Intro to Stress Management
What is Stress?
nonspecific bodily responses to internal or external stimuli
This stems from a desire to know
Communication
Where would you go on campus to get assistance building a resume?
Career Center
Values are:
Criteria by which you evaluate things, people, events, and yourself
Mindfulness develops:
Concentration
Attention
Openness
Curiosity
One example of Eustress
´Relationships
´Marriage
´Promotion
´Having a baby
´Graduation
´Winning $$
What is belongingness?
Feelings of connection to family, peers, and institutions
Before an interview you should......
Do your research
Stay in touch with your references
Practice interviewing with a friend or classmate
Anticipate likely questions
Get clothes and resume ready the day before
Gives rise to a strong sense of purpose, values, morals, and ethics
spirituality
Who engages in conversation to draw others closer?
women
Name the good, bad, and neutral stressors
´Eustress – considered positive stress that cause increases proper functioning
´Distress – negative stress that may result in illness
´Neustress – neutral stressors that don’t effect a person immediately or directly but could cause anxiety, fear, sadness in the future
Social Health is the ability to:
Interact effectively with other people and with the social environment
Develop satisfying interpersonal relationships
Fulfill social roles
Striking up a conversation with the person next to you in line, Introducing yourself to a stranger at a party, Meeting a friend of a friend
All of these are included when trying to?
Network
To suffer together is:
compassion
Percentage of college students with jobs
60-70%
Three types of stressors
Acute
Episodic
Chronic
Helping or giving to others; relieves physical and mental stress and protects psychological well-being is known as?
Altruism
These are major components of emotional intelligence:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Body language
Relationship management
Lowered blood pressure, Strengthened immune systems, Decreased hospitalizations, Decreased likelihood of drinking or smoking heavily are a result of?
Prayer
Intentional process of deepening attention and focus is?
meditation
Names one neustress
´An explosion
´Mass shooting
´Accident
´Natural disaster
More than 90 percent of communication is.....
nonverbal
Personal Stress Management skills include:
Focus on the things you can control
Resist the urge to control the uncontrollable or to strive for the impossible
Aim to do your best
Exercise regularly
Adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, and even significant sources of stress is called?
Resilience
Name two of the four alternative medicine systems
Traditional Chinese medicine: Acupuncture and acupressure
Traditional medical treatment of India: Ayurveda
Homeopathy: based on three fundamental principles
Naturopathy: emphasizes natural remedies