Stress, Coping: Cast Away Psychology Project Stress is a psychological and physical response of the body that occurs whenever we must adapt to changing conditions, whether those conditions are real or perceived, positive or negative. Although everyone has stress in their lives, people respond to stress in different ways. Some people seem to be severely affected while others seem calm, cool, and collected all of the time. Regardless, we all have it. Also it's important to know that there are two types of stress, eustress, good stress and distress, not so good stress.
Stress comes from any situation in which we feel frustrated, angry or anxious. Anxiety, on the other hand, comes from apprehension or fear. Stress and Anxiety, in a nutshell, stem from our bodies reaction to fear or change. Those who suffer from stress can understand their condition and find resolution in the mediums of therapy or changing certain aspects to their daily lives. Anxiety on the other hand is not something that can be treated easily as there is the potential to have larger psychological or physicals reasons for its manifestation.
Outline and evaluate research into Stress and the Immune System Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure, and is experienced when a person's perceived environmental, social, and physical demands exceed their perceived ability to cope. Stress itself is not an illness but can cause an illness if not tackled. By being stressed, it leads to an increase in cortisol (a hormone produced by the adrenal gland), and this increase in cortisol leads to a decrease in immune system functioning, which therefore leads to several illnesses. The main function of the immune system is to protect the body from infectious agents such as viruses and other toxins. In support of this theory, a natural experiment was carried out by Kiecolt Glasser et al in 1984.
The stress response is experienced when you feel like you’re encountering a threat and don’t know how to deal with it. The stressor is the ‘threat’ that causes stress, e.g. exams, death of a loved one, losing your job, divorce. If you do suffer with stress, you’ll have an increase in heart rate, increase in breathing and also you don’t feel hungry. The immune system is a collection of billions of cells that travel through the bloodstream; there are B cells and T cells.
In other words, describe some of the symptoms of stress. Stress can affect people in many different ways either psychologically, emotionally, physically or with behavioural signs (usually with a mix of a few) .Each individual will react differently too. Some will feel they can’t “cope” with the slightest bit of pressure while others could “cope” very well to a lot some even thrive on pressure. When we feel stressed it can leave us with many symptoms and affect our mood (mood swings). We can get frustrated, angry and at times be extra sensitive to criticism which can make us become very defensive.
The subconscious mind is our survival mechanism; it will automatically create our fight or flight in motion. Although we are mainly discussing the ill effects of stress, we also need a certain amount in our lives in order for us to perform correctly, or individuals would not be motivated to do anything. However chronic stress that occurs when a person is under constant stress over a long period of time is responsible for many emotional and physical difficulties. The term "stress", as it is currently used was coined by Hans Selye in 1936, who defined the function as "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change". It can also be defined as a negative emotional experience resulting from a person feeling a mismatch between the environment and their ability to cope with that environment.
The human body is designed to know when stress is used and is effecting the body and your body should know how and when to react to it. Everyone thinks that stress is a bad thing but it is also a positive. This is because stress is keeping you alert and will prepare you for any kind of danger. Stress can become dangerous is someone is faced with stress continuously without any kind of relief. Stress becomes very dangerous when they use alcohol, tobacco or drugs to try and relieve the stress.
Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these Issues with hypnotherapy. Word count 1935 Some of the most common requests within hypnotherapy treatment are those that are related to stress, anxiety and phobias. Stress can be said to be one of the most common afflictions of modern society, with our fast paced busy lifestyles our minds and bodies can often struggle to keep up with each other, this can cause stress and in turn cause a variety of illnesses or unwanted habits or phobias if left un dealt with. For the therapist to have an understanding of the link between stress and these disorders is extremely important so that the therapist can provide the right form of treatment
Another advantage of acupuncture is that it is a natural substitute to medicine; this is because it reduces pain naturally. Also acupuncture will help to remove all the toxins as well as helps fast healing, this is because it increases the blood flow. Acupuncture – Disadvantages One of the disadvantages of acupuncture is that you can be sore for a while after your treatment, although this is not a bad thing it certainly will be for the person in pain. All acupuncture sessions are scheduled to have a follow up procedure which can be an inconvenience for some people. As well as this it can be quite expensive as it doesn’t come under the NHS.
Health and social care NVQ 2 Connor Tate Unit 329 Promote positive behaviour 2) Restrictive intervention may be defined as any method of restraining a persons movement and freedom whether it be physically, mechanically or through seclusion. 3) Restrictive intervention is acceptable when the individual is: Causing self harm for example banging head off the wall, cutting own skin etc… When they threaten and cause injuries to others around them These sorts of reasons may call for reasonable force in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the individual are protected from injury. Restrictive intervention should not be used in the individual is just being difficult, for example: If the individual is shouting about what is going on in surroundings If they are unresponsive to requests made of them If they pose no harm to themselves or others 4) When an incident occurs where restrictive interventions are used it should be reported directly to the duty senior in my place of work. The manager will be notified and the incident should be recorded in the relevant places for example care plans if appropriate. In a case of a serious incident the CQC would be notified along with GP, advocate and other professionals involved in the individuals care.