Eustress

Distress

Hyperstress

Hypostress

Expected

Unexpected

Accumulating

• Troubling thoughts• Sleep• Appearance• Losing things• Not enough time• Lonely• Relationship Problems• Finances

More Effects

Physical Effects

Behavior Effects

Personality Types

A and B

RationalizationRepressionProjectionReactionSublimationDisplacement

Gender

Men

Women

Cultures

CommitmentControlChallenge

Coping Choices• Change environments• Change THE environment• Change yourself

Irrational Beliefs

Rational Beliefs

Self-verbalizations

Should

Awfulizations

Overgeneralizations

Stress Activity

Write Down (and turn in)

• Where did you go on your “retreat”?• What did you experience in this exercise?• How did you feel about this exercise?• What, if anything, did you learn or will you

take with you? Could this be helpful for dealing with stressful situations?