1. Ch. 3 Managing Stress

2. Stress and Your Health
Cardiovascular Disease: Causes high blood pressure and plaque buildup.
Impaired Immunity: Elevated levels of adrenal hormones destroy or reduce white blood cells.

3. Sources of Stress 1 2 3 4 5 6

4. Managing Your Stress Assessing Your Stressor Changing Your Responses
Learning To Cope
Downshifting
Fighting The Anger Urge
Changing The Way You Think
Exercising
Eating Right
Managing Your Time
Support Groups

5. Negative Coping Strategies
Frequent us of OTC drugs
Use of valium or other tranquilizers
Use of alcohol
Fasting or eating binges
Excessive smoking

6. Stress: Mental and physical response of our bodies to the changes of our lives. Stressor: A physical, social, or psychological event or condition that causes the body to adjust to a specific situation.

7. Eustress: Positive stress that presents opportunities for personal growth. Ex: getting married, starting school, beginning a career, new friendships.

8. Distress: Negative stress that can have a negative effect on health
Distress: Negative stress that can have a negative effect on health. Ex: financial difficulties, death, academic difficulties, relationship breakup.

9. The Body’s Response to Stress
Alarm-----Resistance-----Exhaustion
Fight or Flight: Physiological reaction in which the body prepares to combat or escape a real or perceived threat.