Resilience in the Field PPT
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The document discusses the effects of stress, especially in the context of Rotary field projects, outlining the causes and reactions to stress, including emotional, biological, cognitive, and psychosocial responses. It emphasizes the importance of resilience and offers tools for managing stress, such as adopting a positive attitude, learning from resilient individuals, and utilizing relaxation techniques. Additionally, it underlines that many stressors are preventable through effective project management and emphasizes the role of one's mindset in coping with stress.
Resilience in the Field PPT
- 1. 6/13/17 1 Resilience in the Field Johanna Schubert June 13th, 2017 Johanna Schubert • M.A. Psychology, specialized on Clinical Psychology, Human Resource Development, and Intercultural Communication, Licensed Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist and psychotrauma therapy and crisis intervention expert • Worked with the Lebanese Red Cross, UNDP Beirut, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, UNHCR Geneva, the German Armed Forces Bonn, and the Social Pediatric Center at the Children’s Hospital Landshut, Germany • Rotaract Club Landshut-Trausnitz Founding Member 2006, Past-President of the Rotary Foundation Alumni Germany, Paul Harris Fellow • Rotary Peace Fellow 2016-2018 at the Duke/UNC Rotary Peace Center: pursuing a Master’s of Global Public Health Leadership and Graduate Certificates in Peace & Conflict Resolution and Disaster Management • Currently on her summer internship, assisting the Medical Services Division at United Nations Headquarters with Global Staff Health Risk Assessments • Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar 2005/2006 from District 1842, (Landshut, Bavaria) to 1180 (Bangor, Wales, UK)
- 2. 6/13/17 2 Breakout Overview What is Stress? What causes stress on Rotary field trips? What is Resilience? What to do? EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT: What is stress really? Tool #1: Knowledge on stress
- 3. 6/13/17 3 Stress as a continuum Mild stress e.g. driving, family gathering More intense stress e.g. tough day at work, moving house Traumatic stress e.g. severe accident, witnessed attack Increasing stress intensity
- 4. 6/13/17 4 Instinctive reactions to extreme stress Freezing Freezing, Recall of apropriate action in face of particular danger 1 Flight Depends on location or time; Panic reaction 2 Fight If it makes sense and improves chances for survival 3 Surrender Dissociation, Resignation, Derealisation “Playing Dead Reflex” 4 Recovery Coming back to consciousness 5 Amygdala Shock reactions, activation of stress hormone release Hippocampus Learned reactions to a constellations of triggers (stress memory), shrinks from chronic stress or trauma! LimbicSystem Emotions, shock reaction system PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF EXTREME STRESS
- 5. 6/13/17 5 SUDDEN MOVEMENT LOUD BANG, SCREAMING IMMEDIATE STRESS REACTION SUDDEN MOVEMEN T Orientation reaction FREEZING Tunnel Vision Focus on escape route (FLIGHT) or source of danger (FIGHT) More blood to the muscles (FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT- REACTION) Dissociation (PLAY DEAD REFLEX, THANATOSIS) Heightened senses and memory of vision, hearing, and smelling (SURVIVAL) Instincts take over most of the control LOUD BANG, SCREEMING IMMEDIATE STRESS REACTION
- 6. 6/13/17 6 Different stressors today, and we’re basically not built for them! Common stress reactions Psychological and/or somatic reactions to stress • Emotional: Shock, anger, terror, guilt, grief, irritability, helplessness, despair, dissociation, loss of pleasure from regular activities, … • Biological: Fatigue, insomnia, hyperarousal, somatic complaints, impaired immunal response, headaches, gastrointes- tinal problems, decreased appetite, … • Cognitive: Impaired concentration, confusion, intrusive thoughts, decreased self-esteem, self-blame, … • Psychosocial: Alienation, social withdrawal, increased stress with relationships, substance abuse, vocational impairment, employment drop-out, … Culture ! Young et al. (1998), p.110
- 7. 6/13/17 7 Potential Stress Effects on Volunteers Clinical symptoms, e.g. PTSD Disengagement Irritability Hostility towards beneficiaries Avoidance Burnout, fatigue Weisaeth, 1993 Not the point of Rotary field projects! SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP: What causes stress during Rotary field projects? Tool #2: Analysis of the causes of stress
- 9. 6/13/17 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpQrMqDoqE Optimistic Create a positive atmosphere Use humor to lift spirits Stay calm under pressure Don't feel easily overwhelmed Have a repertoire of coping mechanisms Take action to address the problems Control their expression of emotions Reach out for support Tool #3: Learn from resilient people – what makes them stress-resistant?
- 10. 6/13/17 10 Kelly McGonigal: HOW TO MAKE STRESS YOUR FRIEND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU What makes us sick is not the stress itself, but our attitude towards stress and ourselves! Tool #4: The right mind-set Examples of limiting beliefs and dysfunctional thoughts • All-or-nothing thinking: thinking in “black & white” rigid absolutes • Overgeneralization: seeing 1 negative event as a pattern of never-ending defeat • Mental filter: taking a negative detail then magnifying & dwelling on it exclusively so that you are unable to notice any of the positives in a situation • Minimizing the positive: deflecting compliments w/ self- deprecation; rejecting positive experiences
- 11. 6/13/17 11 PUT AWAY YOUR PHONES CLOSE YOUR EYES Tool #5: Relaxation and mindfulness techniques TAKE HOME Many causes of stress are preventable through good and anticipatory project management. Stress is a physical reaction, which, in its extreme and/or chronic form makes us sick in many ways, BUT MAINLY IF WE ARE CONVINCED THAT IT IS MAKING US SICK! So our attitude towards ourselves (!) and our stressors influences our way of dealing with stress (feeling overwhelmed and giving up vs. being nice to ourselves and getting support). Relaxation techniques don’t need much time, make a big (scientifically measurable) difference and can be applied anywhere.
- 12. 6/13/17 12 Your Questions Johanna Schubert johanna.m.schubert@gmail.com This presentation and others from throughout the convention are available through the convention mobile app and on SlideShare at www.SlideShare.net/Rotary_International.
- 13. 6/13/17 13 Rate this session in the Rotary Events app, available in your Apple or Android app store.