hey guys
basically i just wanted feedback on my extended response scenario i did on stress so would be appreciated if feedback was given: I wrote the scenario + the question + my response . In terms of feedback i'm looking for mostly these things.
- what i did well
- what areas i need to improve in
- sentence structure (if i am writing in the correct format and using the write terms in my response)
- and also since this is out of 10 can you tell me how much would i get out of 10 please thank you.
And also feel free to add anything else that i may have missed
Scenario: Tasha is a doctor in a busy general practice. Tasha returned to work after 6 months maternity leave to a very busy flu season that required working 12 hour days to cope with the extra patient load. As well as being very busy at work, Tasha missed her baby son. After 6 weeks of this workload she developed a severe tension headache by the end of almost every working day. After a few days, Tasha’s headaches went away although she was still working long hours in the busy surgery.When she caught the flu herself, Tasha had to take a week off work. After recovering and being back at work for a few days, Tasha was unable to get up to go to work one morning. When she consulted her own doctor, she was diagnosed as being extremely stressed and physically drained. The doctor recommended that she saw a psychologist to help her assess her situation. The psychologist helped Tasha to evaluate her priorities and Tasha realised that she would prefer to only work 2 days a week, to spend more time with her son.
With reference to Tasha’s situation, provide a detailed analysis of her sources of stress, biological responses and psychological responses. In your response, discuss the theories and models of stress and/or coping that are relevant to this scenario.
My Response:
Tasha experiences stress in her daily pressures in her life on a daily basis after she has returned back to work after her maternity leave. The birth of her baby son was a life event for Tasha and eustress experience. Although after she came back to work, she has to deal with the extra patient load resulting into Tasha falling into distress mode. Tasha reacted negatively to the stressor which led to her developing a severe tension headache by the end of each working day. This was an ongoing daily pressure, as she is going through the stress of 12 hours of work a day. Tasha’s biological response to stress was that she was constantly getting headaches and then after she catched the flu.
GAS Model
Tasha’s experience relates to the GAS Model as Tasha experienced the alarm reaction stage (the shock stage) when she came back to work from her maternity leave as when she came back she found herself having to work 12 hours a day because of the extra patients that are coming due to the flu season. Tasha then experiences countershock as she prepares herself to fight with the stressor which leads to her continuing her work for 6 weeks. Tasha then experiences the second stage of the GAS model, which is the resistance stage. Tasha developed headaches nearly every working day but she fought it and then it went away but Tasha still worked her busy schedule, Tasha also catching the flu herself led her to take a break but then recovered from it and went back to work. Tasha goes on to the exhaustion stage when she is unable to go to work (suddenly), which then after an appointment with her doctor, finds out she is extremely stressed and physically drained.
Coping with Stress Strategies
Tasha used an approach strategy to help deal with the stressor. She used a problem-focused strategy to help deal with the stressor. This includes her seeing a doctor and knowing that she has a problem that she needs to deal with, she finds solutions and strategies that are logical that can aid her to help deal with the stressor thus seeing a psychologist to help find a solution for the problem.
Lazarus and Folkman Transactional Model of Stress and Coping
Tasha identified the stressor that she is facing which is dealing with long hours of work everyday as a primary appraisal in reference to the Lazarus and Folkman Model and identified it as a challenge to deal with the workload but she kept going with her work. After her illness she reappraised the situation and felt the stressor was actually harming her. Then she thought of what resources she has available to her to help solve the stressor and she found that a doctor appointment and a visit to the psychologist helped her deal with the stressor.