Write in complete sentences! Bell Ringer – 09/14/18 What is stress? Write in complete sentences!

8th Grade Health STRESS

What is stress? The combination of a new or possibly threatening situation and your body’s natural response to that situation. Stressor: anything that causes a stress response Reframing: changing the way you think about a stressor and changing your response.

ACTIVITY IN ONE MINUTE LIST AS MANY THINGS THAT STRESS YOU OUT THAT YOU CAN THINK OF. THEY CAN BE BIG OR SMALL STRESSORS.

TYPES OF STRESS EUSTRESS: Positive Stress DISTRESS: Negative Stress Think-Pair-Share: What is an example of Eustress & Distress in everyday life?

What happens when you get stressed? Stress response- AKA “fight or flight”-which means when you feel threatened your body has a stress response. Epinephrine- stress hormone that increases level of sugar in the blood and directs “fight or flight” Hormone: Chemical messenger in the body Fatigue: Feeling of extreme tiredness.

Please write in complete sentences! Bell Ringer- What is Eustress and give me an example. Please write in complete sentences!

Defense Mechanisms An automatic short term behavior to cope with stress. Denial Identification Compensation Rationalization Projection Daydreaming Displacement Reaction formation Regression Sublimation

Stress Management The ability to handle stress in healthy ways is stress management. What are some healthy ways to manage stress?

Stress Management Continued… Prioritize- Arranging items in order for their importance.

Stress Prevention Get plenty of sleep (8 hours) Eat fruits and vegetables Set realistic long term and short term goals and reach them Having fun and getting fresh air Believing that every problem has a solution Finding something to laugh about everyday Treating other people with respect, the way you want to be treated

Mental & Emotional Stress Mental- The way people think about and respond to events in their daily lives. Emotional- The way a person experiences and deals with feelings.

Problems Associated with Stress Situations, people, and events that cause a person to feel an emotion are called triggers. The combination of repetitive thoughts and ritual activity is an anxiety disorder called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The disorder that causes a person to have moods of extreme sadness or hopelessness is depression.

Problems Continued… An illness in which people have uncontrollable mood changes is known as Mood Disorder. The belief that other people want to harm someone is called Paranoia.