Personal Stress Assessment

You need to trust your body to handle life’s challenges and remember the fact that you do not have to face them alone. However, that is easier said than done. As a high school student who is enrolled in advanced classes and competes on competitive sports teams, I have experienced moderate to high levels of stress at times. Many times I am overwhelmed by the sheer number of feats I need to accomplish by a deadline, that thinking positively about my stress does not even cross my mind. However, Kelly McGonigal’s TED Talk has opened my eyes and enlightened me. Slowly, I am going to practice what she preaches and hope for a positive impact on my life. I will reach out for support from family and friends instead of struggling to cope on my own, and I will try to view stress as a positive influence on my life. I know results will not occur immediately, but I am confident that over time her advice will change my life for the better. I will go after what creates meaning in my life and trust myself that I have the ability to handle whatever life throws at

Within the MyManagmentLab for the Managing People in Organizations, class there is a section called Personal Inventory Assessments. These are short questionnaires to evaluate different aspects of a person’s life. I did multiple ones but the three personal inventory assessments I found most useful where the stress management assessment, the self-awareness assessment and the time management assessment. The stress management quiz analyzed how I manage and react during stressful situations with my results being 24. My results said that I have a high resilience to stress and do not get worried very easily, however, I am not very effective at eliminating stress or developing coping strategies when I do ultimately get stressed. I can definitely relate to this because when I am stressed about something, I usually just give up on it and quit or push it off until the last minute, which usually results in more stress.

As a Richland Collegiate High School student, I am always attacked by stressors in my academic life. The stress provoked by school-related objects often bled into my home and social life. It created an unhealthy environment where I felt weighed down by the stress. Due to the stress, I often lost my appetite and started sleeping less. My mother worried that I was depressed or that I was developing an eating disorder, but I just did not know how to pick myself up and just get things done. I lacked motivation, self-control, and a healthy balance of work and relaxation. Throughout the course, I have been picking up on some of the strategies I can use to help alleviate my stress and subsequently improve other aspects of my life.

After marking the points for the Holmes-Rahe life stress inventory and reading what the point value means, I definitely disagree with the assessment. There are two reasons I disagree with the inventory; the first being, this inventory takes a snapshot of past events and does not reference future factors that may or may not affect the events you had selected. The second reason is, I do not understand how some of the events one the inventory would add a higher chance of having a stress related health breakdown. For example, a promotion, vacation, or holidays should be life events which lowers stress for an individual. I agree that individuals deal with life events and stress in different ways, which is why I believe inventories, health quizzes, and health questions should be tailored to the individual taking them. Perhaps then people will have a more accurate picture in order to properly plan, organize, and prioritize their life events thereby limiting stress and allowing more control over stress related health.

4) My thoughts when I'm stressed were always negative, I felt like I had an enemy inside of me. It made my stress worst for me because I became more angry. Anything that was positive or a happy

Perceived stress may have an impact on an individual’s overall health. Many believe higher perceived stress would lead to more detrimental health impacts or vice versa. However, previous studies have presented mixed results.

Due to the fact that I was previously horrible at managing my time, I would often be stressed. Thanks to the speaker and faculty member who came into FYE to coach us through managing stress, I have found a technique to help me. If I allot myself time to relax, listen to music, and read material not associated with school, my stress dissipates. I think this skill set is something that I can utilize for the rest of my life. I am on track to being a speech pathologist, which will undoubtedly bear stress in some way, shape, or form. As long as I allow myself the time to relax and do what I enjoy, I know I will be

Identify four major ongoing stressors in your life. For each stressor, describe why it is a stressor for you. You need to discuss a variety of areas such as personality, lifestyle, self-talk, and/or beliefs.

In my work place setting, I work for a agency who works with families with children that are autistic or have behavioral problems. Moreover, with my job being an agency there are significant amount of flaws within this organization. Agencies in general seem to have many flaws. Furthermore, I experience a few stressors that effect me daily. One stressor that I experience is having to go to weekly supervision every Friday without pay. This is a stressor for me because my job location is not as close to my house, granted about 25 minutes from my home. So, the stress for me is driving all the way to my job location just to speak on actions of my client that are consistent each week. Other jobs that I have applied to previously compensate their workers for supervision weekly or give the option to have phone conferences about our clients.

Perform a complete history and physical including a sexual history. Listening carefully to terminology used by the patient; maximize communication and understanding. Promote enduring discussion and take advantage of teachable moments that arise. Have patient describe problem in his/ her own words. Be alert to comments as sexual concerns are often disguised as humor, sarcasm, and or off handed remarks. Assess patients understanding regarding sexual anatomy and function related to heart disease. Identify current stress factors in patient’s situation. These factors may produce anxiety or depression. Review medication regimen including over the counter drugs and alcohol consumption. Provide factual information about conditions involved. Provide

The results of my Stress Reaction Inventory validated many of the feelings I knew were present in my life. I will admit that this exercise opened my eyes to a reality, which I have been in denial of for some time. Between the stressors of my current job and the declining health of both my parents, I have a greater potential for suffering secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and burnout; all of which I need to address. Through this assignment, I have made a conscious decision to make changes moving forward. I must begin to recognize again that I can’t take care of others without first taking care of myself. I pray that my self-disclosure in this assignment does not provide you with a feeling that I will not be

To manage stress students need to understand the factors that could trigger stress. For incoming freshmen there are things that they need to understand before entering college. First, they need to know the reason why they need to go to college. Knowing your reason will help students to achieve their goals and more dedicated with their studies. Second, create a plan. Planning and scheduling is essential in setting up goals. Students need to consider what schedule they prefer and their availability. Try not to enroll in multiple classes just to finish your course. It is advisable to have a handful to understand the subject rather than getting multiple subjects and dropped or failed some of them. In addition, some are not full time students, so

In this paper I will discuss stress and the workplace stress survey from the American Institute of Stress and if left untreated, how it will negatively affect the workforce. I will explain the results of my survey scores and why I believe they are positive and negative. Additionally, I will describe personal examples of the stressors that are always at work and how to identify and overcome them before they cause irreparable damage.

Throughout life stress is a common problem whether it’s at work, school or home. The many negative effects of stress in fact affect individuals differently varying from health issues to work performance. Therefore, all individuals have different views of stress and various ways of handling it or otherwise managing their stress. Stress is when any living thing feels endangered and its homeostasis is at risk (Varvogli & Darviri, 2011, p. 74). Ways of dealing with stress are efforts of cognitive, behavioral, and psychological nature that allows a person to manage stress. Although there are different causes of stress, there are also many techniques for relieving it. The following articles are intended for the reader to

Psychological stress is a result of many factors and should be dealt with very carefully. Stress can be defined as “An excess of demand made upon the adaptive capabilities of the mind and body”.(Joseph 1). Another way of putting it, is that there are some things that put certain demands on us. The effects of stress should not be limited to unpleasant emotional states. Many studies have concluded that the effects on our physical health from stress can be extremely detrimental. These adverse physical effects include heart disease and formations of cancer. There are also some societal issues that psychological stress can hamper.