by jackson pretscherer

1. Personal STRESS

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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. STRESS FEELINGS -anxiety -physical pain -bad night sleep -headache -Short temper -muscle tension

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

8. -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. NEGATIVE STRESS

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

10. SYMPTOMS OF STRESS Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Behavioural symptoms Emotional symptoms

11. PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS

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

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

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

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

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

17. Stress at Work Part 2

18. FACTORS INFLUENCING WORK STRESS Huge work load Sexual abuse Long days Problems out off your hands

19. Stress Management

20. Causes of Stress External Stresses Internal Stresses

21. External Stresses - Organisational Organizational stress is the stress that takes place in the workplace Eg. Long hours

22. 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.

23. 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.

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

25. Change your job Change your attitude Change your routine Stress Management Techniques

26. 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.