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Building Resiliency
Stress & Anxiety
Stress Response
-Adaptive Responses(fight or flight,freeze)
-Alarm, resistance, repair
-Increase in blood pressure, heart rate
Can stress be your friend?https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend
Community wellbeing is our sole focus.
Community wellbeing is our sole focus.
How does STRESS get
your attention?
“Your body will present its bill.” ~ Alice Miller
Stress Awareness
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Stress & Your Body
•Where do you feel it?
•Where do you hold it?
Where does it hurt?
Anxiety & Stress: The Difference
• Anxiety focuses on worries or fears about things that could threaten us, as well as anxiety about the anxiety itself.
• Stress and anxiety are often used
interchangeably.
• Stress focuses on mainly external
pressures on us that we’re
finding hard to cope with.
• Symptoms of stress typically
disappear after the stressful
situation is over.
Understanding Worry
It involves two components:
Thinking about negative things that could happen and their consequences
Problem-solving or mental attempts to deal with these anticipated negative outcomes
Robichaud, M., & Dougas, M. (2016). The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook. NEW HARBINGER PUBLICATIONS
The Characteristics of Worry
1. Typically starts as “what if questions”
2. Worries are thoughts about the future
3. Worries are always negative
Robichaud, M., & Dougas, M. (2016). The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook. NEW HARBINGER PUBLICATIONS
When Is Worry a problem
We all tend to worry more during times of stress and major life changes.
Worry can be considered problematic when:oPresent most every dayo Is excessive given the situationoDifficult to controlo Interferes with a person’s daily life
or leads to significant distressoReduction in quality of life
Robichaud, M., & Dougas, M. (2016). The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Workbook. NEW HARBINGER PUBLICATIONS
• Anxiety is our body’s reaction to perceived danger or important events. It alerts us
to danger and helps our body prepare to deal with it.
• Anxiety is defined by persistent, excessive worries that don’t go away even in the
absence of a stressor. Anxiety leads to a nearly identical set of symptoms as stress.
• Anxiety disorders differ from short-term feelings of anxiety in their severity and in
how long they last. The anxiety typically persists for months and negatively affects
mood and functioning.
Anxiety – What is it?
What is Anxiety?
• One of the most distressing emotions that people feel.
• Affects 12% of Canadians, however we know only about 1/3 ppl seek help
• At times it is a response to a specific situation however often you cannot specify what you are anxious about
• Affects your whole being: physiological (racing heart), behavioural (unable to speak) and psychological (thinking you’re not going to make it through this)
Anxiety Can Be good
• Warning you to modulate or cease a behavior that is dangerous or counterproductive;
• Activating your attention to or focus on a task, thereby heightening cognitive acuity, and,
• Warning you to re-evaluate the wisdom inherent in following one particular path relative to alternative ones.
Community wellbeing is our sole focus.
How can we
manage stress
& anxiety
during
COVID-19
It’s normal to feel some stress and anxiety.
Try not to avoid, ignore or suppress anxious thoughts. Instead, be aware of your anxiety and accept that you’re feeling anxious in this situation. Try to keep things in perspective; notice and challenge your thoughts that may be extreme or unhelpful.
Building Resilience During Tough TimesWe should remember that this is absolutely the time to lean on each other. Even if
we can’t be close physically, we need to stay close emotionally.
Self-care is critically important at this time, as worries can be made worse if we aren’t taking care of ourselves. Lean on social supports, try to get enough sleep, eat healthy, exercise and engage in enjoyable activities.
Do the things you would typically do to support your health, and be sure to use caution and follow health and safety guidelines while doing them.
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PERCEPTIONS&
PERSPECTIVE
Tips to manage stress & anxiety
Invest in your Family, Friends & Community
What Can You Do?
• Warm meal
• Kind words
• Listen
• Honest and open
• Discuss finances & plan
• Share authentically
• Reach out
• Laugh
• Find connections
• Helping others helps you
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Maintaining your social connectedness is crucial
Face Time and Connectivity.. Utilize video tools such as Microsoft
Teams, Skype, Facetime, Google Hangouts, Facebook and WhatsApp
to connect visually.
Resources. Map out your important resources, ranging from daily
necessities to emergency management.
Humans need to feel and be connected.
Taking Care of Your Body
• Sleep well– How much sleep do you really get each night?
– Getting enough sleep will result in improved physical and mental health
• Eat well– You may think your stress is psychological, but you could also be
feeling physical stress if you're not fueling your body appropriately
• Exercise– Regular participation in aerobic exercise has been shown to decrease
overall levels of tension, elevate and stabilize mood, improve sleep,
and improve self-esteem.
Cut back on the
amount of time you
spend on social
media & the news
A sense of humor
can be an
amazing line of
defense when it
comes to coping
with stress.
Call the feelings out for
what they are, and
seek support to help
you understand and
process them.
Don’t Stress
about Stressing
Out
Focus on what you
Value instead of What
you Fear
Don’t Expect Stability
Some Strategies to Worry Less
• Consider if your worrying is useful
• Analyze your worries
• Embracing uncertainty
• Being present
• Seek assistance
A major trigger for worry is uncertainty. If being uncertain about something makes you feel anxious, it can help to become more comfortable with the experience of “not knowing.”
(Pema Chodron Buddhist nun talks about groundlessness in her book When things fall apart)
Source: http://youth.anxietybc.com/faq/tolerating-uncertaintyhttp://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/how-to-tolerate-uncertainty
Use Mindfulness
Mindfulness means
maintaining a moment-by-
moment awareness of our
thoughts, feelings, bodily
sensations, and surrounding
environment.
Take a moment to notice your breath as it is in this moment.
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References
2018 Mental Health Commission of Canada
2018 CMHA National
https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/resources/library
www.Bigwhitewall.ca
www.Bouncebackontario.ca
National Institute of Mental Health: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/index.shtml
Canadian Center on Substance Abuse: http://www.ccsa.ca/Pages/default.aspx
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/anxiety/psychotherapy-for-anxiety-disorders/
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