STRESS Please take the following notes

On Back  Please write these ?’s if it’s not already written:  1. Describe what “stresses” you out in life?  2. WHY does it “stress” you?  3. Physically, what do you feel when you’re stressed?  4. How do you COPE with stress?  5. What are some negative ways people use to deal with stress?

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What is Stress?  Stress: The body and mind’s response to a demand  Stress is something you can FEEL physically AND/OR mentally  Examples:  Asking someone on a date: You feel your heart race, palms sweat  Watching the final seconds of a football game: Your mind is racing, heart pounding, palms sweat

Stressors  Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind  Examples:  Environmental: Pollution, poverty, crowding  Biological: Illness, Injury  Thinking: Mental challenges, taking a test  Behavioral: not enough sleep, drug use  Life changing: Marriage, death

Stress vs. Stressor?  Stress is the FEELING you get from the STRESSOR, or situation  Example: The act of asking someone out on a date is a STRESSOR, the situation. Your palms sweating and heart racing is the STRESS, or body’s reaction to asking someone on a date.

Fight or Flight Response  When your body provides you with energy, reflexes, and strength so you can respond to a stressor, or situation.  Result? Your body releases EPINEPHRINE, or adrenaline, when you are in a fight or flight situation. Your:  Breathing speeds up  Heart beats faster  Muscles tense up  Pupils in eyes get wider

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Positive vs. Negative Stress  There are two types of stress:  Eustress: Positive stress that energizes one and helps you reach a goal  Distress: Negative stress that can make a person sick or keep from reaching a goal

Examples  Examples of eustress: Studying, winning a competition, roller coaster rides  Examples of distress: death of loved one, chronic pain, lack of meaningful friendships, anxiety, depression

Distress can be dangerous!  When not taken care of, distress can lead to:  Compromised immune system  Illness  DEATH!!!!!

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  STRESS IS:   a) Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind   b) The body and mind’s response to a demand   c) When your body provides you with energy to deal with a situation   ANSWER   b) The body and mind’s response to a demand

  A STRESSOR situation would be:   a) Feeling a headache or backache   b) Having sweaty palms   c) Having to write an essay in an hour   ANSWER   c) Having to write an essay in an hour

  What is something that does NOT happen when EPINEPHRINE is released:   a) Breathing speeds up   b) Heart beats faster   c) Thoughts slow down   d) Muscles tense up   ANSWER   c) Thoughts slow down

  What is not an example of EUSTRESS:   a) Playing in a soccer competition   b) Participating in a talent show   c) Performing in a school play   d) Having lunch detention with Ms. Ryan   ANSWER   d) Having lunch detention with Ms. Ryan

  Not dealing with DISTRESS can lead to:   a) Straight A’s   b) Illness/Death   c) Becoming Valedictorian   ANSWER   b) Illness/Death

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