practice stress

Task 1. Determination of mental tension
(PSM questionnaire)
Instructions: a number of statements characterizing the mental state are proposed. Please rate your condition over the past week using an eight-point scale. To do this, on the questionnaire form, next to each statement, circle the number from 1 to 8 that most accurately defines your experiences. There are no wrong or erroneous answers here. Answer as accurately as possible. The test will take approximately five minutes to complete. Numbers from 1 to 8 indicate the frequency of experiences: 1 – “never”; 2 – “extremely rare”; 3 – “very rarely”; 4 – “rarely”; 5 – “sometimes”; 6 – “often”; 7 – “very often”; 8 – “constantly (daily).”

Task 2. Situational tasks and assignments
Situation 1. Imagine that at the beginning of the day you have to have several unpleasant explanations with your work colleagues. There is a risk that the process of communicating with colleagues throughout the day will cause you negative emotions. Suggest a way out of this situation.
Situation 2. Imagine that a patient comes to your appointment who causes you irritation and unpleasant emotions. Write recommendations for a way out of this situation.
Situation 3. A medical worker quickly accumulates tension and fatigue during the working day, which complicates his communication and work with patients, creating stressful situations. Suggest a system of actions to restore energy during the working day and prevent chronic fatigue syndrome.
Task 1. Continue the sentence (5 options)
The difficult situation for me is...
Task 2. Identify stressful thoughts in statements. What type of stress-producing thinking styles do they belong to?
"All good things are in the past" -
“Nothing will come of you anymore” -
“No one has ever felt sorry for me” -
“I’m always the last one” -
“This is just a terrible incident” -
“It’s scary, just terrible” -
“I told you that I’m unlucky - as things went in the morning, and now everything is not as it should be - I’m unlucky, so unlucky” -
“Yes, nothing was particularly good, all these are little things, but in life there are only worries and problems” -
“I must, I am obliged to do it at all costs...” -
“I have a life without problems!” -
"I´m unlucky" -
"He is a bad man" -
"I can´t stand this" -
“I need this right now” - G
“It’s too hard”, “I always think that something bad will happen” -