1. Managing Stress In this lesson, you will Learn About… What stress is. How your body responds to stress. How you can manage stress.

2. Vocabulary Review The Vocabulary terms in this lesson are: Stress Eustress Distress Stressor Adrenaline Fatigue

3. Stress: A Natural Part of Life Stress is your body’s response to changes around you. Ordinary events like forgetting a locker combination or taking a test, can cause stress. Big changes, such as starting a new school, parents divorcing, or a friend moving away, may also create stress.

4. Stress: A Natural Part of Life Sometimes, you may respond to stressful events with anxiety. Anxiety is feeling uncertain or worried about what may happen.

5. Types of Stress Positive stressNegative stress Positive stress is called eustress and can help accomplish tasks, reach goals, and escape danger. eustress Distress Distress or negative stress gets in your way and holds you back. Personal problems at home or at school can produce negative stress. Too much negative stress can be unhealthy.

6. Your Body’s Response to Stress Stressors are objects, people, places, and events that trigger stress. A stressor sets off a chain of events called the “fight-or-flight response.”

7. The Fight-or-Flight Response 4 The muscles tighten and become ready for action. 5 Breathing deepens and speeds up. Passages in the lungs widen to bring more oxygen into the body. 1 The stressor stimulates the brain. 2 The brain signals the adrenal glands to send out adrenaline.adrenaline 3 The heart gets the message and beats faster. Blood vessels expand as more blood flows to the brain and muscles. Other organs also help the body deal with the stressor. The stomach and intestines slow down their activities to save energy. Once the body has dealt with the stressor, it returns to normal. 6

8. Stress and Fatigue Dealing with too much stress can cause fatigue, or extreme tiredness. You can deal with stress-related fatigue by: Removing the source of stress. Increasing your activity level. Learning ways to manage stress.

9. Ways to Manage Stress To manage stress and anxiety: Recognize stress. Manage your time. Set your priorities. Redirect your energy. Talk to someone. Relax. Put things in perspective. Increase your activity.

10. Ways to Manage Stress (cont’d.) Redirecting your energy by being physically active is a good way to manage stress.

11. Reviewing Terms and Facts 1.Positive stress is called _______. eustress

12. Reviewing Terms and Facts 2. _____ is your body’s response to changes around you. Stress

13. Reviewing Terms and Facts 3.What is fatigue? Fatigue is extreme tiredness. It can be caused by dealing with too much stress.

14. Chapter Review

15. 1.The first and greatest influence on your self-concept when you are young is your _________________. parents/guardians Reviewing Terms and Facts

16. 2.__________ means not participating in health-risk behaviors. Abstinence Reviewing Terms and Facts

17. 3.The hormone that prepares the body to respond to a stressor is called adrenaline. A.True B.False

18. 4.Explain how messages from parents and friends affect your self-concept. Thinking Critically Positive messages support or reinforce your self-concept.

19. 5.List three objects, people, places, or events that act as stressors for you. Identify the effect that these stressors have on your individual health and the health of your family. Thinking Critically

20. 6.How might physical activity help reduce stress-related fatigue? Thinking Critically Becoming more active releases the physical energy that builds up when a person feels stress. Physical activity naturally calms the body, thereby reducing stress.

21. Vocabulary Review Stress is your body’s response to changes around you.

22. Vocabulary Review Positive stress is called eustress.

23. Vocabulary Review Negative stress is called distress.

24. Vocabulary Review Stressors are objects, people, places, and events that trigger stress.

25. Vocabulary Review Adrenaline is a hormone that prepares the body to respond to a stressor.

26. Vocabulary Review Fatigue is extreme tiredness.