Chapter One
Identify stressors
Key words!
Change: to transform or become different
Quality of life: your level of personal well-being and satisfaction with your life, what the conditions of your
life are
Stress : Pressure , nervous tension and anxiety, constant worry, strain
Anxiety : Worry , nervousness or unease
Stressors : Things that cause stress or pressure
Stress -a reaction to something caused by ongoing, increasing or new pressures or
demands.
The pressures are more than your coping skills, you may feel overcome by:
- Constant nervous tension or anxiety
- Too much to do
- Too many problems to solve
- Too many things happening over which you think you have no control
The pressures that lead to stress = stressors
Stressors can be:
Emotional Physical
Environmental Social
Affect your quality of life and how well you live
Physical stressors
Physical factors cause stress that affects your body.
Examples:
Lack of physical exercise
Physical or sexual abuse illness
Injury
TB, HIV and AIDS
Hunger, Poor nutrition, lack of sleep , addiction , substance abuse
Smoking, using drugs , sexual promiscuity and OTHER RISKY BEHAVIOR
, Emotional Stressors
Examples include:
Feelings
Thoughts
Reactions to life crises and change
Personality and self-image
Feeling stressors = constant worry, anxiety, nervousness, anxiety , jealousness , anger ,
disappointment , rejection, fear, hate, uncertainty about ones future.
LIFE CRISES= unplanned pregnancy , death of parent or family member , failing , job loss ,
divorce, victim of crime , not getting into university.
Change- moving houses, new jobs, marriage, transition from school to adult life.
Personality as a stressor
DEFINTION: Qualities , actions , behavior and attitude that make a person unique!
Knowing more about personality types help us understand why personality can be a stressor
-Often our personalities are affected by the situations we are in.
-This means we will not all fit into one particular personality group.
Type A personality Type B personality
Competitive and ambitious Easy- going , restful and relaxed
Many goals Procrastinator, delay work, do things last
Push yourself hard minute
In control Struggle to meet deadlines
Everything is urgent , worry about tests , Not competitive
deadlines Optimisic, expect the best outcome
Impatient, busy , aggressive even A joker.
A perfectionist
Brave , thinking of new ideas and leading the
way
Hard-working , self-motivated , don’t waste
time.
Type C personality Type D personality
Shy Pessimist
Like to be alone Negative view on life
Identify stressors
Key words!
Change: to transform or become different
Quality of life: your level of personal well-being and satisfaction with your life, what the conditions of your
life are
Stress : Pressure , nervous tension and anxiety, constant worry, strain
Anxiety : Worry , nervousness or unease
Stressors : Things that cause stress or pressure
Stress -a reaction to something caused by ongoing, increasing or new pressures or
demands.
The pressures are more than your coping skills, you may feel overcome by:
- Constant nervous tension or anxiety
- Too much to do
- Too many problems to solve
- Too many things happening over which you think you have no control
The pressures that lead to stress = stressors
Stressors can be:
Emotional Physical
Environmental Social
Affect your quality of life and how well you live
Physical stressors
Physical factors cause stress that affects your body.
Examples:
Lack of physical exercise
Physical or sexual abuse illness
Injury
TB, HIV and AIDS
Hunger, Poor nutrition, lack of sleep , addiction , substance abuse
Smoking, using drugs , sexual promiscuity and OTHER RISKY BEHAVIOR
, Emotional Stressors
Examples include:
Feelings
Thoughts
Reactions to life crises and change
Personality and self-image
Feeling stressors = constant worry, anxiety, nervousness, anxiety , jealousness , anger ,
disappointment , rejection, fear, hate, uncertainty about ones future.
LIFE CRISES= unplanned pregnancy , death of parent or family member , failing , job loss ,
divorce, victim of crime , not getting into university.
Change- moving houses, new jobs, marriage, transition from school to adult life.
Personality as a stressor
DEFINTION: Qualities , actions , behavior and attitude that make a person unique!
Knowing more about personality types help us understand why personality can be a stressor
-Often our personalities are affected by the situations we are in.
-This means we will not all fit into one particular personality group.
Type A personality Type B personality
Competitive and ambitious Easy- going , restful and relaxed
Many goals Procrastinator, delay work, do things last
Push yourself hard minute
In control Struggle to meet deadlines
Everything is urgent , worry about tests , Not competitive
deadlines Optimisic, expect the best outcome
Impatient, busy , aggressive even A joker.
A perfectionist
Brave , thinking of new ideas and leading the
way
Hard-working , self-motivated , don’t waste
time.
Type C personality Type D personality
Shy Pessimist
Like to be alone Negative view on life
