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Personal Stress Management

Personal Stress Management. 5. What is Stress ?. Stress can be anything that stimulates you and increases your level of alertness Stress can be both positive and negative!. Short Term Effects. Faster heart beat Increased sweating Cool skin Cold hands and feet

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Personal Stress Management

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  1. Personal Stress Management

  2. 5. What is Stress? • Stress can be anything that stimulates you and increases your level of alertness • Stress can be both positive and negative!

  3. Short Term Effects • Faster heart beat • Increased sweating • Cool skin • Cold hands and feet • Feelings of nausea, or “butterflies in stomach” • Rapid breathing • Tense muscles • Dry mouth • A desire to urinate • Diarrhea

  4. Long Term Effects • Change in appetite • Frequent colds • Illnesses such as • Asthma Heart disease • Back pain Stroke • Digestive problems Headaches • Feelings of intense and long-term tiredness • Depression - serious ongoing sadness or hopelessness that affects your daily life

  5. Stress Management • Stress Management: • Effort to control and reduce the tension that occurs with a situation that is considered difficult or unmanageable.

  6. Stress Reduction Techniques • Short and Long Term • Rational thinking • Deep breathing • Exercise • Time management • Attitude • Being in control of your life • Short and Long Term • Change • Social interactions • Slowing down out of work • Health, nutrition and exercise • Eliminating stress from your environment

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