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What is Stress?What is Stress?

• Demand to:Demand to:– AdaptAdapt– CopeCope– AdjustAdjust

• Rate of wear and Rate of wear and tear within the tear within the bodybody

• Anxious or Anxious or threatening feelingthreatening feeling

• Discussion:Discussion:– How would you How would you

define stress? define stress? – What makes you What makes you

most stressful?most stressful?– How does stress How does stress

impact your body? impact your body? Emotional state?Emotional state?

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Types of StressTypes of Stress

• EustressEustress

• DistressDistress

• HyperstressHyperstress

• HypostressHypostress

• DiscussionDiscussion– Have you experienced Have you experienced

each of the various each of the various types of stress? types of stress?

– Give an example of Give an example of stress you have stress you have experienced in each experienced in each category?category?

– How do the different How do the different types of stress impact types of stress impact you? Similarly? you? Similarly? Differently?Differently?


Causes of StressCauses of Stress

• Life eventsLife events

• Daily hasslesDaily hassles

• Cognitive appraisalCognitive appraisal

• DiscussionDiscussion– Review the Review the

“common daily “common daily hassles” presented hassles” presented in your text. Which in your text. Which can you relate to? can you relate to? Which can you Which can you control? Which are control? Which are out of your control?out of your control?


The Effects of StressThe Effects of Stress

• Stages:Stages:– The alarm stageThe alarm stage– The resistance stageThe resistance stage– The exhaustion stageThe exhaustion stage

• PhysicalPhysical• BehavioralBehavioral

• DiscussionDiscussion– What physical and What physical and

behavioral changes do you behavioral changes do you notice in yourself when notice in yourself when you are stressful? you are stressful?

– What are the first What are the first indicators that your indicators that your body/emotional state is body/emotional state is being impacted by stress? being impacted by stress?


Personality TypesPersonality Types

• Type AType A

• Type BType B

• CombinationCombination

• DiscussionDiscussion– What personality type What personality type

would you consider would you consider yourself?yourself?

– Do you think others Do you think others would agree? Why or would agree? Why or why not?why not?

– How does your How does your personality type impact personality type impact the way you experience the way you experience or perceive stress? or perceive stress?


Negative & Defensive Negative & Defensive CopingCoping

• CopingCoping– Efforts to master, reduce, Efforts to master, reduce,

or tolerate the demands or tolerate the demands created by stresscreated by stress

• StrategiesStrategies– RationalizationRationalization– RepressionRepression– ProjectionProjection– Reaction formationReaction formation– SublimationSublimation– DisplacementDisplacement

• DiscussionDiscussion– How do you cope with How do you cope with

stress?stress?– Can you relate to any of Can you relate to any of

the strategies the strategies mentioned? If so, which? mentioned? If so, which? What are the pros/cons What are the pros/cons of strategies that you of strategies that you use?use?

– How do the strategies How do the strategies impact your relationships impact your relationships or do they?or do they?


Gender, Culture & StressGender, Culture & Stress

• GenderGender– One of the major One of the major

differences between differences between genders is how they genders is how they cope with stresscope with stress

• CultureCulture– Some events are Some events are

inherently stressful to inherently stressful to everyone whereas everyone whereas others may be others may be impacted by ethnic impacted by ethnic backgroundbackground

• DiscussionDiscussion– Can you think of an Can you think of an

example of something example of something that would make a that would make a male stressful but may male stressful but may not impact a female as not impact a female as greatly? What about greatly? What about the alternative?the alternative?

– Why do you think Why do you think ethnicity would have ethnicity would have an effect on stress? an effect on stress?


What Affects the Way What Affects the Way Individuals Cope with Individuals Cope with Stress?Stress?• HardinessHardiness

• Optimism or Optimism or pessimismpessimism

• Three coping Three coping optionsoptions

• DiscussionDiscussion– How would you assess How would you assess

your hardiness? Would your hardiness? Would others agree/disagree? others agree/disagree? Why or why not?Why or why not?

– Do you consider yourself Do you consider yourself an optimist/pessimist? an optimist/pessimist? How does this perspective How does this perspective impact your reaction to impact your reaction to stress?stress?


Dealing with Stressful Thoughts & Dealing with Stressful Thoughts & FeelingsFeelings

• Power of Self-talkPower of Self-talk– Our beliefs impact our Our beliefs impact our

stress levelsstress levels• Irrational beliefs/self-Irrational beliefs/self-

talktalk– Result in inappropriate Result in inappropriate

emotions, behaviors, emotions, behaviors, and more stressand more stress

– Should statementsShould statements– Awfulizing statementsAwfulizing statements– OvergeneralizationsOvergeneralizations

• Rational beliefs/self-Rational beliefs/self-talktalk– Result in appropriate Result in appropriate

emotions and behaviorsemotions and behaviors• Disputing irrational Disputing irrational

beliefsbeliefs

• DiscussionDiscussion– Think of a time you Think of a time you

used a “should used a “should statement”, “awfulizing statement”, “awfulizing statement” or statement” or overgeneralized. How overgeneralized. How did this impact how you did this impact how you felt or acted in a felt or acted in a stressful situation? stressful situation?

– Which of the Which of the recommendations recommendations related to disputing related to disputing irrational beliefs are you irrational beliefs are you most likely to try? most likely to try? Which do you currently Which do you currently use? How do they work use? How do they work for you? for you?


Managing StressManaging Stress

• Tips for managing Tips for managing stressstress

• Positive copersPositive copers

• Relaxation Relaxation responseresponse

• DiscussionDiscussion– Which of the twenty tips Which of the twenty tips

for managing stress do for managing stress do you currently utilize? you currently utilize?

– How do they work for How do they work for you?you?

– What does not work for What does not work for you?you?

– Which might you be Which might you be willing to try?willing to try?


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