Monday, August 6, 2007

#4 reading task !

According to Robert Burns in "Unwind‐ 10 Ways to Manage Stress and Improve your Wellbeing" published in 1992 , when stressed, people experience a number of physiological responses and get physical and emotional problems easily.
According to Burns, Physical effects are as follows. “A sudden shock may cause people to sweat, to start trembling, or may faint or even vomit”. (Robert Burns, Unwind, 1992, p.59) He stated that if disorders persist long enough, these may become organic illnesses. In other words, excessive amounts of stress over prolonged periods can lead to serious illness, including heart disease and cancer.(Robert Burns, Unwind, 1992, p.84) Moreover, he showed emotional effects of stress that are including anxiety, depression, hysteria and obsessions.
In this book, Burns suggests some managements of stress, one of them is “Managing your time effectively”.(Robert Burns, Unwind, 1992, p.214) He said that there are main points to remember. One of them is to establish and schedule priorities.(Rubert Burns, Unwind, 1992, p.221) Another one he said is to do the things you want to do. Burns explained that people should increase their time to choose when they can do the things they want to do. Like this way, he gives advice people to manage their time effectively.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

I totally agree that stress and emotion have large effect to disease because I suffer a lot by myself. Every time I am under too much stress or be nervous my stomach will be taken bad. So what I can do is just as what you said that manage time well and do prioritize what to do.