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    Stress can be positive (eustress) or negative (distress) depending on how a person perceives and responds to stressful events. Negative stress is more likely to impair performance and health. Stress is caused by stressors like major life changes, everyday problems, and physical or social environments. The body responds to stress through its general adaptation syndrome of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages. Common stress reactions include physical signs like headaches and sweating as well as emotional signs like anger and worry. Managing stress requires addressing stressors, resting, exercising, and using relaxation techniques. While some coping strategies like problem solving are adaptive, others like substance abuse are counterproductive.

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    Stress can be positive (eustress) or negative (distress) depending on how a person perceives and responds to stressful events. Negative stress is more likely to impair performance and health. Stress is caused by stressors like major life changes, everyday problems, and physical or social environments. The body responds to stress through its general adaptation syndrome of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages. Common stress reactions include physical signs like headaches and sweating as well as emotional signs like anger and worry. Managing stress requires addressing stressors, resting, exercising, and using relaxation techniques. While some coping strategies like problem solving are adaptive, others like substance abuse are counterproductive.

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    Stress can be positive (eustress) or negative (distress) depending on how a person perceives and responds to stressful events. Negative stress is more likely to impair performance and health. Stress is caused by stressors like major life changes, everyday problems, and physical or social environments. The body responds to stress through its general adaptation syndrome of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion stages. Common stress reactions include physical signs like headaches and sweating as well as emotional signs like anger and worry. Managing stress requires addressing stressors, resting, exercising, and using relaxation techniques. While some coping strategies like problem solving are adaptive, others like substance abuse are counterproductive.

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    STRESS

    Keziah Mae D. Tayanes, LPT, MSPE


    IS THERE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE STRESS?

    Stress is a reaction of the body and mind to


    unkind or challenging life incident such as
    tense feelings, worry, and discomfort. The
    imbalance between the demand from the
    environment and the person’s ability to cope
    can trigger feelings of anxiety. Some
    responses like being irritated, frightened, or
    POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE STRESS

    EUSTRESS OR POSITIVE STRESS promotes growth and


    accomplishments and stimulates you to go on.
    DISTRESS or NEGATIVE STRESS often causes poor
    performance
    The perception of stress as positive or negative varies from
    person to person. One event might elicit a positive response
    to someone while it could be negative to another person,
    CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS
     A Stressor is an event or a situation that causes stressful
    situations, which are seen as risks to the well-being of a
    person. The body responds to stress by secreting hormones
    that prepares the body to respond to the situation. The stress
    response is not harmful to the body; however, frequent
    activation of the stress response has negative consequences
    on the body. It leaves the body feeling weak, tired and impairs
    the immune system. These cause anxiety that affects an
    individual’s health behavior, and life. Stress affects our health
    and can be classified as ACUTE, CUMULATIVE OR CHRONIC.
    CLASSIFICATION OF STRESS
     ACUTE STRESS – The most common form arises from
    recent, past and foreseen difficulties. It occurs briefly and
    appears in bits of trill.
     CUMULATIVE STRESS – is a series of stress that has built
    up. Several individuals ignore the signs early and end up
    accumulating them.
     CHRONIC STRESS – is a form of stress that is recurring. It
    is a prolonged stress that is dangerous and can lead to
    severe health problems.
    SOURCES OF STRESS
    1. Major Life Changes. Majority of stressors are key life changers that
    influence an individual’s family and social life. These stressful
    changes threaten one’s since of security and self esteem. Changes
    due to stressful events in life endanger and individual’s sense of
    safety and confidence. Example death of loved one, losing a job,
    etc.
    2. EVERYDAY PROBLEMS. The stress or “hassles” we encounter
    everyday or occasional petty incidents are part of this group.
    Example Dressing concern, misplacing of things, too much things in
    mind or physical appearance. These maybe insignificant but they
    accumulate as it happens daily.
    SOURCES OF STRESS
    3. PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS. The immediate surroundings affect the
    level of day-to-day stress (i.e., crowded transportation in going to school or
    workplace, street walk with foul odors, or unbearable weather conditions).
    NOISE is also one of the overlooked factor causing stress especially if you are
    residing near airports, train rail tracks, or factories with loud machines.
    People in depressed , dangerous or polluted areas also suffer high stress
    levels as well as those exposed to calamities, tragedies, armed conflicts and
    other disasters.
    4. OTHER STRESSORS. Other stressors involving teenagers include
    worrying about their future, conflicts and disagreements with family
    members, friends, and other people, among others. Sometimes, teenagers
    who cannot manage their issues resort to alcohol and prohibited drugs.
    WHICH OF THESE COMMON REACTIONS DO YOU
    EXPERIENCE DURING STRESSFUL SITUATION
    PHYSICAL SIGNS EMOTIONAL SIGN
     Muscle tension  Anger, irritability
     Impatience
     Headache
     Nervousness
     Pounding Heart  Forgetfulness
     Shortness of breath  Inability to concentrate

     Increased sweating  Negative thinking


     Excessive worrying
     Dry mouth
     Loss of interest
     Skin rash
     Self-criticism
     Grinding teeth, nail biting  Frequent crying
    WHICH OF THESE COMMON REACTIONS DO YOU
    EXPERIENCE DURING STRESSFUL SITUATION
    BEHAVIORAL SIGNS PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS
     Loss of appetite  Constantly irritable with
     Overeating other people
     Drug abuse
     Feeling of being failure
     Sleep problems
     Restlessness  Difficulty in making decisions
     Hurrying and talking to fast  Loss of interest in other
     Criticizing others people
     Reckless behavior
     Having a hard time to
     Fidgeting
    concentrate
    THE GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME (GAS)

    Once a person senses a stressor, his/her body goes through the following stages
    of general Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), a theory developed by Austrian-
    Canadian HAN SELYE
    1. ALARM STAGE is the phase where the brain deciphers the distress and
    instantly deals with it. This is also known as “FIGHT or FLIGHT.”
    2. RESISTANCE STAGE is the process where the stress is being resolved after
    meeting its demands then the body goes back to normal afterward.
    3. EXHAUSTION STAGE develops when stress recurs until it becomes chronic
    and reaches this final stage. Stress level peaks and plateaus then develops
    health risks that cause high blood pressure, stomach and heart problems.
    HOW CAN STRESS S BE
    MANAGED?
    1. Manage stressor
    2. Rest and sleep
    3. Exercise
    4. Use Relaxation methods in coping with stress
    a) Progressive relaxation uses body’s feedback mechanism in reducing muscle tension,
    a common indicator of stress.it is essential to learn and practice exercise that can
    relax tense muscle.
    b) Deep Breathing tells the brain to calm down and relax, relieving the stress.
    c) Meditation is a technique that temporarily “tunes out” the world, disregards outside
    disturbances, and provides inner peace. A relaxed physical and mental state wipes
    out accumulates stress.
    COUNTERPRODUCTIVE COPING
    STRATEGIES
     COPING is defined as the “capacity to respond and recover from
    something stressful” (WHO, 1999). Coping is the conscious
    response to psychological stress in an attempt to balance mental
    and emotional conditions. Stressor labeled as negative incidents
    in life, like loss od a family member or loved ones, and loss of a
    job. However, there are also positive life changes like birth,
    marriage, and finding a new job. Both positive and negative
    incidents need coping skills that will accommodate these changes
    in life. These include how to behave, thinking of ideas, and
    controlling emotions in order to minimize or tolerate stressful
    events.
    COPING STYLES
     People use various coping styles to counter stress but its effectiveness
    depends on the situation and the individual.
     ADAPTIVE COPING involves direct confrontation and prevention of
    stress
     MALADAPTIVE COPING is a counterproductive mechanism that includes
    the use of alcohol and drugs.
     PROBLEM SOLVING or INSTRUMENTAL COPING focuses on approaches
    that tackle the problem to reduce stress of a particular situation.
     EMOTION-FOCUSED COPING deals with nurturing the emotional health
    through the stressful period
    COPING IS CLASSIFIED AS ACTIVE
    AND AVOIDANT
    ACTIVE COPING STRATEGIES comprise the
    recognition of the stressor to lessen it
    adverse consequences.
    AVOIDANT COPING STRATEGIES ignore
    the issue or deny the problem. Ex. Of
    avoidant coping includes alcohol
    intoxication, sleep, and isolation.
    SPECIFIC COPING STRATEGIES
    THAT YOU CAN ADOPT:
     Humor
     Seek support
     Problem-solving
     Relaxation
     Physical Recreation
     Adjusting expectations
     Venting

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