1. What Causes Your Stress?

2. What is stress? The body’s and mind’s reaction to a demand or threat
Stress can be minor and go unnoticed, or major and drastically affect your life!
Stress can be positive (eustress) or negative (distress)

3. What is a stressor? Something that causes stress!
Causes a stress response in your body
Different types of stressors
Noises, people, objects, places, events, situations, etc.

4. Environmental Stressors
Poverty, pollution, crowding, noise, natural disaster
Biological Stressors
Illness, disabilities, injuries
Thinking Stressors
Feeling stressed out before a test or a speech, worry about your future
Behavioral Stressors
Choosing to use tobacco, alcohol, drugs, choosing not to exercise or eat unhealthy foods
Life Change Stressors
Death, marriage, divorce, moving, relationships

5. What are your stressors??
Complete the stress brainstorm; be specific when identifying your stressors.

6. Covey’s Circle:

8. How Does Stress Affect You?
How does stress make you feel?
How does stress make you act?
What do you feel physically when you are stressed?
How do you feel mentally when you are stressed?

9. Stress Style Determine your stress style: Mind Body Mixed
***You have to know how stress affects you physical and psychologically in order to determine the best way to relieve/manage your stress!