Managing Stress & Anxiety

1. Managing Stress & Anxiety Chapter 8 Standard: 1.1.2 Students will apply and justify effective strategies for responding to stress.

2. Essential Question-I Can What is stress? I Can Statement: I can learn more about stress and how important it is to deal with stress in a healthy way.

3. Lesson 1Effects of Stress • List situations that cause you stress. • When you are stressed, what thoughts and emotions do you have? • What physical symptoms do you have when stressed?

4. Vocabulary • Stress: the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands • Perception: the act of becoming aware through the senses. • Stressor: anything that causes stress. (people, objects, places, events)

5. Vocabulary - continued • Psychosomatic Response: physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness. • Psycho: means of the mind. Somatic: means of the body. (sleep disorders, skin disorders, stomach & digestive disorders.

6. Vocabulary - continued • Chronic Stress: associated with long term problems that are beyond a person’s control. Chronic stress can last for months; upset stomach, headache, insomnia, appetite change, feeling anxious.

7. Reacting To Stress • Not necessarily good or bad. • Can have positive or negative effects. • Can motivate you to do your best. • Give you extra energy to reach goals.

8. What Causes Stress? • Stressors – 5 General Categories of Stressors: • Biological: illness, disabilities or injuries. • Environmental: poverty, pollution, crowding, noise, disasters. • Cognitive or Thinking: they way you perceive a situation. • How it effects you and the world around you.

9. Stressors - continued • Personal Behaviors: • 1. Negative reactions in the mind and body. • 2. Caused by tobacco, alcohol and drugs. • 3. Physical inactivity.

10. Stressors - continued • Life Situations • 1. death 2. separation 3. trouble with relationships Complete the following: When I am at the doctor’s office, I feel.... During a test, I feel……………… Having a disagreement with a friend makes me feel………………………………

11. The Body’s Stress Response • When threatened your body will respond. Two Body Systems Involved: • 1. Nervous System • 2. Endocrine System Both are reactive to stress, mostly involuntary or automatic.

12. 3 Stages Regardless of Stressor • 1. Alarm: 1st stage of stress response. Go to a higher alert, fight or flight/run response. A. Physical Symptoms: pupil dilation, perspire, faster heart rate & pulse, rise in blood pressure, faster breathing, increase in muscle tension.

13. Alarm Stage - continued Body Responses • Hypothalamus: releases a hormone that acts on the pituitary gland located at the base of the brain, receives danger signals. • Pituitary: stimulates adrenal gland. • Adrenal Glands: secrete adrenaline, emergency hormone.

14. Stage 2 – Stage 3 • Resistance: People have been known to accomplish incredible feats in this stage. • Fatigue: A tired feeling takes over and lowers level of activity, the body and mind become exhausted.

15. Symptoms of Stress • Physical Signs: headache, upset stomach • Emotional Signs: edginess, crying • Mental Signs: can’t think, losing sense of humor • Behavioral Signs: not eating, over eating, talking

16. Strategies for Handling Stress • Take a deep breath & think it through • Redirect the stress response (physical activity) • Stop and think • Give yourself breaks

17. Physical Effects • Headache • Asthma • High Blood Pressure • Weakened Immune System

18. Mental-Emotional & Social Effects • Difficulty In Concentration • Mood Swings • Risks of Substance Abuse

19. Taking Control of Chronic Stress • Engage in Physical Activity • Look for Support Among Your Friends & Family • Find a Hobby to Relax • Avoid Using Drugs