1. By: Scott Wilhelm Health and Exercise Science Students
Stress Management
By: Scott Wilhelm
Health and Exercise Science Students

2. What is Stress? N
Stress is primarily a physical sensation. When in a stressful situation, the body goes into a “fight or flight” mode where it releases a complex mix of hormones and chemicals. Some of which include cortisol, adrenaline, and norepinephrine which prepare and give the body such physical action.

3. What Physical Things Happen to a Body Under Stress? M
Rush of energy
Heart rate increased
Breathing increased
Agitated and aggressive towards others
Shaking
Loss of appetite
Difficulty sleeping/calming down

4. How to know something is stressful
If the body goes through a sensation similar to these physical tellers, then it is probably stress that the body is experiencing. If you are thinking about something in particular like something that just happened in your life, a deadline, or something tragic just happened, stress is probably an obvious and apparent reason for the physical tellers. If you are physically injured, some of these physical tellers could happen but it does not necessarily mean mental stress is happening.

5. Freeze sensation S Becoming stressed can cause dysregulation
Energy gets “locked” in nervous system by perceived stressors
Holding breath and low breathing are signs of freeze sensation

6. What are stressors? P
Stressors are anything that people encounter in life that releases stress hormones and in turn makes a person experience a stress reaction.

7. Examples of Stressors O
Deadlines
Family issues
Financial issues
Death of loved one
Road rage
Procrastination
Injury/illness
Abuse
Being overworked

8. The Stress Curve d

9. Positive Stress Called eustress Motivates you Focuses your energy
Within coping abilities
Makes you feel excited
Improves people’s performance

10. Negative Stress Called distress Causes anxiety
Short term and long term
Outside our coping abilities
Feels very unpleasant
Makes performance suffer
Mental problems
Physical problems

11. Stress prevention/mending
Listen to music
Schedule your days
Exercise
Talk to people about your stress
Do not bottle emotions
Get work don’t in timely manner
Abstain from heavy alcohol and or drug use
Yoga

12. Going to Talk to a Therapist
Therapy could be a viable solution for many people dealing with stress. Sometimes people don’t feel comfortable with talking about their personal problems to a loved one or a friend, so talking to an anonymous professional to help them deal with their problems would be helpful because the client-patient confidentiality makes people feel secure and they also get to get things off their chest at the same time as when they are getting mental help.

13. How Does Exercise Help Stress?
Studies state that exercise can:
Help reduce fatigue
Improve alertness and attentiveness
Enhances overall cognitive function
Stress can surface at any time in life, and exercise is something we can do constantly to help those small or even big stressors to not effect us in a very bad way.

14. How Does Music Affect Stress
The same thing with exercise, music can help us cognitively enhance our mind and increase concentration when we play music, and just listening to it can take us to our own world and take away any stressful thoughts even if it is just for a small amount of time, anything helps.

15. Negative Ways to Deal With Stress H
Violence
Drug use
Alcohol use
Sheltering yourself
Hurting yourself
Procrastination
Gambling
Bad diet

16. Positive Ways to Deal With Stress G
Exercise
Eating well
Listening to music
Talking about problems
Scheduling
Playing sports
Playing music

17. College Stressors $ Roommate problems School work Friends Money
Girlfriend/boyfriend
Professors (sometimes)
Living situation

18. Have You Been Stressed Before? Z
How did you deal with it?

19. How Will You Deal With Stress in the Future? [

21. References
@StressMgtSoc. "What Is Stress?" The Stress Management Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct
"Stressors." Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS). N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct
By the Way Author.... You Have General Info on Stress, Maybe You Should Go in More Detail about Eustress vs. Distress. "Types Of Stressors (Eustress Vs. Distress)." Mental Help Types of Stressors Eustress vs Distress Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct
"Physical Activity Reduces Stress." Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct