STRESS

MANAGEMENT
 STRESS
• The non-
specific
response of
the body to
any demand
upon it,
defined by
Hans Selye
(1976).
STRESS
• Stress is a feeling of emotional or
physical tension. It can come from any
event or thought that makes you feel
frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress is
your body's reaction to a challenge or
demand. In short bursts, stress can be
positive, such as when it helps you avoid
danger or meet a deadline.
 General
Adaptation
Syndrome
General Adaptation Syndrome
• Think about a time you were stressed.
What did it feel like?
• How did you know you were stressed?
• You probably remember your heart rate
increasing.
• If you were stressed long enough, you
may have felt tired and even gotten sick.
• Hans Selye described three predictable stages
the body uses to respond to stressors, called
general adaptation syndrome (GAS). The first
stage is the alarm stage, which provides a
burst of energy. In the second stage, known as
the resistance stage, the body attempts to
resist or adapt to the stressor. The last stage is
known as the exhaustion stage because
energy is depleted.
HOMEOSTASIS
• Homeostasis, from the Greek words for
"same" and "steady," refers to any process
that living things use to actively maintain
fairly stable conditions necessary for
survival.
• It refers to how a person under conflicting
stresses and motivations can maintain a
stable psychological condition.
STRESSOR
• A stressor is a chemical or biological agent,
environmental condition, external
stimulus or an event that causes stress to
an organism.
• Psychologically speaking, a stressor can
be events or environments that an
individual would consider demanding,
challenging, and or threaten the
individual's safety.
 STRESS RESPONSE
• The fight-or-flight response (also
called hyperarousal, or the acute
stress response) is a physiological
reaction that occurs in response to a
perceived harmful event, attack, or
threat to survival.
Kinds of Stress
DISTRESS

• When we perceive the stress as

negative, it is known as distress.
• subject to pressure, stress, or strain;
embarrass or exhaust by strain
EUSTRESS

• When it motivates us to produce helpful

outcomes, which in turn fulfill us, it is
called eustress.
• moderate or normal psychological stress
interpreted as being beneficial for the
experiencer.
Stages of Stress
ACUTE STRESS
• Associated with reduced concentration,
decreased memory, poor self-control,
and low self-steem (ACSM, 2011).
• is the most common form of stress. It
comes from demands and pressures of
the recent past and anticipated demands
and pressures of the near future.
• Acute stress is thrilling and exciting in
small doses, but too much is
exhausting.
CHRONIC STRESS
• Prolonged exposure to a stressor can
wear down both the mind and the
body resulting in weakened
immunityand increase susceptibility
to cardio vascular disease, obesity,
and disorders of the digestive system
(Kotecki, 2011; ACSM, 2011).
• is the response to emotional pressure
suffered for a prolonged period of time
in which an individual perceives they
have little or no control. It involves an
endocrine system response in which
corticosteroids are released.
Physical Activities for
Lifestyle and Health
Improvement
THREE MAIN TYPES OF
ACTIVITY
AEROBIC
• Aerobics is a form of physical
exercise that combines rhythmic
aerobic exercise with stretching and
strength training routines with the
goal of improving all elements of
fitness.
MUSCLE-STRENGTHENING
• Strengthening exercises work muscles as
they move against resistance. This
resistance can come from workout
machines, free weights or barbells,
elastic bands, water, stairs, hills, cans of
vegetables from the pantry -- even your
own body weight as you do a pushup.
Bone Strengthening
• activities produce an impact or tension
force on the bones that promotes bone
growth and strength. Examples of bone-
strengthening activities suitable for
children include: activities that require
children to lift their body weight or to
work against a resistance.