(Oxford) Double Diploma: Stress and Anxiety Management

Are you stressed?

Do you know others who are stressed?

This course is for you; it is for them - help others, help yourself.

Stress causes short AND long term harm.

Stress is the biological response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimulus.  This biological stress response involves interconnections among the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. The two most well known stress-related biological mechanisms are:-

• sympathetic arousal

• activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis.

The biological stress response involves interconnections among the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems.

Distress (negative stress) can lead to physical symptoms including headaches, upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, and problems sleeping. Research suggests that stress also can bring on or worsen certain symptoms or diseases.

Stress has been linked to illnesses that include cancer, lung disease, fatal accidents, suicide, and cirrhosis of the liver.

Other negative effects:

• Long term disability

• Weakens immune system

• Ages you

• Can ruin your heart

• Can ruin your teeth and gums

• Makes it difficult to control emotions

But...we can do a lot to reduce stress - hundreds of tips - and this is what the course (plus workbooks) is about!

You have lifetime access - we have different stresses throughout our lives - so there is no hurry as you work through the course.  In addition to the hundreds of tips we also explore specific recommendations from the Instructor.

Participation is encouraged throughout.

NEW ANXIETY MANAGEMENT EXERCISES ADDED in late DECEMBER 2024

• Sculpture

• Photography

• CBT

• Journalling

• Digital

• Mandala

• Collage

• Relaxation