The Guidance Cell of Government College of Teacher Education, Thycaud was inaugurated on December 9 by the Principal, Dr. V K Santhosh Kumar Sir. The programme took place in the General Hall. It began with the prayer song by Chinju S Nair. Jessy M delivered the welcome speech. The Vice Principal, Dr. Joly S delivered felicitations for the initiative.
A Talk on Stress Management was given by Jithin Prem, Apprentice under Jeevani Cell,GCTE Thycaud. The session was interactive, informative and productive. His style of presentation was somewhat different which in turn helped us in understanding the content well. He talked about stress and its causes and the difference between stress and anxiety. He also explained about positive stress, negative stress and post traumatic stress disorder. Stress is an automatic physical, mental and emotional response to a challenging event. It's a normal part of everyone's life. When used positively, stress can lead to growth, action and change. But negative, long-term stress can lessen your quality of life.
The psychological dimensions of these were brought to the audience in simple terms and through examples. Audience were given chance to share the strategies that they use to cope with everyday stress. Some of the strategies mentioned were music, travelling, reading, talking to friends etc. The resource person ended the talk by sharing some tips that would help in effective stress management in academic spaces as well as workplaces.
During the question-answer session in the end, he mentioned about cognitive dissonance and displacement and how they can negatively influence relationships between people and their position in the society. Asha Krishnan ma'am shared a reflection on the talk. Finally, vote of thanks was rendered by Keerthana SS.
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