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Manage Your Stress
Renatta Currie
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Manage Your Stress
• Modern Definition: Stress is the feeling of
being under so much mental or emotional
pressure. you feel unable to cope.
• stressed out is being anxious, tired and
irritable because of too much work or
pressure. An example : the bad mood of
someone who worked through the night and
still hasn’t finished a project
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Manage Your Stress
Signs & Symptoms
Sweating
Low self esteem
Loss of appetite
Racing thoughts
Loss of concentration
Hormone imbalance
Anxiety
Anger
Irritability
Constant worry
Headaches
Palliative coping
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Manage Your Stress
• Stress can affect how you feel, think, behave
and how your body works.
E+R=O
“Stress is not an illness itself, but it can cause
serious illness if it isn't addressed” NHS
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Strategies For Managing Your Stress
• Recognise your triggers ( Journal )
– Deal don’t dwell
– Direction
– Decrease your speed
– Declutter
– Don’t keep a grievance log
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www.actionforhappiness.org
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
If you've tried self-help techniques and they
aren't working, you should see your GP.
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