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Stress Management - Academic Skills Center: Study Skills Library - Cal Poly, San Luis O... - 0 views

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  • How Does Stress Affect You?
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Psychological:  -Body produces hormones to fight harder or run faster. -Stress can cause heart disease due to the increase in blood pressure and tension that is put on the arteries. -Effects Your immune system therefore causing illnesses.
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Psychological: -Lack of interaction and good decision making. -Stress can cause anxiety and depression
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Behavioural: -Causes you to be excited or annoyed. -Takes part in the reason why people smoke, drink and laziness
  • What Causes Stress?
  • Academics
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  • Dating
  • Environment
  • Extracurricular
  • Peers
  • Time Management
  • Money
  • Parents
  • pressure of not failing.
  • relationship problems may add to the pressure/stress of academics.
  • viewing heated topics, slow moving traffic, trying to find a parking spot, etc.
  • extracurricular activities a part of their daily routine
  • pressure that is negatively influenced.
  • peer pressure
  • not knowing how to plan and execute daily activities
  • Money is a huge stressor that college students face.
  • Pressure from parents to succeed
  • Method for Identifying the Causes of Stress
    • Chanelle Miller
      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      To help manage your stress first you must identify what's causing your stress. Then, List and prioritize the sources of stress to help overcome and mange your stress level. Crating a management plan and keeping a stress journal would also help!
  • Stress Management Strategies
  • Learn how to say “NO!”
  • Attitude
  • Laugh
  • Avoid alcohol and cigarettes
  • Healthy eating
  • Exercise
  • Relaxing your mind and body
  • Sleep
  • Healthy relationships
  • Time management
  • Organization
  • Budget
  • Spirituality
  • Determine your learning style
  • Slow Down
  • Find a support system
  • Make changes in your surroundings
  • Delegate responsibilities
  • know your limits and do not compromise them.
  • Thinking rationally can take you a long way.
  • it is human nature to want to freak out.
  • Do something that you enjoy,
  • If you are feeling upset, express your feelings.
  • Once the chemical leave your body, you are back to feeling stressed and you are probably worse off than when you started.
  • Eat at least one hot-home cooked meal a day
  • Exercise for 30 minutes a day for at least 3 times per week.
  • physical activities can help you in not only burning off calories, but burning off stress. Exercise helps release tension.
  • take deep breaths
  • alone time”
  • focusing your attention on the present moment.
  • Avoid taking naps for more than 1 hour.
  • at least 7 hours of sleep
  • talk and hang out with friends. Find some you relate to and with whom you can share your problems with.
  • create a schedule, or even a to-do list.
  • Mark down your class meeting times, study time for a specific subject, mealtimes, fun activities, and sleep.
  • learn how to organize your notes, keep track of your assignments and note important due dates or date of exams. Establish your priorities for the day.
  • Distribute your money according to the bills you need to pay for the quarter
  • finding meaning in your life, the ability to connect with others.
  • find out whether you are a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner.
  • Take your time so that you can ensure a well done job.
  • find someone you feel comfortable sharing your feelings with.
  • try moving to a place where there is no loud music, and brighter lights.
  • dividing up the work or responsibilities helps alleviate pressure and stress.
  • response to a demand
  • brain recognizes a threat.
  • your body releases hormones that activate your “fight or flight” response.
  • Physiological
  • hormones help you to either fight harder or run faster. They increase heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating.
  • heart disease.
  • increase in heart rate and blood pressure, prolonged stress increases the tension that is put on the arteries.
  • immune system
  • cold and flu illness
  • Behavioral
  • jumpy, excitable, or even irritable.
  • drink or smoke heavily, neglect exercise or proper nutrition, or overuse either the television or the computer.
  • Psychological
  • decrease your ability to work or interact effectively with other people, and be less able to make good decisions.
  • anxiety and depression.
Chanelle Miller

What is stress? - 0 views

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  • Survival Stress
    • Chanelle Miller
      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Survival Stress is when your body reacts to danger by pumping adrenaline so you can fight off the dangerous moment. For example, if you were in a forest fire, your body would pump adrenaline so that you can run at intense speeds.
  • Internal Stress
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Internal Stress is when your body stresses about situation that you have no control over. This is a very dangerous kind of stress! Most mothers deal with this kind. For example, if their son or daughter were on a school trip and they were stressed about their safety and health but yet they can't do anything to help the situation.
  • Environmental Stress
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Environmental Stress is when your body reacts to the people around you, the noise or the amount of pressure you're under from either friends, work or family. For example, a student has a lot of work and their mom and dad have high expectations of their grades.
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  • can become tired, sick, and unable to concentrate or think clearly. Sometimes, they even suffer mental breakdowns.
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      effects of stress: fatigue, lack of concentration, sickness and even mental breakdowns
  • Fatigue and Overwork
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      Chanelle Miller on 06 Apr 13
       
      Fatigue and Overwork stress is one of the hardest stresses to deal with. It happens when your body is over working and not knowing how to mange your time well. It's important that you take some time out of your day to relax. Often students and parents that have an intense job deal with this kind of stress.
  • way of responding to any kind of demand.
  • react by releasing chemi
  • cals into the blood.
  • chemicals
  • bad thing, if their stress is in response to something emotional and there is no outlet for this extra energy and strength
  • physical danger
  • energy and strength
  • things can cause stress
  • physical
  • response to danger
  • take time out for rest and relaxation
  • . When
  • your body naturally responds with a burst of energy so that you will be better able to survive the dangerous situation (fight) or escape it all together (flight). This is survi
  • you are afraid
  • val stress.
  • worrying about things you can do nothing about or worrying for no reason at all?
  • one of the
  • most important kinds of stress to understand and manage.
  • we can't contro
  • become addicted to the kind of hurried, tense, lifestyle
  • feel stress about things that aren't stressful.
  • response to things around you that cause stress, such as noise, crowding, and pressure from work or family.
  • caused by working too much or too hard at your job(s), school, or home.
  • not knowing how to manage your time well
  • emotional
  • one of the hardest kinds of stress
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