COPING WITH STRESS (SOURCES OF STRESS) Flashcards
CAN BE CONSIDERED EITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE DEPENDING ON ONE’S CAPACITY TO HANDLE STRESSORS.
STRESS
A LITTLE AMOUNT OF ___ ENABLES US TO ADAPT AND FUNCTION NORMALLY.
STRESS
MAY COME IN THE FORM OF POLLUTION, A CONGESTED PLACE, OR A HIGH LEVEL OF NOISE. IT MAY ALSO INCLUDE FATIGUE, PAIN, SHOCK, TRAUMA, AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN OUR BODY.
PHYSICAL STRESSORS
INCLUDE ACADEMIC OVERLOAD, REVIEWING FOR EXAMS, RUNNING AFTER DEADLINES, OR SITUATIONS THAT CALL FOR SUSTAINED MENTAL EFFORT.
MENTAL STRESSORS
THEY INVOLVE RELATING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AS WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS, WE ENCOUNTER CONFLICTS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS LEADING TO FEELING OF FRAUSTRATION, TENSION, ANXIETY, AND EVEN ANGER OR DEPRESSION.
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSORS
INVOLVES ONE’S SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITION SUCH AS LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MEET OUR ESSENTIAL NEEDS IN LIFE.
ECONOMIC STRESSORS
INVOLVES LOSS OF JOY AND PEACE OR DISTURBANCE OR TRANQUILITY.
SPIRITUAL STRESSORS
EXAMPLES OF COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS
>MEMORY PROBLEMS >INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE >POOR JUDGEMENT >SEEING ONLY THE NEGATIVE >ANXIOUS OR RACING THOUGHTS >CONSTANT WORRYING
EXAMPLES OF EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
>MOODINESS >IRRITABILITY OR SHORT TEMPER >AGITATION, INABILITYTO RELAX >FEELING OVERWHELMED >SENSE OF LONLINESS AND ISOLATION >DEPRESSIONOR GENERAL UNHAPPINESS
EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
>HEADACHES >BACK PAINS >DIARRHEA OR CONSTIPATION >FREQUENT COLDS >RAPID HEARTBEAT >DIZZINESS
EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS
>EATING MORE OR LESS >SLEEPING TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE >ISOLATING ONESELF >PROCRASTINATING >FORGETTING OR NEGLECTING OBLIGATIONS
MAY BE RELATIVELY EASIER TO HANDLE BUT REQUIRES “SELF-DISCIPLINE” IN ORDER TO APPLY CHANGES SUCH AS HAVING A BALANCED AN NUTRITIOUS MEAL, A REGULAR SLEEP PATTER, AND REGULAR EXERCISE.
PHYSICAL STRESS
“ACCEPTING CHANGE OR CHANGING WAY WE THINK ABOUT A SITUATION CAN HELP.”
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL STRESS
