Personal STRESS

Presentation Outline
Part 1 Stress in General
Part 2 - Stress at Work Part 3 Stress Management

Stress in General
Stress is a feeling that is crated when you react to particular events. stress can case health problems Stress can make you react strangely Stress can make you loss hair Stress can case back pain Stress can help you succeed

Legal Overview
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 6)

Every employer shall take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees while at work
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 (sect 7)

Every employer shall ensure that there are in place effective methods for identifying existing hazards, and (if possible before they arise) new hazards to employees at work.

WHAT IS STRESS ?
Stress is a feeling that is cased when we react to a particular event. It is the body's way of rising to a challenge and preparing for a tough situation.

STRESS FEELINGS
-anxiety

-physical pain -bad night sleep -headache -Short temper -muscle tension

TYPES OF STRESSORS
-bad night sleep -barking dogs -repetitive tasks -travel -over worked -money -car problems

NEGATIVE STRESS
-Negative stress is any stress that is prolonged.
-this stress can make you feel run down and sick it can also case headache or even a hart attack.

Positive stress
-Keeps you motivated -Makes you perform well under presser

SYMPTOMS OF STRESS

Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Behavioural symptoms Emotional symptoms

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS

MENTAL SYMPTOMS
-frustration -trouble making dishing -anxiety -short temper -bad sleep -drug abuse

BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS
-short temper -anger -drug abuse -eating more or less -Nervous laughter -Hostility Accident-proneness

EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
-Feeling emotional drained -crying spells -frustration -anxiety -nearness -short temper

STRESS RELATED ILLNESSES

Stress is not the same as ill-health, but has been related to such illnesses as; -hart problems -back pain -constipation

COSTS OF STRESS
-loss of friends -bad health -loss of job -

Part 2
Stress at Work

FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK STRESS

Huge work load Sexual abuse Long days Problems out off your hands

Stress Management

Causes of Stress

External Stresses
Internal Stresses

External Stresses - Organisational

Organizational stress is the stress that takes place in the workplace Eg. Long hours

External Stresses - Major Life Events

Sometime a major life events can case high levels of stress .an example may be a death in your family.

Internal Stress

Internal Stress is cased when you are really worried about something. An example may be a mother worried about her daughter as she has come to a party with me.

STRESS CONTROL
Stress control is very important and different techniques work for different people.

Stress Management Techniques

Change your job

Change your attitude

Change your routine

Summary
Stress is very dangerous and it can be cased by mean things but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and you can get over it.