Stress

1. Stress

2. Stress • The body’s and mind’s reaction to everyday demands or threats. • Real or imagined

3. Stress can be minor and go unnoticed • Can be useful or harmful, energizing or exhausting • Key-learn to handle it in healthful ways

4. Distress • Negative stress • Too much pressure or trauma and you don’t know how to deal with it

5. Eustress • Positive stress • Can help you achieve your goals

6. Kinds of stressors

7. Stressor • Any stimulus that produces a stress response • People, objects, places, events, or situations

8. 5 general categories of stressors

9. Biological stressors • Biochemical imbalances • Mental or physical illness • Disabilities or injuries

10. Environmental stressors • Poverty • Pollution • Crowding • Noise • Natural disasters

11. Cognitive or thinking stressors • Perceive a situation • What you expect

12. Personal behavior stressors • Tobacco • Alcohol • Other drugs • Not exercising

13. Life situations • Relative or pet die • Parents separate or divorce • Trouble with relationships

14. The body’s stress response

15. Perceive a situation or event to be a threat, your body begins a stress response

16. Nervous and endocrine systems are active during reaction to stressors • Involuntary • Occur whether physical or emotional, positive or negative

17. Alarm stage • 1st stage in the stress response, when the body and mind go on high alert

18. Adrenaline • “emergency hormone” • Secreted by the adrenal glands to prepare the body to respond to a stressor • Sweat and tears – only way to get rid of

19. Fight or flight • Heart speeds up • Breath faster • Throat muscles contract • Sweat • Arms and legs tighten • Mind on high alert

20. Resistance • 2nd stage in the stress response, body tries to repair the damage and return to normal

21. Fatigue • 3rd stage, resulting in a tired feeling that lowers one’s level activity

22. Three kinds of fatigue

23. Physical fatigue • End of long day • After exercise

24. Pathological fatigue • Overworking • Sick, overweight, poor nutrition • Alcohol or caffeine

25. Psychological fatigue • Constant worry • Overwork • Depression • Boredom • isolation

26. Prolonged or repeated stress can lead to stress-related illnesses.

27. Stress and the brain

28. Thrive on challenge or frighten you • New experiences unafraid or change scare you • Neurotransmitters – brain chemicals

29. Stress tolerance • Amount of stress which you can handle before you reach a state of too much stress.

30. Stress and your personality type

31. Type A personality • Competitive • High-achieving • Develop heart disease or other health problems

32. Type B personality • “laid back” • Non-competitive • Less likely to suffer heart disease

33. Hardy personality • able to stay healthy despite major or traumatic stressors • Resilience • Change • Commitment • control

34. Psychosomatic response • Physical disorder that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness

35. Signs of stress

36. Headaches Trembling Upset stomach Sweating constipation Diarrhea Trouble sleeping Grinding teeth Dry mouth Back pain Physical signs

37. Frustration Nervousness Feeling powerless Impatience Mood swings Edginess Quick to anger Confusion Crying Low self-esteem Emotional signs

38. Trouble reading Not thinking clearly Constant worry Obsessive thoughts Inability to make decisions Forgetting No sense of humor No perspective Mental signs

39. Not eating Overeating Compulsive talking Fidgeting Tapping feet Withdrawing Hurrying Drumming fingers Smoking Reckless behaviors Behavioral signs

40. Managing stress • Identify the problem • Stress management • Planning • Rechanneling energy • Relaxing and laughing • Seeking support • Time management

41. Relaxation response • State of deep rest that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly

42. Support group • Informal or formal gathering of who people who meet and share experiences, feelings, and trust, can also be helpful

43. Time management skills • Specific strategies for planning and using time in effective, healthful ways

44. Priorities • Goals, tasks, or activities that you judge as more important to do than others

45. Coping with loss

46. Grief reaction • Individual’s total response to a major loss

47. Stages of loss

48. Stage 1: Denial • Initial reaction • Cannot believe the loss has occurred

49. Stage 2: Anger • “why me” stage • Critical, demanding,or uncooperative

50. Stage 3: Bargaining • Pray or promise to change if only the lost person or object can be returned, even for a while