LSS 1003 Life & Study Skills - Assessment 2

Presentation on College
Stress- Effect and Solutions
Name of Group
Members

Student ID

Aisha Mohammed
Bilal

H00328450

Ayesha Ahmed
Bastaki

H00324676

Date of Submission - Moza Mohammed

Teacher Anamika Sheikha Mohammed

H00328495

H00327932

Signature

What is Stress and how does it effect us

1.

Define stress: a state of mental tension and worry caused by

problems in your life, work.

2. For example: the stress person cant focus and feel sick.

Definition of STRESS. (2016). Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 19 October

2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress

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How stress effect of physical:

Over eating or loss of appetite: change in our appetite when we feel
stress. For example, if the student have exam she/he never eat until they
finished the exam and other s eat more before exam.
Lack of sleep: that is more important because mind of the person who feel
stress come busy and uncomfortable thats why they cant sleep well. For
example, if the students have in next day presentation they will not sleep
because they will come overthinking about how they present.
5 Common Physical Signs for Identifying Stress. (2016). HubPages. Retrieved 19
October 2016, from http://hubpages.com/health/5-Physical-Signs-for-IdentifyingStress

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How stress effect of mental:

Change in mood: tense person always be that opposite of what temperament around it. For
example, if there was celebrate and every body are happy the person how feel stress he/she will
feel uncomfortable and lazy.

Impulsive actions: the person who feel stress make a decision in wrong situations. For example,
the student who feel in one article thinks he can not complete his study.

Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Problems Causes and Effect. (2016). Psychguides.com.
Retrieved 19 October 2016, from http://www.psychguides.com/guides/mental-health-problemsymptoms-causes-and-effects/

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How stress effects social behavior :

Angry outbursts : Controlled anger on the person tense that he feels nervous
chronic. For example, Man becomes unable to tolerate the opinions of others
and show tantrums.

Social withdrawal : Person isolated from society and wants to spend of his time
alone. For example, A person becomes a lonely and think too much.

"Stress Symptoms: Effects On Your Body And Behavior - Mayo Clinic". Mayoclinic.org.
N.p., 2016. Web. 20 Oct. 2016

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Individual Assessment of Stress & Reflection- (Aisha

Mohammed)
1.

What is your result on Cohen stress scale? My result on Cohen stress scale is 16

2.

What does this result mean to you? I am moderate stress.

3.

Identify and describe at least one time in college when you have found yourself stressed. First
time when I was presenting my presentation in miss Nadyas class.

4.

Describe at least one effect of this stress on you. I forget the ides and my hands was
trembling so one it is cognitive stress and one it is physical stress.

5.

Describe your response to the stress. When I begin stress I start to forget every thing I want to
say.

6.

Was it effective or not? Yes this stress effective me in cognitive way and physical way.

7.

Why? Because before any thing I think about it to much and I start to be anger.

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Individual Assessment of Stress & Reflection- (Ayesha

Ahmed)
1.

What is your result on Cohen stress scale? 27(high perceived stress.)

2.

What does this result mean to you? This means that I needed a lot of rest, and
underestimate the tension I feel it .

3.

Identify and describe at least one time in college when you have found yourself stressed.
When I was going to perform IELTS exam, I was tense

4.

Describe at least one effect of this stress on you. Tension affects my strength, For
example, when I was talking in speaking exam I forget everything I study about and I lost
a lot of mark .

5.

Describe your response to the stress. When I feel nervous and forget everything I wanted
to say, and I move my hands a lot.

6.

Was it effective or not? Yes, sometimes I want to explain something but explain the
wrong way when I feel tension.

7.

Why? because these question about my stress and my feeling.

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Individual Assessment of Stress & Reflection- (Moza

Mohammed)
1.

What is your result on Cohen stress scale? Moderate stress. (22)

2.

What does this result mean to you? This result mean for me that I should
management my stress by organize my work and relaxation.

3.

Identify and describe at least one time in college when you have found yourself
stressed. When i have more than one project i can't control my stress. but i try to
manage the stress to can finish my work.

4.

Describe at least one effect of this stress on you. Sometime stress affect me. that i
cant finish my work and feel nervous and i cant sleep.

5.

Describe your response to the stress. I try to manage my stress by make

6.

Was it effective or not? Yes.

7.

Why?

schedule for relax and work.

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Individual Assessment of Stress & Reflection- (Sheikha

Mohammed)
1.

What is your result on Cohen stress scale? 26

2.

What does this result mean to you? I think its ok to have this kind of stress it may
affect on me but its not that bad.

3.

Identify and describe at least one time in college when you have found yourself
stressed. When we were preparing for our ilets, thats gave me a hard time
because it was important to me to pass the exam.

4.

Describe at least one effect of this stress on you. It didnt effect on me a lot; it just
gave me a fear on failing but I worked hard for it.

5.

Describe your response to the stress. My response wasnt bad I accepted as its just
matter of time and that helped me.

6.

Was it effective or not? Yes, it was.

7.

Why? When I was telling myself its just matter of time this thing made me be patient
and helped me to accepted.

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Stress Management Strategies

5 effective stress management strategies.
1. Maintain balance with a healthy lifestyle: the explain: you must pay attention to your
health to get away from stress. this mean that you should eat healthy food and keep
away from fast food. also you must doing exercise every day such as walking ,
swimming and aerobic .In addition, sleeping enough hours give you energy and
keep you away from stress.

2. Manage your time: the explain: make schedule for your day can help you to
organize your work and relaxation .this mean that try to do you work in the time and
don't keep it for the next day this thing will help you to be away from stress.

Stress Management: Tips for Getting Your Stress Under Control for Good. (2016).
Helpguide.org. Retrieved 20 October 2016, from
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-management.htm

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Stress Management Strategies

5 effective stress management strategies.
1. Making time for relaxation: the explain: Apart from the concerns of life
having a time for relaxation It may be a big factor to relieve stress. For
example, attending yoga classes as known about yoga its an excellent
way to make the body calms down, also release stress.
2. Brisk walking: the explain: Going for a brisk walk and breathing some fresh
air helps to rise your mood up and makes you more energetic for example
when the weather is nice go outside and walk that will make a huge
difference on you.
3. Learn healthier ways to cope with stress: the explain: coping with stress
contains the most important factor which is sleeping early, it helps
the body to be energetic, also there is another way to cope with stress for
example doing some morning exercise.
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