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Understanding Stress, Coping with Loss, and Preventing Suicide

Learn about the causes of stress, healthy coping mechanisms, grieving process, and signs of suicide to promote mental well-being. Discover how resilience, positive self-talk, time management, and support systems can help navigate life's challenges.

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Understanding Stress, Coping with Loss, and Preventing Suicide

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  1. Ch4 : Stress and your health By : Angel Ramirez Gabriel Vela Samantha Sanchez Genesis Valdez Andrea Ramirez Kristal Acuna

  2. What causes stress? • It is your body and minds response to any type of demand • Different types stress triggers • Environmental stressors • Biological stressors • Thinking stressors • Behavioral stressors • Life change stressors

  3. Continued Environmental- conditions or events that cause you stress Biological- conditions in your physical body that make it difficult for you Thinking- a mental challenge can cause stress Behavioral- behaviors such as not getting enough sleep Life change- major life change either positive or negative

  4. Physical response to stress • Fight or Flight • The reason for this is the adrenaline that starts to course though your body • This helps you response to the stressor

  5. Emotional and Behavioral Response to Stress • Positive Stress • Eustress- is healthy normal stress, and it can energize you to help you reach your goals. • Positive Consequences • Negative Stress • Distress- is negative stress that can make a person sick or keep a person from reaching a goal. • Negative Consequences • Try to make stress positive

  6. Long-Term Stress Can Make You Sick • The General-Adaptation Syndrome • Alarm Stage- In the alarm stage the body and mind become more alert. • Resistance Stage- The body becomes more resistant to disease and injury for a short amount of time. • Exhaustion Stage- The body can no longer handle the amount of stress, and it becomes exhausted.

  7. Stress and Distress activity

  8. Section 2; Dealing with Stress • Taking Care of Yourself • Recognized that you are stress out !

  9. Exercise Regularly Helps to relive the tension that causes stress. “Studies suggest that by making the body stronger and healthier, exercise enhances your ability to respond to stress”

  10. Getting Enough Rest Sleep is like food for your brain.

  11. Eating Right Your body need vitamins, minerals and energy to defend you from stress.

  12. Learning To Relax • Some technique to relax: • Breathing • Exercises • Tension Releasing Exercises When you are more relax things seems to go easier.

  13. Breathing Exercises Deep breathing Meditation Rhythmic exercise Yoga

  14. RESILIENCY “Bouncing back from difficult experiences.” • how easily you can adapt to a traumatic event or change in your life • recovering from something life-changing that altered your daily life and thoughts • resilience is what helps go back to a normal and balanced life

  15. Stress is all about perception • Negative thoughts can overwhelm and discourage us • Have a positive outlook to avoid the unnecessary stress

  16. POSITIVE SELF-TALK • “the talking you do in your own head about yourself and the things that happen” • “Self-talk is very powerful. It sends the same chemical messages to your brain as actual experiences do.”

  17. MANAGE YOUR TIME • Organize: calendars, agendas, to-do lists • Plan Ahead: schedules, break big tasks into smaller ones • Prioritize: set goals and complete them according to their importance and your ability to complete them

  18. Section 3; Coping with Loss • Different types of loss • A relationship breakup • Losing a job • Loss of financial stability • Death of a pet • Loss of a family member • Loss of a friendship • Loss of safety after a trauma

  19. Common ways you might feel after experiencing loss • In denial • In disbelief • Confused • Shocked • Sad • Angry • Humiliated • In despair • Guilty

  20. The grieving process • Grief- is a natural response to loss. • Grieving: • Is a personal and highly individual experience. • Takes time, and healing happens eventually • How you grieve depends on many factors

  21. The Five Stages of the Grieving Process Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

  22. Different ceremonies that take place after death Wake Funeral Memorial service

  23. Dealing with loss Turn to friends and family members Join a support group Talk to a therapist or counselor

  24. Section 4 Preventing Suicide

  25. Facts about suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life.

  26. Dealing with Suicide Suicide is a very serious subject and should not be taken lightly

  27. Some signs of suicide Feeling hopeless Withdrawing from friends and family Neglecting basic needs Experiencing loss of energy Taking more risks Using alcohol and drugs Giving away personal things

  28. Giving and Getting help Take all talk of suicide seriously Convince them that suicide is not the answer Change negative thoughts into positive thoughts Don’t keep a secret

  29. If you’re feeling suicidal talk to someone Seek professional help Keep all firearms or harmful tools away

  30. Questions Suicide was the ____ leading cause of death in the U.S among young people. 3rd What is one way you can get help? Talk to a friend, call a suicide hotline, call your doctor or hospital or get into therapy. Name 2 signs of suicide Feeling hopeless, Withdrawing from friends and family, Neglecting basic needs, Experiencing loss of energy, Taking more risks, Using alcohol and drugs, Giving away personal things

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