2.   The same event may be stressful for one person and not at all stressful for another person?  You cannot change the way you react to stress?  Prolonged stress increases a person’s risk of becoming ill? What do you think?

3.   IT is the effect of physical and psychological demands on a person.  What are some stress management techniques?  Planning ahead  Thinking positively  Practicing relaxation responses What is stress?

4.  Chronic stress – unrelieved stress that continues to tax a person’s resources to the point of exhaustion.  This can damage the body systems in a number of ways Acute Stress – a temporary bout of stress that causes alertness or alarm, which prompts a person to deal with a specific event. Kinds of Stress

5.   Assignment:  Take out a sheet of paper, and write down 3 stressors that you have faced since starting high school?  What are some actions you can do to adapt to these new stressors? What stressors do you face?

6.   Alarm – first phase of the stress response in which you recognize that you are facing a change or a challenge.  Resistance – when the body mobilizes its resources to withstand the effects of stress.  Recovery or Exhaustion – occurs when the body returns to normal; or when stress exceeds the body’s ability to recover. 3 Stages of the Stress Response

7.   Physical activity  Relaxation ex: muscle relaxation, music, sports  Time management  Coping Devices ex: displacement, venting Managing Stress

8.   Automatic, subconscious reactions to emtional injury  Denial  Fantasy  Projection  Rationalization  Regression  Selective forgetting  Withdrawal Defense Mechanisms

9.   By changing your perception of challenges, you can reduce the stress you experience from them….. How Can You Control the Stress you Experience from Challenges?