Managing Stress Research Paper

TERM PAPER

Advance Academic English Skills

(ULAB 2122)

Topic: How to manage Stress

Prepared for: Prepared By:

A13KP0027 Fadzreen Fadzriz Bin Baharin

A13KP0062 Muhammad ‘Afif Bin Muhammad Sopan

Stress: How To Manage Stress?

“How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize.” (Sandra Lee, 1989)

“The word stress is derived from the Latin word “stringere” which means to draw tight” (Cox, 1978). In phycology, stress is a feeling of strain and pressure. Stress may be beneficial or harmful. Small amounts of stress may be desired and beneficial. It helps improve athletic performance also plays factor in motivation, adaptation and reaction to the environment, however excessive amount of stress, may lead to many problems in the body that could be harmful. .”I believe stress is a factor in any bad health.” (Christopher Shays, 1985). Avoiding the bad health, it is important for us to manage the stress. Managing stress is consist of two phase, identify the causes of stress and overcome the problem. However, before identify the causes stress of we need to know the symptoms of stress. The book Phycology Of Stress explain that symptoms of stress could be noticeable in four category, which is emotional symptoms,

"There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad."(Garson Kanin) If you feel depressed, write down the reason, your thoughts and your feelings. Once you know what's bothering you, develop a plan to address it. This could mean setting more reasonable expectations for yourself and others or ask for help with household responsibilities, work assignments or other tasks. "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."(William James).List all your commitments, evaluate your priorities and then remove any task that is not really