Psychologia stresu

Stress factor

A stress factor is an event, condition, or stimulus that triggers a stress response or increases the body's workload.

Definition

The stressor may be an external situation, conflict, deadline, noise, illness, lack of sleep, but also the thought or anticipation of a threat. Whether something becomes a stressor depends on the assessment of the situation, resources and ability to act. Therefore, working with stress involves both changing conditions and regulating interpretations and the body.

Key ideas

  1. Bodziec lub warunek obciążający
  2. Ocena sytuacji
  3. Relacja wymagań do zasobów

Practice and life

Write down the stressor, its source, its effect on the body, and one thing you can change or protect yourself from.

Common misunderstanding

It is a mistake to look for stress only "in your head". The second mistake is to ignore small, repeatable stressors that add up to a cost.

Questions for self-reflection

  • Co dokładnie jest stresorem: sytuacja, interpretacja czy brak zasobów?
  • Czy mogę zmniejszyć ekspozycję na ten bodziec?
  • Jak mogę zwiększyć zasoby przed kolejnym kontaktem ze stresorem?

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