CheckPoint Effects of Stress

CheckPoint Effects of Stress

You are currently an associate at an advertising agency where you have worked for two years. You are pursuing a promotion to the position of advertising executive. While you have expected to put in extra hours and some added responsibility as part of earning the promotion, your boss has increased your workload significantly, including some projects which had been assigned to other associates. You have more deadlines than you think you can meet plus the creative pressure of creating new and innovative material for your campaigns.

·         Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

·         Answer each of the following questions in 50 to 75 words:

1.     What steps of the general adaptation syndrome will I experience?

I would think the first steps of general adaptation syndrome that I would face would be the fight or flight reaction. This would mean that my body would trigger an alarm that would tell my body to prepare to fight or flee from a threatening stressor or source of danger.

2.     What emotional and cognitive effects might this stressor produce?

Emotional and cognitive effects that might produce this stressor produce; anxiety, anger, and depression. As a cognitive effect; this may cause someone to have difficulty focusing on the task at hand. It might also cause difficulty remembering stuff or solving problems. I think it might cause a lot of anxiety, also.

3.     If this stress continues, how might it affect my health?

If this stress continues then it might affect my health greatly in many ways ranging anywhere from headaches to coronary heart diseases. I would not count out that this would probably bring on a tension headache. It could cause an anxiety attack from the anxiety levels, and that is just not a good thing.

4.     How might I resolve this situation effectively to reduce my stress?

Take a deep breath, count to ten, and relax. Realize that humans are bound to make mistakes, and the mistake can always be fixed. Just do the best you can at the project, ask for help from the people the assignments were already assigned to and do the best you can!