1. Managing stress in Your Life
Chapter 9 Lesson 1
Managing stress in Your Life

2. What is Stress?
Stress - Is the body and mind’s reaction to everyday demands or threats

3. Stress and your well being
SOMETIMES STRESS IN YOUR DAY IS MINOR AND AND GOES ALMOST UNNOTICED
Other times it can be so strong that you may feel as if you are under a lot of pressure and out of control

4. Kinds of stress
Distress – Negative stress
Eustress – Positive stress

5. Stressor
Any stimulus that produces stress
(what causes stress)

6. Kinds of Stressors
Biological – biochemical imbalances, mental, physical illnesses, disabilities or injuries
Environmental – Poverty, pollution, crowding, noise, natural disasters
Cognitive (thinking) – way you perceive situation or what you expect from it

7. Kinds of Stressors
Personal behavior stressors – negative reactions in the body an mind caused by using tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs or not exercising

8. Kinds of Stressors
Life Situations – Having a relative or pet die. Parents who separate or divorce, trouble in relationships with peers

9. Your Body’s Stress Response
The nervous system and the Endocrine system are active during the body’s response to stressor
It is largely involuntary, or automatic
It occurs in 3 stages, whether physical, emotional, positive or negative

10. Three Stages of Response
Alarm – Body and mind go on high alert
1.Hypothalamus excited by stressor
2.Autonomic nervous system is activated
3.Pituitary gland activated
4.Pituitary secretes hormone “Adrenaline” – (emergency hormone)
5. Fight or flight response gives energy to get you through actual or perceived emergency

11. 3 stages of stress
Stage 2
Resistance –Body tries to repair its damage from the stressful event and return to its normal state
- This is stage when resistance reaches its peak
- Stage where incredible feats of strength have been known to happen

12. 3 Stages of Stress 3rd stage
Fatigue – results in feeling tired that lowers level of activity

13. 3 Types of Fatigue
Physical fatigue- may occur at end of long day or after exercise
Pathological fatigue – tiredness brought on by overworking the body’s defense system
Psychological fatigue – can result from constant worry, work, depression, boredom, and isolation