sheet of paper)

    STRESSO EU/DIS COPING


    R STRESS STRATEGY
    1.
    STRESS
     It is defined as the body’s nonspecific response
    to any demand or threat, whether it is caused by
    or results in pleasant or unpleasant stimuli.
     When you sense danger whether it’s real or

    imagined- the body’s defenses kick into a high


    gear in rapid, automatic process known as the
    flight-fight reaction or “stress response”
     Stress response is the body’s way of protecting

    you.
    Types of Stress

     Eustress comes from the Greek root “eu”


    which means good as in euphoria. Eustress
    is when a person perceives a stressor as
    positive.
     Distress stems from the Latin root “dis” as
    in dissonance or disagreement. Distress is a
    threat to the quality of life. It is when a
    demand vastly exceeds a person’s
    capabilities
    E E F F E C TS O F
    A. POSITIV
    STRESS
    (EUSTRESS)
    Stress response put people in
    EFFECTS OF STRESS
    their mettle; it increases alertness,
    improves sight, strengthens
    muscles and reduces reaction
    time.
    E E F F E CT S O F
    POSITIV
    STRESS
    (EUSTRESS)
     Adds zest to life by stimulating
    EFFECTS OFtheSTRESS
    the senses and passions.

    MON
    E E FF E CT S OF
    POSITIV
    STRESS
    (EUSTRESS)
     Stress response increases our
    EFFECTS OFand
    ability to stand STRESS
    fight or
    turn and flee and to mobilize
    all our resources to achieve
    whatever we decide to do.
    E E FF E C TS O F
    B. NEGATIV
    STRESS
    (DISTRESS)
     When pressure becomes
    EFFECTS
    unbearable,OF STRESS
    several negative
    reactions may flow out.
    E EF F E CT S O F
    NEGATIV
    STRESS
    (DISTRESS)
     The negative effects of stress is
    EFFECTS
    evident whenOF stressSTRESS
    remains in
    the body usually, when there is a
    chance to take the necessary steps
    to release a stress response that is
    too strong or too long.
    STRESS
     said to be marked by physiological
    arousal and in some cases reduced
    resistance to illnesses (Sdorow,1995).
     When one is under stress, one may

    cope with it effectively.


    General Stress Syndrome
     General Stress Syndrome (GSS) affects the whole
    body. Stress always manifests itself by a syndrome, a
    sum of changes, and not by simply one change
     General Stress Syndrome three components:

    1. The alarm stage – represents a mobilization of the


    body’s defensive forces.
    2. The stage of resistance – the body becomes
    adaptive to the challenge and even begins to resist it.
    3. The exhaustion stage – the body dies because it has
    used up its resources of adaption energy.
    Stress Symptoms
     headaches
     asthma

     peptic ulcers

     chronic skin rashes

     hypertension

     palpitations

     chest pain

     lack of energy
    Stress Symptoms
     withdrawal from friends
     anxiety

     crying episodes

     poor concentration

     Forgetfulness
    Cause of Stress
     Environmental Stressors
     Family-related stressors

     Workplace Stressors

     Physical Stressors
     
    Effect of Stress
    ... Onyour body ... On your mood ... On your
    Headache behavior
    Muscle tension or Anxiety
    pain Restlessness Overeating or
    Chest pain Lack of under eating
    Fatigue motivation or Angry outbursts
    Change in sex focus Drug or alcohol
    drive Irritability or abuse
    Stomach upset anger Tobacco use
    Sleep problems Sadness or Social withdrawal
    depression
    HOW DO WE COPE FROM STRESS?

    A. Removing Stress
    B. Cognitive Coping

    C. Managing Stress
    A. REMOVING STRESS
     The effective way to control is to
    eliminate the stressors from your life.
    B. COGNITIVE COPING
     refers to our
    ability to change
    how we think
    about or
    interpret the
    events that
    affects our lives.
    C. MANAGING STRESS
     Managing stress reactions through
    exercise, relaxation or join-
    management programs.
    How to Manage Stress
    Tip # 1: Recognize warning signs of
    excessive stress
     Self-awareness is the foundation of stress

    management
     Become aware of stress by observing your

    muscles, insides and your breath


    How to Manage Stress
    Tip # 2: Reduce Stress through Self-Care
     Exercise

     Socialize and Connect with Others

     Take Breaks, Time away

     Make Healthy Food and Drink Choices

     Avoid Drinking, Smoking or Taking Pills or

    Drugs to Relax
     Practice Healthy Sleeping Habits
     Enjoy Cultural, Spiritual and Social
    Activities
     Look for humor
     Know your limits
     Create a balanced schedule
    SELF COMPASSION THERAPY
     It entails being warm and understanding toward
    ourselves when we suffer , fail or feel inadequate
    rather than flagellating ourselves with self-
    criticism.
     It recognizes that being imperfect and experiencing
    life difficulties is inevitable, so we soothe and
    nurture ourselves when confronting our pain rather
    than getting angry when life falls short of our ideas.
    Self- compassion Phrases
     This is a moment of suffering….
     Suffering is part of life
     May I be kind to myself
     May I give myself the compassion I need
    Self- Compassion Phrases
     First phrase helps us to be mindfully open to the sting
    of emotional pain
     The second phrase reminds us that suffering unites all
    living beings and reduces the tendency to feel ashamed
    and isolated when things go wrong in our lives.
     The third phrase begins the process of responding with
    self kindness rather than self criticism
     The final phrase reinforces the idea that you both need
    and deserve compassion in difficult moment.
    C. MANAGING STRESS
    There are also ineffective coping

    techniques like the following:


    1. Withdrawal
    2. Aggression or
    Hostility
    3. Use of Defense
    Mechanisms
    a. WITHDRAWAL
     Death of loved one could be stressful.
     This can lead to withdrawal from

    friends.
    b. AGGRESSION
     Or becoming hostile to the source of stress
    b. AGGRESSION
     Or becoming hostile to
    the source of stress
    c. USE OF DEFENSE MECHANISMS

     Freud: these are unrealistic strategies


    used by the ego to discharge tensions
    (Carlson, et. al., 1998)
    1. Repression 5. Rationalization
    2. Fantasy 6. Projection
    3. Reaction Formation 7. Sublimation
    4. Denial 8. Compensation
    REPRESSION
     The unconscious forgetting of certain
    painful or dangerous thoughts or
    feelings.
     Example:

    A child’s occasional thought of killing

    her physically abusive father is denied


    access to awareness.
    REPRESSION
    FANTASY
     Escape from frustration by retreating
    into a world of make believe.
     Example:

    A shy guy imagines himself to be the

    boyfriend of the most popular girl in


    the campus.
    FANTASY
    REACTION - FORMATION
     A tendency to conceal a motive from
    one’s self by giving strong expression
    of the opposite motive.
     reduces anxiety by taking up the

    opposite feeling, impulse or behavior


     Freud: to hide their true feelings by

    behaving in the exact opposite manner.


    REACTION - FORMATION
     Examples:
     A teacher troubled by his homosexual

    tendencies showed dislike to


    homosexual student in his class.
     treating someone you strongly dislike

    in an excessively friendly manner in


    order to hide your true feelings
    REACTION - FORMATION
    REACTION - FORMATION
    DENIAL
     Refusal to admit the existence of a
    reality too painful or unpleasant to face.
     Example:

    A drinker concludes that the evidence

    that link alcohol use with health


    problem is worthless.
    DENIAL
    RATIONALIZATION
     Tendency to give plausible and
    acceptable reasons to one’s own failures
     Examples:

     Sour grapes and sweet lemon

     Blaming the teaching style of teachers

    when a student fails a test and not


    lack of real studying
    RATIONALIZATION
     Sour grapes(ing) – puts (putting) down
    something simply because they can’t
    have it
     Sweet lemon – insisting that something

    unpleasant is in fact desirable


    especially if it was actively sought for
    earlier
    RATIONALIZATION

    SOUR GRAPE SWEET


    LEMON
    RATIONALIZATION
    PROJECTION
     Attributing one’s unacceptable motives
    or characteristics to others
     Example:
     “Ma’am, my

    friend
    has a problem…”
    (when actually it is
    her own.)
    PROJECTION
     Example:
     A man who is angry

    at his father acts


    lovingly to his
    father but
    complains that his
    father is angry with
    him.
    SUBLIMATION
     Channeling frustrated urges into
    substitutive activities.
    SUBLIMATION
     Sports: Punching bag to
    channel angry impulses
     learning Taekwando

     playing the guitar and

    starts to body build


     Painting your dreams
    COMPENSATION
     Endeavors to make up for some
    weakness in one area by excelling in
    another
     Example:

     A physically unattractive guy could

    be extremely charming.
    COMPENSATION

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    Anthony

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