Handling Stress

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many different things that cause stress. One may be if you have a big term paper due and you want to do your best to impress your seminar leader. Another may be peer or family related. All in all it is things, events, situations, and people that cause stress. It is how we perceive them that will determine whether or not stress will be a result from the encounter. Not only negative situations are the cause of stress. Joy and happiness can also cause stress even though they are positive. In a sense, it is we then who choose our own stressors. Selye noted that with the absence of stress there is death. Current researchers are also discovering that too little stress may be a major cause of depression or boredom. It is therefore up to us to choose the best # stressors and the optimal level of stress. Since we have now begun to understand the definition of stress as well as the causes we now ask ourselves ³what can I do to control my stress²? CONTROLLING STRESS There have been many ...

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techniques b) to provide guidance and information about diet, physical exercise, and other matters of a healthy life-style and c) to provide an opportunity for students to learn and practice how to apply stress management to their present lives. Each # course is developed around four dimensions. Two of these are, ³the influences of diet, physical exercise, and alcohol, drug, and cigarette use on stress and physical health², and ³principles related to effective time management². These courses have been proven to be highly effective. The stages in which the students are taught are as follows: a) the students are asked to identify the stressors b) they are asked how they experience and ...

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