1. Stress!!!
AHHHHHHH!

2. What is Stress? Is the body’s and mind’s response to a demand.
What is a stressor?
Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind.

3. Types of Stressors Environmental
Conditions or events in your physical environment that cause you stress.
Example: pollution, poverty, crowding, noise, and natural disasters.

4. Biological Stressors
Conditions that make it difficult for your body to take part in daily activities.
Example: Having an illness, a disability, or an injury.

5. Thinking Stressors Any type of mental challenge.
Example: Taking a test, doing homework.
Behavioral Stressors
Unhealthy behaviors
Examples: Not getting enough sleep or exercise, use of drugs or alcohol.
Life Change Stressors
Any major life change, whether positive or negative.
Example: Death of a loved one, getting married, or social changes.

6. Physical Response to Stress
Fight or Flight Response
Body provides you with energy, reflexes, and strength you may need to respond to a stressor.
Body releases epinephrine (adrenaline) which prepares the body for quick actions.
Breathing speeds up
Heart beats faster
Muscles tense up
Pupils get wider
Digestion slows
Blood sugar increases

7.  Positive Stress???  What is positive stress called? Eustress
Positive stress that energizes you and helps you reach a goal.
Will make you feel alert and lively.
Examples?
Getting butterflies before an athletic event, getting nervous before a speech.

8.  Negative Stress  What is negative stress called? Distress
Negative stress can make a person sick or keep a person from reaching a goal.
Prevents you from doing your best, no matter how capable you are.
Example: Getting too worked up over a test, getting overly anxious before an event.
Try and Make Stress POSITIVE!!!
Think positively instead of negatively.
Concentrate on only what you can control in a situation.
Prepare yourself appropriately (time management)