Stress Management
Managing our stress in order to live a balanced life with the resilience to face pressure and challenges.
What is stress management?
What are coping mechanisms used for?
to effectively manage stress
Harming oneself to deal with stress
What is self harm?
What Kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A PALM TREE
What is the STOPP Technique?
S- Stop
T- Take A Breath
O- Observe- Your thoughts and feelings
P- Pull Back- Put in some perspective- what is the bigger picture?
P- Practice What Works- Proceed- What is the best thing to do right now?
Name 2 commonly used adaptive coping mechanisms
Support
Relaxation
Problem-solving
Humor
Physical activity
Using a sharp object to cut oneself
What is most common way to self harm?
A monkey, a squirrel and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?
None of them! you can't get a banana from a coconut tree 😆
Name 3 psychological consequences of not practicing stress management.
Anxiety
Depression
Mental health
Name 2 common maladaptive coping mechanisms
Escape
Unhealthy self-soothing
Numbing
compulsions and risk taking
Self-harm
Death caused by ones self harm
What is suicide?
What has hands but can't clap?
A CLOCK! ⏰
What are the 4 A's of stress management?
Avoid
Alter
Adapt
Accept
Name one adaptive style of coping mechanism and give an example
Support- seeking external support
Relaxation- Relaxing activities, meditation, progressive muscle relaxation or other calming techniques, sitting in nature, listening to soft music
Problem solving-identifying a problem that is causing stress and then developing and putting into action some potential solutions for effectively managing it
Humor- Making light of a stressful situation may help people maintain perspective and prevent the situation from becoming overwhelming
Physical Activity- Running, yoga, swimming, walking, dance, team sports, and many other types of physical activity can help people cope with stress and the aftereffects of traumatic events
What is cause of self harm?
Extreme stress and anxiety
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five, each daughter has the same brother 👦🏽
Explain one of the 4 A's and give an example of how you can practice it.
Avoid - eliminating unnecessary stressors
Alter - alter the situation if it can't be avoided
Adapt- change yourself by adapting to the situation if you can't change the stressor
Accept- some stressors can not be avoided, so we must deal with them in the best way possible
What is the difference between a defense mechanism and a coping mechanism?
Defense mechanisms are often unconscious, and coping mechanism are conscious and done with a purpose.
What is prevention of self harm?
Seek therapy
I am heavy forwards but backwards I'm not. What am I? 🧐
TON