STRESS & ITS

MANAGEMENT

DR.G.S.PALAKSHA
“STRESS IS AN INTERNAL STATE WHICH
CAN BE CAUSED BY PHYSICAL DEMANDS ON
THE BODY OR BY ENVIRONMENTAL &
SOCIAL SITUATIONS WHICH ARE EVALUATED
AS POTENTIALLY HARMFUL,
UNCONTROLLABLE, OR EXCEEDING OUR
RESOURCES FOR COPING”

- The Physical, Environmental & Social

causes of
the stress state are termed STRESSORS.

75% OF BODILY DISEASES ARE SAID

TO
STRESS  DISTRESS

*Varies greatly from one person to another

person.

* Distress  Stress
Varies greatly from one person to another
person.
LIFE CHANGE UNITS
* DEATH OF SPOUSE
100
* DIVORCE 73
* MAJOR PERSONAL INJURY
OR ILLNESS 53
* MARRIAGE 50
* PREGNANCY 40
* CHANGING TO DIFFERENT
LINE OF WORK 36
* MAJOR CHANGE IN
RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK 29
* TROUBLE WITH THE BOSS 23
* LIFE CRISIS SCORE / YEAR

MILD - 150-199
MODERATE 200-299
SEVERE > 300
•WHAT STRESSORS DO TO THE
BODY?
GENERAL ADOPTATION SYNDROME
I. ALARM REACTION :
EMERGENCY RESPONSE OF THE
BODY PREPARING US TO COPE
WITH THE STRESSOR
“FIGHT OR FLIGHT”
II. STAGE OF RESISTENCE:
OCCURS WHEN STRESSOR
CONTINUES
> CORTICOSTEROIDS.
‘PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS’
III. STAGE EXHAUTION:
FINAL STAGE
BODY RESPONSE IS SERIOUSLY
 PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS

“MIND - BODY RELATIONSHIP”

NEW BODY DISEASE  New Psychological disease

NEW BODY DISEASE  Worsening of already
existing psychological
.
disease
NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL DISEASE  New body
disease
NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL DISEASE  Worsening of
already
existing body disease
- Appearance of new body or psychologial illness.
- Worsening of existing body or psychological
 PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS
Contd..
- Bronchial Asthma
- HTN
- DM
- Arthralgia
- Peptic Ulcer
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Cancer
- Anxiety
- Depression
 TYPE A PERSONS

- HARD WORKING, COMPETITVE

- LIVE UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE (OF
THEIR
OWN)
- SEEK RECOGNITION & ADVANCEMENT
- TAKE ON MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES/ TASKS
(DEADLINES TO MEET)
- UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS, CAN’T

CONTROL
- BECOME HOSTILE, IMPATIENT,
ANXIOUS &
DISORGANISED.
TYPE B PERSONS
- EASY GOING, NON COMPETITIVE,
PLACID
- WEATHER STRESS EASILY
- TAKE ONLY FEAR ACTIVITIES/TASKS
- DOES NOT LIVE UNDER CONSTANT
PRESSURE
- LITTLE DULL

“Type B Persons live longer than Type

A.
Total achievement is equal”
Devaluating Frustrations
Failure: Competitive setting Lead to
occasional failure. Repeated failures lead
to frustration
Losses : Objects, Resources they value or
individuals
they value, money and status
are common losses
Personal limitation & Lack of resources
Guilt
Conflicts:causing inter personal losses
Pressure of modern living: Competition
Pressure of work/family
Achievement & Promotion
 Coping with Stress
- Control over the Stressor(if possible)
- Vent out of emotions
- Relaxation
- Regular exercises/sports
- Yoga
- Transcen dental meditation
- Conversion from type A to type B
- Discontinue Addictive Substances
- Evaluate other parts of life
(Family, Profession, Personal & Social)
- Set more than 3-4 goals
- Religious activities
1. Who seek information about how to deal with
the
problem & what their alternatives are
2. Who are prone to take direct action in trying to
reduce
stressor impact.
3. Who are flexible in trying to cope, first trying one
thing
and then another.
4. Who do not try to deal with the stressor through
impulsive actions.
5. Who use Re-appraisal of the situation to deal
with
- denial(it is not really stressful at all:think
positively).
- Intellectualization (This is all very interesting)
6. Rationalization Not using but believing the
explanations
“We are in a Sea of Stressors
We must swim and reach the other side of the
shore
We should not drown in the Sea”.
“Can you change the environment ?
- not all the times !
When you can’t change the environment,
you change to the need of environment”

“Remember always,
-Boss is always correct,
that is why he is the Boss,
If you do not believe,
“THANK YOU”