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Guide 5: Stress Response

Guide 5: Stress Response

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How do You respond to S tress?
The General Adaptation Syndrome Hans Selye as a pioneer in studying Stress and its consequences, termed the G.A.S as a model for explaining human response to stress. He came to the conclusion that what he originally had described as the General Adaptation Syndrome (G.A.S.) should have been called the strain syndrome. He recognised that strain, or stress, plays a very significant role in the development of all types of disease. In his view, stress is the non-specific response of a human body to any demand made upon it. Selye called this process whereby strain influences the body the General Adaptation Syndrome. He concluded that there are three distinctive phases in this process alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Stage 1. Alarm reaction: Any physical or mental trauma will trigger an immediate set of reactions that combat the stress. Because the immune system is initially depressed, normal levels of resistance are lowered, making us more susceptible to infection and disease. If the stress is not severe or long lasting, we bounce back and recover rapidly. Stage 2 - Resistance: Eventually, sometimes rather quickly, we adapt to stress, and theres actually a tendency to become more resistant to illness and disease. Our immune system works overtime for us during this period, trying to keep up with the demands placed upon it. We become complacent about our situation and assume that we can resist the effects of stress indefinitely. Therein lays the danger. Believing that we are immune from the effects of stress, we typically fail to do anything about it. Stage 3 - Exhaustion: Because our body is not able to maintain homeostasis and the long-term resistance needed to combat stress, we invariably develop a sudden drop in our resistance level. No one experiences exactly the same resistance and tolerance to stress, but everyones immunity at some point collapses following prolonged stress

The General Adaptation Syndrome

Stage 1. Alarm reaction? Any physical or mental trauma will trigger an immediate set of reactions that combat the stress. If this does not suffice...

Stage 2. Resistance Believing that we are immune from the effects from stress, we typically fail to do anything about it

Stage 3. Exhaustion As our bodies may not be able to maintain the long-term resistance it needs to combat stress, our life-sustaining mechanisms slow down, organ systems begin to break down, and stress-fighting reserves finally succumb...

How we adapt to stress

reactions. Life sustaining mechanisms slow down, organ systems begin to break down, and stress-fighting reserves finally succumb to what Selye called diseases of adaptation. The General Adaptation Syndrome is thought to be the main reason why stress is such an abundant source of health problems. By changing the way our body normally functions, stress disrupts the natural balance - the homeostasis - crucial for well-being. It can also subtract years from our lives by speeding up the ageing process...

The General Adaptation Syndrome is thought to be the main reason why stress is such an abundant source of health problems

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The Stress Diary Journal This 4 week programme to complete stress mastery, is an invaluable tool to effectively manage your stress to gain insight and explore self understanding. The Stress Diary Journal allows you to record your daily stress incidents & to monitor these incidents and analyse them on a daily basis, for a period of 4 weeks. Divided into 4 weekly sections for you to master your stress progressively and more competently, it helps you review your initial appraisals, stress responses, your reactions & to identify your stress triggers, to then restructure your thoughts, your attitude and subsequent behaviours. You will be able to easier identify negative behaviour patterns, to increase your stress awareness, to learn new coping skills and to let you adapt new & alternative strategies. You will learn renewed self management skills, inner control, effective goal setting, time management skills, to overcome obstacles and increased perseverance to complete set tasks and to instil newfound routines, competencies and behaviours. It helps you to know yourself and manage your life more completely. This is an invaluable tool to gain unique insight, explore self-understanding, learn stress management skills and effectively manage your stress in 4 weeks!

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Stress Diary: Daily Recorder Journal A companion guide to the Stress Diary Journal in a handy size to carry about , and for you to easily record your daily stress entries. Each Stress entry is individually presented for ease of recording on the go and to then transfer these entries to your Stress Diary Journal, or this Stress Diary: Reflection Journal, at the end of your day. Making remembering these Stress incidents/events much easier and keeping you in touch with managing your stress more effectively.

Get a FREE Relaxation Music MP3 ! With your purchase of any of these Stress Diary: Reflection Journal This Stress Reflection Diary Journal is a companion guide to the Stress Diary/Journal and used as an additional tool to further enhance your insight and understanding of your stress. You are to choose 1 significant Stress Entry per day, from your Stress Diary Journal for the length of your 4 week programme, that you may want to elaborate and focus on. Using the guideline questions and answer spaces that are provided, and you can add your personal notes or thoughts about your day or progress. Weekly summaries of your progress are included, to advance and monitor your progress and by answering these questions and adding your own observations, you will increase your skills at understand, managing your reactions and responses to your daily stress triggers and stressors. The Reflection Journal is an easy way to record and focus on how to reflect on your experiences and how you can learn from it.

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