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What is Stress?

E. S. R. T. S. S. What is Stress?. Chronic stress : never ending, damaging to health Acute stress : short term, can cause energy Stressor : anything that requires you to cope with a situation (must adapt )

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What is Stress?

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  1. E S R T S S

  2. What is Stress? • Chronic stress: never ending, damaging to health • Acute stress: short term, can cause energy • Stressor: anything that requires you to cope with a situation (must adapt) • Perception: meaning given to an event or occurrence based on a person’s previous experience or understanding

  3. Types of Stress • Eustress: positive stress • Distress: negative stress REMEMBER……… • Chronic stress: unrelieved stress point of exhaustion, damages your health • Acute stress: temporary bout of stress, alertness or alarm to make the person deal with the the event.

  4. Stressors of High School? Stressors of Your Parents?

  5. Stressvideo strength • Page 80 Know 4 physical and psychological signs of stress. (write down) • Page 82 How stressful is your life? Read each event and add stress points to your life. Page 83 Learning facts 6 & 7 Page 86 Learning facts 6

  6. Stress effects the following systems: • NERVOUS (produces a set of reactions that restore body to normal conditions) 84 • When cold, goose bumps, shiver • HORMONAL ( communication among organs) 85 • Epinephrine, norepinephrine • IMMUNE (white blood cells, antibodies fight off infection) 86

  7. Stages of Stress Response • Alarm (think you are facing a challenge) • Resistance (speeded-up functioning) • Recovery or Exhaustion (87) • Stress can make you stronger if have breaks in between stressors • Fight or Flight

  8. How well do you resist stress? • Take test on page 91

  9. Positive Ways to Deal with Stress • Keep things in perspective • Practice assertive behavior • Establish goals • Learn time management • Limit certain foods • Share your stress • Learn stress diversion activities • Use exercise to reduce stress • Try relaxation techniques • Attitude control

  10. Coping Devices and Defense Mechanisms Coping Devices – nonharmful ways to deal with stress - displacement – use emotional energy and put it into something else - ventilation – letting of steam Defense Mechanisms – self-destructive ways of dealing with stress - denial - fantasy - projection - rationalization - regression - selective forgetting - withdrawal

  11. Stress-related Benefits of Exercise • Muscle relaxation • Improved digestion • Better self-image/self-esteem • Increased physical endurance • Increased muscular strength • Decrease in heart rate and blood pressure • More blood pumped per heart beat • Better ability to breathe • Increased energy to combat fatigue

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