People from all walks of life manage stress in a variety of ways. Stress management both in personal life and professional life is a vital life skill to possess at one’s arsenal. The critical question or focal point everyone must zero in on to assist in analyzing, evaluating oneself is by asking are you managing stress in healthy ways? This essay is written as an attempt to inform or reveal some healthy ways to manage stress. Prioritizing one’s daily tasks, cultivating a healthy perception of stress and reaction to stress can be healthy ways in managing stress consistently. Lastly, one should make time to relax and recharge. First of all, prioritizing one’s schedule everyday can alleviate stress. Filling out a time management schedule on a …show more content…
To be consistent with keeping up with one’s daily tasks one must also stop procrastinating and schedule time blocks. Also inform those who need to know that you have obligations. Overall, this classical way of systematically categorizing and labeling one’s daily tasks can help identify distractions and give more control over what they spend time and energy on. Perception is an important factor that can affect stress management. People perceive their stress differently in their thought life. According to Dr Valeri O 'Hara, “Most people believe that it is external stressful situations or people that cause their stress, but this is not 100% accurate, if it were, everybody who was exposed to a particular stressor would be affected, but this is not the case. Stress is not a black and white issue of "Cause and Effect". It is the result of a number of complex and interacting factors such as the interaction between the stressors and our perception of the stressors. How we perceive/appraise an event (stressor) plays a very large role in whether the stressor triggers our fight/flight response” (Stress and The Role of Perception 1). Perception specifically plays a role in the development of stress. Perception of stress can affect how …show more content…
In other words, acknowledge that you 're part of the factor that affects the possible development of a full-fledged stress. Your mind, body and lifestyle can be affected by a buildup of stress. Therefore, sometimes we need to relax and recharge. This will put you in a better place to handle life’s inevitable stressors. People define relaxation and recharging differently because they have different preferences. Start off by identifying what triggers your stress. Do you know what triggers your stress? How do you respond? Can you easily let go of any negative emotions? When you try to let go of stress, does it work? When stress builds up, are you able to quickly recharge? After you have figured out what brings your stress, then you can implement a unique relax and recharge method to the appropriate facet/area of your life. Make a list of various ways you prefer to relax and recharge. Do you like to take short walks? Do you like relaxing to a soothing music? Do you like taking power naps? What about a Bubble bath? Socializing with people? Most importantly, carve out some time in your schedule during a given week. Then prioritize and implement a relax/recharge task into your schedule
The term ‘stress’ was generally thought to have been a concept created by Robert Hooke in the 17th century. He worked on the design of physical structures, such as bridges; his concept of stress came from how much pressure a structure could withstand. However, Lazarus (1993) pointed out that the term ‘stress’ has been used as far back as the 14th century, when it meant hardship or adversity. Back then it referred to the external stressor, such as the death of a spouse or financial worry; in the 20th century, there are many different schools of thought on this area. Hans Selye (1956), brought together the work of Cannon and Bernard and devised a comprehensive system of physiological stress; which he termed the ‘General Adaptation Syndrome’, and is a 3-stage process. He theorised that a certain level of stress called ‘eustress’ (Cox, 1978) could actually be beneficial to our overall performance. Later In 1976, Cox & Mackay devised another model called the ‘Transactional model’. This model takes into account the individual differences in the perception of the amount of stress experienced by the person. The main difference between these two models is that Selye’s model only accounts for the physiological side of stress, whereas Cox’s model takes into account both the physiological and psychological aspects of stress. Therefore, both models will have slight similarities and differences in their explanation for how stress occurs in individuals, which is the main focus of this essay.
... well as other stress-related disorders, can lead us to answer questions about what happens to our bodies in times of stress and how we can learn to manage our stress and calm ourselves down. While we may desire to stay young forever and live carefree in the neverland, stress is not the fairy dust necessary to go to the second star to the right and straight on 'till morning.
Stress means different things to different people and stress effects people in different ways. Some people think stress is something that happens to them such as an injury or a promotion and others think that stress is what happens to our mind, body and behaviors in response to an event. While stress does involve events and how one responds to them these are not the critical factors, but our thoughts about the situation in which we are involved are the critical factors. Essentially, stress exists whenever homeostasis is disturbed or cannot be maintained (Stress and the Social System Course Guide, 2013). Homeostasis refers to the body's ability to keep the internal chemical and physical environments constant. As your body begins to react to stress several changes occur. These changes include increased heart rate, blood pressure and secretion of stimulatory hormones. Ones body prepares itself in stressful situations to either stand ground and fight or to flee from the situation. Walter Cannon called this stressful reaction the fight-or-flight response (Greenberg, 2012).
us to do better – but not all stress is desirable. It depends on the
Stress is unavoidable. It comes in many different forms and affects every person differently. Depending on personality and outlook on life, a person’s response to “…stress can be a neutral, negative, or positive experience” (Stöppler). Most people don’t know the proper way to handle stress, so they wish that they could avoid it all together. However, once the proper way to cope with stress is learned, it can be a positive experience in everyone’s life.
We deal with stress every day and may not even realize it. Stress is the body's response to any demand made on it that comes across as threatening or challenging. There are two different types of stress: eustress and distress. Eustress is thought as the beneficial stress, for example running or biking, as long as it is moderate exercise. Distress is unpleasant and is linked to negative emotions. Stress is unavoidable in life because it would mean a total absence of stimulation, also known as death. Stress can stem from many things in our life. For example, cataclysmic events are known as chronic stressors, which include death, war, birth, divorce, etc. Other stressors include job stress, conflict, and the hassles of daily life. Our body's natural reaction when it experiences stress is known as coping. Coping is our bodies attempt to manage stress in the most effective way that varies between the different stressors. There are two main forms of coping: emotion-focused and problem-focused. Emotion-focused forms of coping are focused on a reaction to the stressor; while problem-focused forms of coping focus on the stressor itself and dealing with it.
This paper will focus on stimulus response theories to stress, it will touch upon the controversy surrounding this theory and will look at other explanations to stress in comparison.
Stress is an integral part of our lives. "It is a natural byproduct of all our activities" (4). Life is a dynamic process and thus forever changing and stressful. Our body responds to acute stress by a liberation of chemicals. This is known as the fight-or-flight response of the body, which is mediated by adrenaline and other stress hormones, and is comprised of such physiologic changes as increased heart rate and blood pressure, faster breathing, muscle tension, dilated pupils, dry mouth and increased blood sugar. In other words, stress is the state of inc...
Some theorists believe in a response-based explanation. According to them, stress is a change in the amount or force of a particular human reaction such as blood pressure, heart rate, anxiety, or loss of control. By this defi...
Stress is something that everyone has to deal with in life, whether it is good or bad stress. Stress management techniques are a great way to deal with stress. Some of the stress management techniques that I learned from this course are prioritization, scheduling, and execution. Using these techniques has effectively helped me deal with my own stress. When it comes to dealing with stress I still have many strengths and weaknesses that I will explain. Some stressors I have in my life that I will discuss are psychointrapersonal, social, life events, and daily hassles. Next, I will give my opinion on my post-course survey, and compare and contrast it to my pre-course survey scores. Finally, I will explain my last goals for this stress management course.
Stress may play a causal role in a wide variety of mental disorders. Some of the mental disorders in which stress appears to have a causal role are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and substance-related disorders.
Smith, A, D & Miller, L, H & Rothstein, L (1994) The Stress Solution: An Action Plan to Manage the Stress in Your Life: Pocket Books.
Nowadays stress has turned into an essential piece of human life and it is practically incomprehensible for one to expel all stress from our regular life. Stress can be characterized as the body's reaction to circumstances that stance requests, requirements or opportunities and the boost that brings out an stress response is characterized as stressors.(Bryce, 2001) Or The stress response, as a physiological mechanism of mediation, can be characterized by a widely diverse constellation of physiologic mechanism.(Everly Jr and Lating, 2013)
The hassles, deadlines, frustrations and demands of modern life have made stress so common that it has become a way of life for people. In small doses, stress can...
Stress is an ongoing dilemma that occurs in each and everyone’s life. It is a factor that is undoubtedly a part of daily living. Due to the trivial problems that occur in people’s daily lives massive amounts of stress can arise. People perceive and manage stress in many different ways. The causes and effects of stress are numerous and one’s ability to manage stress is vital in maintaining healthy living.