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HOW DO YOU MANAGE STRESS?

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DID YOU KNOW
Stress is a physiological state in the body which
has unpleasant emotional and cognitive
components. It is the state of your body when you
are confronted with a real threat like, choosing
between career and family; keeping all
expenditures within the budget and other related
cases.

Normally, the victim of stress may fight or run away.

If persons stays in this state longer, then STRESS
can do serious harm to their mood, health and
performance and another threat will be too much
to bear.
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 SYMTOMS OF STRESS
weight gain or wight loss
Stomach ain
Irritability
Tth grinding
Anic attacks
Hadachs
Difficulty concntratig
Swaty hands or ft
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II. ACTIVITIES :
1. “Idea Generation”
Directions:
List down the things or instances that made you feel
stressed. Prioritize them by assigning numbers 1-10,
with 1 as the highest and 10 as the lowest.
2: “How Do U cope with it?”
Directions:
Opposite your list, write down the things which you do
to overcome the stress.
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III. ANALYSIS
Do some of you look at
parenthood as stressful
due to the many demands
of the role?
Do you also experience
stress while budgeting a
very low or unstable
income?
Then you should change
that view by exploring
creative ways on how to
manage your feeling of
being stressed.
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ANALYSIS
1. Do you still have time to relax? When?
2. Are you able to manage your time and money
wisely? How?
3. When is the right time to prepare your budget of
work as well as financial? Why
4. Do you experience stress while doing these tasks?
Why or why not?
5. Is stress management an important factor on
ones health and well-being?
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IV. ABSTRACTIONS
“Stress can be both good
and bad”.
 GOOD because it can fuel
our adrenalin to do things
at greater speed and hit
the target date as
scheduled.
 This is a positive reaction
to our stressor.
 Stressors could be Time,
our Boss, or incidents
which went out of our
control.
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Negative Effects of Stress:

1. Brain drain

BAD if it affects our 2. Brain Aging

system thus affecting
3. Long-term damage
our mood and
behaviour, particularly 4. Disease
our performance as well
5. Weekend barriers
as the people around
us. 6. Compromised immune
systems
7. Mood and behavior
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HOW TO OVERCOME WORK RELATED STRESS

 Always be in control of the situations. Plan

your daily activities ahead.
 Be flexible and practical in dealing with work
and people around you.
 Always find solutions rather than magnifying
the stressful situations.
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 Spend only 80% of what you earn. Save the
remaining 20% for emergency. Find ways on how
to earn extra income if you wish to buy things not
included in your budget.
 Avoid unnecessary loans because this entails
interest.
 Pay attention to suggestions and weigh things
objectively while considering the effects that it
may cause your actions.
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V. APPLICATION
Directions: Try to manage your stressors by listing down: 2
stressors which are work related, and 2 stressors which are
financially related. Use the table below. Share your output to the
group.
Situation Stressor Category Solutions Effects
(Work/Financial)
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VI. ASSESSMENT
Let’s try to reflect. . .
 Don’t let stress get in the way and make things impossible
for us to cope with our daily routines;
 Be a good stress manager by being open minded, flexible
to options and practical in finding solutions;
 Be a good listener to suggestions but be smart and wise in
making decisions; and
 Always consider the effects of your actions.

Question: Which of the above statements do you agree or

disagree and why?
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Directions: PARKING LOT 1

1. You will be given 2 sheets

of post it paper. On the
blue paper, write the things
that you will be doing to
get away from stress and
PARKING LOT 2
post it on Parking Lot 1
2. On the yellow sheet, write
the things that you should
stop doing to avoid stress.
Post it on Parking Lot 2.
Than
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You!