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Learn about stress, its effects on your body, and how to cope with stress. Discover the difference between positive and negative stress and the triggers that can lead to stress-related health issues.
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Chapter 4 Managing Stress & Coping with Loss Lesson 1 Understanding Stress
What Is Stress? How you think about a challenge determines whether you will experience positive or negative stress. Feeling stress
What Is Stress? • How much the stress of an event affects you, however, depends in part on your perception of it. Perception
Reacting to Stress • Stress can have both a positive and a negative effect. Negative stress can cause you to feel
Causes of Stress Stressors vary among individuals and groups.
Causes of Stress • The effect of a stressor depends on your experiences and perceptions. Stressor
Your Body’s Response to Stressors Stressors activate the nervous system and specific hormones. When you perceive something
Your Body’s Response to Stressors • The stress response involves three stages. Alarm If exposure to a stressor continues, your body adapts and reacts to the stressor. This stage lasts for a brief period. Fatigue
Your Body’s Response to Stressors • Alarm begins when the hypothalamus, a small area at the base of the brain, receives danger signals from other parts of the brain.
Your Body’s Response to Stressors • The pituitary gland
Your Body’s Response to Stressors • The adrenal glands secrete adrenaline.
Stress and Your Health Ongoing stress affects all aspects of your health. The physical changes
Stress and Your Health • Prolonged stress can lead to a psychosomatic response. Psychosomatic response
Stress and Your Health The Physical Effects of Stress • Headache • High blood pressure
Stress and Your Health Mental/Emotional and Social Effects of Stress • Difficulty concentrating • Irritability • Mood swings
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Define the word perception.
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • What are three cognitive stressors for teens?
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Identify the two body systems involved in the stress response.