PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček Ph.D.
humpolicek@med.muni. cz 549 49 3735 / 775 779 339 www.muni.cz/lide/11191
Psychological counselling & therapy
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Psychology of Mental Health and Well-being Work/Study-Life Balance & Stress Management
(MUNI: aVLLP7Xl & aVLMHOll) by Pavel Humpolicek
Lesson 1
Topic:
Basal information about the stress, nature & physiology of the stress and the influence to our everyday life. Suggestions: Watching some short videos and thinking about the mentioned information. Recommended videos:
Stress Response in Animation (1:07; Healthhour) http://www.voutube.com/watch?v=BIfK0L8xDP0
2-Minute Neuroscience: HPA Axis (1:55; Neuroscientifically Challenged) https://youtu.be/QAeB KRaNriO
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
How stress affects your body (4:28; Sharon Horesh Bergquist) https://www.ted.com/talks/sharon horesh bergquist how stress affects your body
How stress affects your brain (4:01; Madhumita Murgia) https://www.ted.com/talks/madhumita murgia how stress affects your brain
The surprising link between stress and memory (4:47; Elizabeth Cox) https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth cox the surprising link between stress and memory
Short conclusion:
The stress is very immanent and natural part of the life.
Hope, you find the way, how to utilize or (at least 'at times') enjoy the stress :o)
Summary of the most important principles: NATURE of the stress
Stress is anytime & anywhere (e.g. because of gravity)
Stress works for us; Stress is functional; would motivate us to be efficient (e.g. eu-stress) We're able to influence the duration & intensity, not the start-point of the stress reaction. Don't worry about stress ...
... anyway ... it's anytime & anywhere ...
PHYSIOLOGY of the stresss
Stress response is very fast
... therefore we're able to influence only the duration & intensity
Body&Mind response to the stress is unpredictable and chaotic
... therefore it's supportive in the really dangerous (life-threatening) situations
... therefore we behave so „strange", when we're looking for the „lost keys" (under the time pressure)
Stress response is super wasteful because it requires lots of energy
... because it prepares the whole body to the very fast and life-keeping reaction
... therefore we would experience a „cold sweating"
We are able to be aware (know about, feel or experience) the stress response (e.g. acute & hyper), but more dangerous is the unconscious one (e.g. chronic & hypo). Would be motivational/motivating (eustress) or (at least partly) healthy; or distractive and disturbing (distressing).
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If you want to know more you would continue to these links:
GAS - General adaptation syndrome - Hans Selye https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress (biology)
Homeostasis vs. Allostasis
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/courses/mcbl35k/lecture32-Homestasisallostasis.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815096
https://www.ted.com/talks/moshe szyf how early life experience is written into dna
Neuroplasticity - principle: Use it or lose it!
https://lurl.ez/@neuroplasticity
https://www.ted.com/speakers/vilayanur ramachandran