Стресс, как с ним справиться

«Исследовательская работа»

Stress and how to cope well with it

Выполнил:

Скосарь Дарья Сергеевна 8А класс

Научный руководитель:

Абанина Татьяна Аркадьевна

учитель английского языка

г. Задонск

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Stress is the disease of modern society

   1 Definition of stress

   2 Stressful situations

   3 Reasons for and against stress

   4 Quotations about stress

   5 Food you need to avoid stress

   III. How to cope well with stress

   IV. The results of the quiz with diagrams

   V. List of literature

Тема проекта: «Стресс ... как с ним справиться?»

Цель данной работы — выявить причины возникновения стресса у людей в современном мире и определить возможные пути избавления от него.

Актуальность выбранной темы заключается в том, что в эпоху стремительного научно-технического прогресса и лихорадочного образа жизни этим заболеванием страдает 90% людей, большинство из которых не знают, как преодолеть синдром хронической усталости.

Задачи исследования:

1. Изучить литературу на английском языке по предложенной проблеме.

2.Систематизировать полученные факты и информацию.

3. Провести анкетирование с учащимися и учителями школы по теме «Мои переживания, причины их возникновения», проанализировать полученные результаты и представить их в диаграммах.

4. Найти в Интернете фотографии для иллюстрации представленного материала.

5. Предоставить статистические данные, подтверждающие наличие физиологических реакций, возникающих в организме человека в ответ на воздействие различных неблагоприятных факторов.

6. Сделать выводы по проблеме «Стресс и как с ним справиться», представив возможные пути решения существующей проблемы людей во всём мире.

The topic of my project work is “Stress and how to cope well with it”

The aim of my work is to reveal the most important reasons of stress people all over the world face today and determine its ways out.

The actuality of the chosen theme is explained by the fact that 90% of the world population suffer from it every day and sometimes some people even die.

The tasks of my project:

1. Study English books, magazines on the chosen theme.

2. Systematize taken facts and materials.

3. Quiz some students and teachers of the secondary school №1 on the topic “My emotional troubles and their reasons”, analyze the results using the diagrams.

4. Look for photos and pictures to illustrate the project work.

5. Give statistics proving the existence of stressful situations.

6. To sum up, pointing out the ways out of the peoples stress in the modern society.

I. Introduction

Nowadays many people say that they are tired of their hectic lifestyle. They work too much and stop taking breaks. They forget about everything striving for their goals and they constantly raise the bar. Very often they don’t find personal satisfaction in their work and don’t love what they do. They have no sense of personal accomplishment and self-satisfaction. Some people don’t feel content even when they achieve their goal. One the contrary, they feel disillusioned and dissatisfied. Having climbed the ladder of success they find nothing worthwhile on the sop. Constant fatigue, physical and moral exhaustion, monotony and impossible pressure at work and at home can cause stress.

II. Stress is the disease of modern society

1. Definition of stress

Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by people’s response to pressure from the outside world. Stress causes tension, irritability, anxiety, alarm, loss of concentration, sensations of fear and panic as well as headaches and a fast heartbeat. It can result in a real breakdown of health. Stress can even cause heart disease and cancer.

There are a lot of stressful events in our lives, such as divorce, losing a job or having difficulties at home or at work. But changes for the better can also cause stress, like a new baby, a wedding, and a new house. Pupils and students often face stress from problems at school, poor relationships with peers, strict and demanding teachers, exams and many other problems.

Feeling stressed many people try to find some distraction and to escape their problems. They begin overeating, smoking, drinking, and even taking drugs. But junk food, cigarettes, sleeping pills and alcohol don’t help. On the contrary, they make things much worse and more difficult to patch up.

Stress can have a negative influence not only on our physical and mental health, but on the lives of those around us. It often makes us lose control and shout at our spouses, relatives, friends or colleagues. Taking stress out on our nearest and dearest is the easiest way to hurt their feelings and to make them feel depressed too.

People react to stress in different ways. Some of us are more vulnerable to stress than others. People who are always angry, impatient and mistrustful may have more stress-related physical problems.

It is very important to try to avoid stress or at least to minimize it. That’s why it is essential to notice early sings of stress and to remove some of its causes. If you catch the trouble early, the problem may be easy to fix.

One of the best ways to cope with stress is to keep a sense of humor in difficult situations. Wise people say that laughter is the best medicine for all diseases. It increases blood flow and it may reduce the risk of heart disease. Besides, laughter makes the body release pleasure chemicals.

Regular leisure activities and relaxing hobbies are also very important in reducing stress. If you feel depressed, yoga, swimming, bicycling, painting or gardening can help you relax, calm down and get a new lease on life. Anti-anxiety medications and anti-depressants can be useful for dealing with short periods of acute stress. But the side effects of such medications can be rather dangerous, that’s why they must never be taken as often as vitamins. Besides, anti-anxiety medications and anti-depressants cause addiction and may lead to suicides.

2. Stressful situations

a) -You are the first-year student of the University. You are taking your first exam. You are absolutely calm and self-confident as you know the subject very well. You are taking a question card and feel a cramp in the stomach. You don’t remember the answer to the question.

b) -You are a secretary for a large firm. You like your job as it is well-paid and interesting. The only problem is your boss. He gives you much work and charges you with a great number of errands both important and unimportant. This time he has ordered you to type a pile of urgent documents, though your working day is over and you have a date in the evening. But your boss insists that you should do this work right now.

c) -Your best friend has fallen ill and he has asked you to go to the chemist’s to buy some medicine. You’ve gladly agreed to help him. Standing in the queue you suddenly realize that you’ve lost your friend’s purse with a considerable sum of money in it. You are shocked and don’t know what to do.

d)-You’ve seen your brother’s girlfriend kissing some other guy. You don’t know whether you should tell your brother about it. You are afraid that he won’t believe you if you tell the truth. But on the other hand he will never forgive you if he learns that you have concealed this unpleasant fact.

e) -You’ve been asked to baby- sit your 5-year-old nephew. Your sister has promised that he will be sleeping the whole evening so you will have no trouble with him. And now when she has left you are locked in her house with a shrieking child who is having a fit of hysterics and you don’t know what to do to calm him down.

f) – You are being asked to speak in public. But you don’t know much about the subject discussed by the participants. Everybody is looking at you. You are terrified and don’t know what to say. You feel your hands shaking and your cheeks blushing

3 Reasons for and against stress

a) ”Stress is inevitable. It goes hand in hand with the work we do. People don’t hire us to do easy things, they hire us to do difficult things and to think that you can remove stress from that is a fool’s errand. Isn’t this pressure why people work in the first place? I work with people who are up for the challenge, focused on being successful and pressure helps them reach their goals.”(Stevan Rolls, head of human resources at Deloitte)

b)“I don’t think you should shy away from stress. It forces you to perform to live up to your full potential. I like to think that even when I am on the verge of retirement I’ll still be pushing myself. It’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.” ( Charlie Bagot Jewitt, a former Royal Naval commander)

c)“To live without stress would be to live in a vegetative state. It’s just not viable. Even the act of getting up in the morning requires effort. For many workers it is the fact that they feel “driven” that makes the job worthwhile and that once that feeling is gone, it is time for them to move on. It is this environment that allows them to produce their best work.” (Glynis Kelly, senior lecturer in psychology and sociology at Cornwall College)

d) “Spikes of stress help us to develop and survive. So view being stressed as being resilient. Resilient people see pressure as a challenge, trust that they have control and don’t see themselves as powerless. Those kinds of attitudes are at the root of any career success.” (Dr Wolfgang Seidl, executive director of the Validium Group, which provides employee assistance programmes)

4 Quotations about stress

- “Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.” (Natalie Goldberg)

- “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.” (Richard Carlson)

- “Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.” (Janet Street-Porter)

- “Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.” (Hans Selye)

- “Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” (David Allen)

- “I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.” ( Christopher Shays)

5 Food you need to avoid stress

To feel less stressful you need to eat special food: bread, fish soup, vegetarian soup, broth, meat, chicken, fish, macaroni, porridge, eggs, milk products including cream, sour-cream, cheese, butter, curds. You should eat more fruit, berries, vegetables, sweets. Its especially important to drink tea with milk, compote, juice, hips decoction.

You should take food 5-6 times a day. To be healthy and not depressed you shouldn’t eat fried dishes, mushrooms, spicy things, tinned goods, sausage, ice-cream. You mustn’t drink coffee, alcohol, fizzy drinks.

III. How to cope well with stress

Forget about your problems. Take a day off work, domestic chores and family. Work regular hours and don’t forget to take breaks and holidays. Don’t expect too much of yourself and don’t try to a higher than your capacity. Have a balance in life. Walk away from stressful situations and be positive and enthusiastic. Have only healthy food. Go to the cinema, theatre. Try to communicate more often with your relatives, friends. Enjoy reading books, doing sports, travelling, listening to music. Try not to think about your problems at work or at school. Sleep well and much. In other words «don’t worry, be happy.»

IV. The results of the quiz with diagrams

Quiz with teachers

1. Are you satisfied with your work?

1. yes

2. no

3. partially

1. What worries you the most of all?

1. problems at work

2. problems in my family

3. problems with my relatives

4. pupils

5. health

1. How do you spend your free time?

1. I don’t have it

2. sleeping

3. doing sports

4. reading

5. watching TV

6. visiting theatres

7. traveling

8. playing computer games

1. Are you often in low spirits?

1. almost every day

2. 1-2 times a week

3. very seldom

4. never

1. How do you try to improve your mood?

1. drinking

2. eating sweets tasty things

3. seeing comedy

4. communicating with my friends

5. doing nothing

1. Do you think that you have achieved everything you want?

1. yes

2. no

3. it’s impossible

1. What irritates you the most of all?

1. salary

2. pupils

3. people around you

4. chef

5. relatives

6. another reasons (name them)

1. Do you like your life?

1. yes

2. no

3. maybe

4. I don’t know, it’s difficult to answer

1. Do you like your profession?

1. yes

2. no

3. yes, but at the moment it isn’t prestigious

4. I would like to choose another

Находите ли Вы удовлетворение от работы?

Считаете ли Вы, что достигли в жизни всего, что хотели?

Что Вас больше всего раздражает?

Довольны ли Вы выбором своей профессии?

Quiz with students

1. Do you like studying?

a) yes

b) no

c) sometimes

d) I can’t stand it

2.What do you feel thinking about school?

a) I have to do what I don’t want to

b) joy of learning new things

c) boredom

d) low spirits

3.What worries you the most of all?

a) school, my success

b) problems with parents

c) problems with friends

d) problems with teachers

4. Are you often in low spirits?

a) almost every day

b) when it’s time to do homework

c) very seldom

d) I am always in high spirits

5.What do you do to improve your mood?

a) drink, smoke, take drugs

b) see comedy (or another film)

c) hang out with friends

d) do nothing

6.Who helps you to cope with your problems?

a) parents

b) friends

c) teachers

d) nobody, I do it myself

Часто ли у Вас бывает плохое настроение?

Что Вы делаете, если у Вас плохое настроение?

Кто помогает Вам справиться с трудностями?

List of literature

1.Юнёва С.А. Открывая мир с английским языком - М.: «Интеллеккт-Центр», 2010.

2. Flaherty Gillian. Popculture. - Обнинск: Титул, 2003.

3. The Moscow News № 7 27February – 5March 2009

4. Mark Harrison Certificate in Advanced English - Oxford University Press, 2008

5. Andrew Littlejohn, Diana Hicks Cambridge English for schools in Russia -

Cambridge University Press and Drofa publishers, 1999