1. Chapter 4
Managing Stress &
Coping With Loss
Section 1
Stress & Your Health 1

3. Managing Stress Questionnaire Scale
19-24 points = You are doing an excellent job of managing stress.
10-18 points = You are doing very well overall but have areas in which you can improve how you manage stress.
0-9 points = You should be making some major changes in the way you deal with stress or you may develop a stress-related illness. You’ll learn more in this chapter about managing stress. 3

4. Bell-Ringer
Identify three situations that can cause you stress on a daily basis. 4

5. Objectives
Describe five different causes of stress.
Describe the body’s physical response to stress.
Differentiate between positive and negative stress.
Describe how stress can make you sick. 5

6. What is STRESS?
Stressor: Any situation that is a demand on the body or mind Stress: Body’s response to the situation.

7. Eustress: Good stress Distress: Bad stress

8. Types of Stressors
Environmental: Conditions or events in your physical environment that causes stress. Unsafe neighborhood, natural disasters, war, global warming.

9. Types of Stressors
Biological: Changes in body, illness, injury, disability

10. Types of Stressors
Thinking: Poor self-esteem, personal appearance, not fitting in.

11. Types of Stressors
Behavioral: Taking on a busy schedule; relationship issues, smoking, drugs, alcohol.

12. Stressors for Teens: Life Situations
Family problems, adjusting to new family members
Moving or changing schools
Breaking up with boyfriend, girlfriend

13. Fight-or-Flight Response to Stress
Adrenaline is released by the body that provides you with energy, reflexes, and strength that you need to respond to the stressor.

14. Changes in body that are triggered by the Adrenaline
Breathing speeds up
Heartbeat increases
Muscles tense up
Pupils dilate
Digestion stops
Blood sugar rises

16. Stages in the Relationship between Stress & Disease:
Alarm Stage: The body and mind become very alert in response to stress.

17. Stages in the Relationship between Stress & Disease
Body becomes more resistant to disease and injury

18. Stages in the Relationship between Stress and Disease
Stress-Related Diseases & Disorders
Stages in the Relationship between Stress and Disease
Extreme exhaustion sets in. Organs and systems may suffer or fail.

19. Tension headache Chronic Fatigue
Cold & flu Ulcer
Asthma Anxiety disorder
Migraine headache Insomnia
Backache Depression
Heart disease
Stroke
High blood pressure 19

20. Stressors for Teens: School Demands
List 2 things that cause distress and 2 that cause eustress at school.