1. Stress What causes stress in your lives? What causes stress in other’s lives?

2. Causes of stress  Environmental-  Biological-  Thinking-  Behavioral-  Life changing-

3. Physical Response to Stress  Fight or Flight response Breathing Breathing Heart rate Heart rate Muscles Muscles Pupils Pupils Digestion Digestion Blood sugar level Blood sugar level

4. Emotional and Behavioral Response to Stress  Positive Stress (eustress)-  Negative Stress (distress)-

5. Long Term Stress Can Make you Sick!  Alarm Stage-  Resistance Stage-  Exhaustion Stage-

6. Dealing with Stress  Take care of yourself  Exercise regularly  Get enough rest  Eat right

7. Change your attitude  Positive self-talk  Be confident about yourself  Don’t worry about things our of your control

8. Learn to Relax  Breathing exercise  Tension-releasing exercisehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 43lV-pBTFy8

9. Manage your Time  List and prioritize your projects  Know and set your limits  Make a schedule Enter your priorities first Enter your priorities first Be realistic Be realistic Prepare for problems Prepare for problems Make time to relax Make time to relax Get it done Get it done

10. Stress dots  Violet- very relaxed 94.6  Blue- calm 93.6  Turquoise- relaxing 92.6  Green- involved 91.6  Yellow- unsettled 90.6  Amber- tense 89.6  Black- very tense 87