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Managing Stress and Anxiety

Managing Stress and Anxiety. Chapter 8. Objectives. Examine causes and effects of stress Analyze how stress can affect physical, mental/emotional, and social health Develop strategies for managing stress. Why is this important?.

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Managing Stress and Anxiety

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  1. Managing Stress and Anxiety Chapter 8

  2. Objectives • Examine causes and effects of stress • Analyze how stress can affect physical, mental/emotional, and social health • Develop strategies for managing stress

  3. Why is this important? • Stress is natural part of life- everyone experiences stress at some point • Learning ways to manage stress can help you to stay healthy and possibly prevent diseases

  4. What is stress? • The reaction of the _______ and _____ to everyday challenges and demands

  5. How much stress you feel depends in part on your ___________ of events that cause stress

  6. What causes stress? • Stressor- anything that causes stress • Potential Stressors • People • Objects • Places • Events • Situations

  7. Categories of stressors • Biological Stressors: ______, _______, or ______ • Environmental Stressors: ______, _____, ______, ______ or ________ • ________ or ______ Stressors: the way you perceive a situation or how it affects you and the world around you

  8. ________ ________ Stressors: such as negative reactions in the body and mind caused by using tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs or by a lack of physical activity • ____ ________ Stressors: death of a pet, separation of or divorce of parents, or having trouble in relationships with peers

  9. Body’s Stress Response • Three Stages • Alarm • Resistance • Fatigue

  10. Alarm Stage • First Stage • When the body and ____ go on high alert • Sometimes referred to as the “_____ or_____ response” because it prepares the body to either _____ itself or _____ from a threat

  11. Resistance Stage • Second Stage • Body adapts to the rush created by alarm and ____ to the stressor • Briefly able to perform at a high level of endurance • “Fight”: ability to resist ______challenge or attack may be enhanced • “Flight”: may be able to run faster and farther than normal to _____ from danger

  12. Fatigue Stage • Third Stage • Tired feeling that ____ your level of activity • Both mind and body become exhausted • 3 Types of Fatigue • Physical Fatigue • Psychological Fatigue • Pathological Fatigue

  13. Fatigue Stage • Types of Fatigue • Physical= when ___ work for long periods, often leads to soreness and pain. ____ time becomes impaired • Psychological= can result from constant worry, overwork, depression, ______, isolation, or feeling overwhelmed by too many ______ • -Pathological= tiredness brought on by overworking the body’s _____ in fighting diseases

  14. Physical Headache Asthma High BP Weakened immune system Mental/ Emotional Difficulty concentrating Mood swings Risk of substance abuse How does stress affect my health?

  15. How stressed are you?

  16. Stress as a Response Questions • What was your total stress score? • In the past year, how many times did you get sick? • Is there a relationship to your stress and you getting sick? • What are some stressful events in your life right now? • Are there any limitations to stress?

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