8/17/2019 Psychoeducational Activity

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Psychoeducational activity (Kekela)- Sarah, Tiana, Katherine, Naomi

Anxiety: a vague and nonseci!c "eeling o" uneasiness, tension,arehension, and sometimes dread or imending doom# $t occurs as aresult o" a threat to one%s &iologic, hysiologic, or social integrity that

arises "rom external in'uences# $t is a universal exerience and anintegral art o" human existence#

Symtoms: restlessness, &eing easily "atigue, diculty concentrating,irrita&ility, muscle tension, and slee distur&ance (diculty "alling orstaying aslee, or restless, unsatis"ying slee)

elaxation methods: meditation, dee &reathing techni*ues, time toyoursel", hysical activity, reading, "riendshi, humor, ets, sleeing,ho&&ies, sirituality, and rogressive muscle relaxation#

+oalo&ective: To teach atients a .ay to reduce their stress andanxiety and induce relaxation#

Activity: Progressive muscle relaxation

/irections:

Ste 0) Aly tensions*uee1e a grou o" your muscles, starting "romyour head to your toes, .ith all your might "or 2 seconds and then yourentire &ody a"ter.ards "or 2 more seconds#

Ste 3) elease the tension and notice ho. your muscles "eel .henyou relax them#

Purose: Patients .ho su4er "rom stress and anxiety are o"ten so tensethroughout the day that they don%t kno. .hat &eing relaxed "eels like#5ith ractice, atients .ill &e a&le to learn .hat relaxation "eels like,recogni1e .hen they are starting to get tense during the day, ander"orm this techni*ue to hel reduce their "eelings o" stress andanxiety#