persoanl growth
Stress and Social Development
Biopsychosocial Model of Illness
· Holds that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
· Biological factors operate in a psychosocial context that can also be highly influential
· Health Psychology is concerned with how psychosocial factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of health and with the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness
Stress, Personality, and Illness
· How does personality impact wellness?
· Strong link found between anger and hostility and coronary disease
· If you walk around angry all the time you’re going to have a bad time
· Many findings to link (correlational) stress and illness in the body
· Stress undermines the body’s immune functioning
· Why Zebra’s Don’t Get Ulcers, Robert Sapolsky
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePYet3Fbts
Stress and Relationships
· Chronic stress has the potential to negatively impact social, familial, and romantic connections
· Individuals who struggle to effectively manage stress are prone to emotional outbursts
· Can contribute to higher frequency or intensity in interpersonal conflicts
· Who we blame when we are stressed
· Do you blame yourself and as a result experience decreased self esteem
· Do you blame others and as a result experience decreased relationship satisfaction
Stress and Social Development
· Stress and social functioning impact each other in a circular way
· Stress impacts relationships/relationships impact stress
· Can be positive or negative
· Low self-esteem causes increased stress in social interactions
· Stressful social interactions may decrease individual’s desire to create meaningful relationships
· Unmanaged stress can turn into chronic anxiety
· Social anxiety, social phobia, generalized anxiety
What is wellness?
· Well being is defined as being both healthy and happy
· How do we achieve this?
· What is the difference?
Is there a relationship between the two?
Six Dimensions of Wellness
· Physical
· How well does your body work?
· Exercise, nutrition, rest, sleep, stress management, self care
· Intellectual
· Learning new things, expanding your knowledge base as well as your brain
· Mental Illness – breakdown in the way your brain processes information
· Emotional
· Positive and realistic self concept
· Emotional Intelligence
· Resiliency
· Social
· How we connect and interact with people
· How meaningful are these connections?
· Career
· Job satisfaction, career ambitions, work performance
· Spiritual
Having a sense of inner peace and contentment
How do we improve these dimensions?
· One step at a time
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JPa2mvSQ4
· Cultivate and maintain meaningful relationships (Social)
· Identify and express your emotions (Emotional)
· Proper sleep hygiene, regular activity, frequent self care, diet (Physical)
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9IZDInBv1M
· Continually seeking opportunities to learn, brain games, DOING YOUR HOMEWORK (Intellectual)
· Meditation, yoga, self reflection, focusing on obtaining inner peace (Spiritual)
· Set goals, plan for the future, acknowledge your accomplishments along the way (Career)
· Stay committed to your changes
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MVJOI8RbnQ
Managing Stress as a Path to Wellness
· Mindfulness
· Defined as an intentional, nonjudgmental awareness and observation of our experiences in the present moment without seeking to change them immediately (much is taken from the Buddhist philosophies)
· Mindfulness increases our ability to develop Meta Awareness
· An awareness of what we are experiencing right now
· Am I physically and mentally present?
· Worrying about things means you are not mentally present
· Mindfulness is an important component of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
· Often used in treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar, or other mood disorders
· Helps to increase emotional regulation
· Develop coping skills to successfully manage triggers and reactive states
· Allows for stronger therapeutic presence and emotional awareness in session
· Challenges to just mindfully be with the problem/issue instead of always seek to change it immediately
· Promotes openness, humanity and acceptance of clients
· Effective self-care technique
· Increase ability to shift attention, rather than letting emotions determine the focus
· Create a non-judgmental and objective perspective of emotions, thoughts and sensations
· Develop ability to live in the moment and not in the past or future-focus on here and now experiences
Mindfulness Resource
· www.calm.com
· Can also be downloaded as a free app on your smart phone
· Provides guided meditations, body scan activity, mindfulness skill building, and many more resources
· Useful to learn about the practice of mindfulness and to build up skills
· Practicing mindfulness daily has positive benefits
Baby Steps: Applying what you’ve learned
· ASK YOURSELF:
· What are you going to do this weekend to try and improve one of your own personal wellness dimensions?
· Identify a goal
· Commit yourself to a plan of action
· Tell a friend or invite someone to join you to create accountability
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