1. Stress

2. Stress
The body’s and mind’s reaction to everyday demands or threats.
Real or imagined

3. Stress can be minor and go unnoticed
Can be useful or harmful, energizing or exhausting
Key-learn to handle it in healthful ways

4. Distress
Negative stress
Too much pressure or trauma and you don’t know how to deal with it

5. Can help you achieve your goals
Eustress
Positive stress
Can help you achieve your goals

6. Kinds of stressors

7. Stressor
Any stimulus that produces a stress response
People, objects, places, events, or situations

8. 5 general categories of stressors

9. Biological stressors
Biochemical imbalances
Mental or physical illness
Disabilities or injuries

10. Environmental stressors
Poverty
Pollution
Crowding
Noise
Natural disasters

11. Cognitive or thinking stressors
Perceive a situation
What you expect

12. Personal behavior stressors
Tobacco
Alcohol
Other drugs
Not exercising

13. Life situations
Relative or pet die
Parents separate or divorce
Trouble with relationships

14. The body’s stress response

15. Perceive a situation or event to be a threat, your body begins a stress response

16. Nervous and endocrine systems are active during reaction to stressors
Involuntary
Occur whether physical or emotional, positive or negative

17. Alarm stage
1st stage in the stress response, when the body and mind go on high alert

18. Adrenaline “emergency hormone”
Secreted by the adrenal glands to prepare the body to respond to a stressor
Sweat and tears – only way to get rid of

19. Fight or flight Heart speeds up Breath faster Throat muscles contract
Sweat
Arms and legs tighten
Mind on high alert

20. Resistance
2nd stage in the stress response, body tries to repair the damage and return to normal

21. Fatigue
3rd stage, resulting in a tired feeling that lowers one’s level activity

22. Three kinds of fatigue

23. Physical fatigue
End of long day
After exercise

24. Pathological fatigue Overworking Sick, overweight, poor nutrition
Alcohol or caffeine

25. Psychological fatigue
Constant worry
Overwork
Depression
Boredom
isolation

26. Prolonged or repeated stress can lead to stress-related illnesses.

27. Stress and the brain

28. Thrive on challenge or frighten you
New experiences unafraid or change scare you
Neurotransmitters – brain chemicals

29. Stress tolerance
Amount of stress which you can handle before you reach a state of too much stress.

30. Stress and your personality type

31. Type A personality
Competitive
High-achieving
Develop heart disease or other health problems

32. Type B personality
“laid back”
Non-competitive
Less likely to suffer heart disease

33. Hardy personality
able to stay healthy despite major or traumatic stressors
Resilience
Change
Commitment
control

34. Psychosomatic response
Physical disorder that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness

35. Signs of stress

36. Physical signs Headaches Trembling Upset stomach Sweating constipation
Diarrhea
Trouble sleeping
Grinding teeth
Dry mouth
Back pain

37. Emotional signs Frustration Nervousness Feeling powerless Impatience
Mood swings
Edginess
Quick to anger
Confusion
Crying
Low self-esteem

38. Mental signs Trouble reading Not thinking clearly Constant worry
Obsessive thoughts
Inability to make decisions
Forgetting
No sense of humor
No perspective

39. Behavioral signs Not eating Overeating Compulsive talking Fidgeting
Tapping feet
Withdrawing
Hurrying
Drumming fingers
Smoking
Reckless behaviors

40. Managing stress Identify the problem Stress management Planning
Rechanneling energy
Relaxing and laughing
Seeking support
Time management

41. Relaxation response
State of deep rest that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly

42. Support group
Informal or formal gathering of who people who meet and share experiences, feelings, and trust, can also be helpful

43. Time management skills
Specific strategies for planning and using time in effective, healthful ways

44. Priorities
Goals, tasks, or activities that you judge as more important to do than others

45. Coping with loss

46. Grief reaction
Individual’s total response to a major loss

47. Stages of loss

48. Stage 1: Denial
Initial reaction
Cannot believe the loss has occurred

49. Stage 2: Anger
“why me” stage
Critical, demanding,or uncooperative

50. Stage 3: Bargaining
Pray or promise to change if only the lost person or object can be returned, even for a while

51. Stage 4: Depression
Silence and withdrawal
Sense of quiet sadness

52. Stage 5: Acceptance
Sense of power
Person facing reality in constructive ways

53. Closure
Coming to an end of the most intense parts of the grieving process

54. Delayed grief response
Putting off stages of grief until the shock wears off
Cover up feelings with drugs
Assuring everyone they are fine