1. 1. Please get out Stress worksheet put on desk.
-Turn in Parent Signature sheets-Turn in Writing prompt
2. Clear Desk
3. Get out something to write with.
4. Learning Check/Pop Quiz!!!!

3. -You have just undergone a “Stress Test.”
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
-You have just undergone a “Stress Test.”
-The Test caused a reaction in your body and mind.
-How did you react?
-Fear, anxiety, resentment, not fair
-Took it in Stride
-This is what Stress is. It was not the test itself but your perception and how you reacted to the announcement to the test.
How do you think your body reacts when it undergoes stress? Write down three physical responses that you think your body would go through, write these on your notes.
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4. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
What is Stress?
Main Idea
How you think about a challenge determines whether you will experience positive or negative stress.
Feeling stress is a natural part of life. Stress is the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands.
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5. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
What is Stress?
How much the stress of an event affects you, depends in part on your perception of it. Can you think of a time when your perception has changed your reaction to a potential Stressor.

6. YOU ARE STRESSING ME OUT!!

7. Two Types of Stress
Acute Stress: also known as the fight-or-flight response, is your body’s immediate reaction to a threat, challenge or scare. The stress response is immediate, it’s intense, and in some cases thrilling.
Chronic Stress: stress results from long-term or prolonged exposure to acute stress. The chronic stress response is much more subtle than is the acute stress response, but the effects may be longer lasting and more problematic. The stressors which may lead to chronic stress are the nagging, day-to-day life situations that often seem unrelenting.

8. Positive stress can motivate you and inspire you to work harder.
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Reacting to Stress
Stress can have both a positive and a negative effect.
Eustress
Positive stress can motivate you and inspire you to work harder.
Distress
Negative stress can cause you to feel distracted, overwhelmed, impatient, frustrated, or even angry. It can harm your health.
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9. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Causes of Stress
Stressors vary among individuals and groups. A stressor is anything that causes stress and depends on your experiences and perception.
People, objects, places, events, and situations are all potential stressors.
-Are my stressors going to be the same for you?
-What are your stressors? What stresses you out? List yours……
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10. Causes of Stress LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
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11. Your Body’s Response to Stressors
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Your Body’s Response to Stressors
Stressors activate the nervous system and specific hormones.
When you perceive something to be dangerous, difficult, or painful, your body automatically begins a stress response.
-When something suddenly startles you, how does your body react?
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12. Your Body’s Response to Stressors
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Your Body’s Response to Stressors
Your mind and body go on high alert. This “fight-or-flight” response prepares you to defend yourself or to flee from a threat.
Alarm
If exposure to a stressor continues, our body adapts and reacts to the stressor. This stage lasts for a brief period.
Resistance
If exposure to stress is prolonged, you begin to tire and lose the ability to manage other stressors effectively.
Fatigue
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13. Resistance Stage: Body tries to become balanced
Resistance Stage: Body tries to become balanced. Early stage Alarm stress symptoms have calmed down A person thinks they can handle all their stressors. Sleep problems and exhaustion may set in Fatigue Stage: After combating stress for days/weeks, body can’t handle everyday stressors/tasks. Succumbs to illness.

14. Your Body’s Response to Stressors
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Your Body’s Response to Stressors
Alarm begins when the hypothalamus, a small area at the base of the brain, receives danger signals from other parts of the brain.
The hypothalamus releases a hormone that acts on the pituitary gland.
If stress is short-term (acute) a short time would be a few hours, perhaps a couple of days.
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15. Your Body’s Response to Stressors
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Your Body’s Response to Stressors
The pituitary gland secretes a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland.
The adrenal gland secretes adrenaline (ephinephrine), norepinephrine & cortisol. Adrenaline is the “emergency hormone” that prepares the body to respond to a stressor and pauses the release of insulin so you have lots of blood sugar available for energy. .
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16. Physical Signs of Stress
Think of a time that you have undergone ACUTE STRESS Example: Pop Quiz
- What were some physical symptoms that you had when you thought there was a quiz. Or, when you know you are next in class to give a speech?

17. Your Body’s Response to Stressors
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Your Body’s Response to Stressors
Physical symptoms of a stress response include:
Dilated pupils
Increase in perspiration
Faster heart rate and pulse
Rise in blood pressure
Faster respiration rate
Narrowing of arteries to internal organs and skin
Increased blood flow to muscles and brain
Increase in muscle tension
Release of blood sugar, fats, and cholesterol
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18. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Stress and Your Health
Main Idea
Ongoing stress can affect all aspects of your health.
Due to the physical changes that take place in your body during the stress response over time it can take a toll on your body.
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20. LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Stress and Your Health
Prolonged stress can lead to a psychosomatic response. Which is a physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness.
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21. Stress and Your Health Physical Effects of Cronic Stress Headache
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Stress and Your Health
Physical Effects of Cronic Stress
Headache
A weakened immune system
High blood pressure
Bruxism, clenching the jaw or grinding the teeth
Digestive disorders
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22. Stress and Your Health Mental/Emotional and Social
LESSON 1 Understanding Stress
Stress and Your Health
Mental/Emotional and Social
Effects of Cronic Stress
Difficulty concentrating
Irritability
Mood swings
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23. Managing Stress

24. When Stress Becomes a Problem
LESSON 2 Managing Stress
When Stress Becomes a Problem
The trick for managing stress is to know what your stressors are. Then you can learn strategies to keep stress from building up and how to deal with individual stressors.
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25. Managing Stress
What are some ways you can reduce your STRESS?

26. Stress Management Techniques
Time Out
Work Out
Reach Out

27. Time Out
TIME OUT: take time out for things you enjoy. These should be simple pleasures that you can enjoy daily like listening to music, talking on the phone, etc. List 5 things you would like to do for a “TIME OUT: 1. 2 3 4 5

28. Time-Out Ideas take a nap play an instrument read video game
listen to music shopping
take a shower go to the beach
write watch a movie
computer clean the house
T.V. draw
go for a walk chill in the garage
talk on the phone cook / bake
play with my pet horseback riding
climb a tree bike riding
mow the lawn skate boarding
jump on my tramp roller blading
work on my car fly fishing

29. Work Out WORK OUT: exercise and get daily activities.
List 3 activities that you enjoy 1 2 3

30. Basketball badminton jogging floor hockey Wii Fit walking hiking
Activity must elevate your heart rate:
badminton
floor hockey
hiking
rock climbing
skating
frisbee
volleyball
LaCrosse
baseball/softball
kayaking
snorkling
Basketball
Wii Fit
Ping pong
Heavy yard work
Mowing the lawn
Zumba
cheerleading
swimming
hot yoga
jogging
walking
lifting weights
biking
chopping wood
soccer
football
dancing
walking my pet
jump rope
tennis

31. Reach Out
This could mean 3 things: reaching out to others to talk about what is going on in your life or what is stressing you out to reach out and join an activity and meet some new people reach out to others and do something nice for someone else. List 3 things you could do to “REACH OUT”:
these must all involve
CONNECTION
with other people-not just
“to chill” (that’s “time out”
but to “chill with friends ” works!

32. name a friend you reach out to name a family member you reach out to
list an activity you do with others
list a sport you do with others
list how you help others
list volunteer work you do
list counseling you go to
these must all involve
CONNECTION
with other people-not just
“to chill” (that’s “time out”
but to “chill with friends ” works!

34. Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
LESSON 2 Managing Stress
Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
Main Idea
Taking care of your health is essential to stress management.
Positive health-maintenance habits help you deal with stress, prevent stress, reduce stress, and recover from stress.
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35. LESSON 2 Managing Stress
Get Adequate Rest
Adequate sleep can help you face the challenges and demands of the next day.
Using time-management skills will allow you to get the eight to nine hours of sleep you need each night.
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36. What negative things can happen if you are lacking sleep????
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37. Get Regular Physical Activity
LESSON 2 Managing Stress
Get Regular Physical Activity
Participating in regular physical activity benefits your overall health.
Physical activity can release pent-up energy, clear your mind, increase your energy level and your endurance, and help you sleep better.
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38. LESSON 2 Managing Stress
Eat Nutritious Foods
Eating a variety of healthful foods and drinking plenty of water not only helps your body function properly, but it also reduces the effects of stress.
Poor eating habits can contribute to stress, causing weakness, fatigue, and a reduced ability to concentrate.
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39. Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
LESSON 2 Managing Stress
Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
By including self-maintenance and stress-management strategies in your daily routine, you can become more resilient.
Resiliency helps you handle difficulties and challenges in healthful ways and achieve long-term success in spite of negative circumstances.