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Learning about
Worries & Anxiety
Topics Covered: • Defining Worry, Anxiety & Stress
• Your Brain and stress
• Body Signals for Worry & Anxiety
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FIRST…..Let’s learn…..
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what some words mean…..
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Worry…
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…is an uncomfortable feeling
where you think about something
bad that might happen.
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Anxiety…
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…is being worried a lot of the time
causing you to have trouble learning,
having fun, and sleeping.
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..is the physical or emotional
strain on your body from worry or
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Stress…
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Wilma Jean…The Worry Machine….
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What was Wilma worried about?
What signs of STRESS did Wilma show?
Reference: Wilma Jean, the Worry Machine, by Julia Cook.
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Stress & your Brain
The Feeling
& Memory
part of your
brain (inside the middle)
The
THINKING
part of your
brain (outside covering)
Brain Stem (keeps you breathing
and your heart
beating)
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Stress & your Brain
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See scary danger!! Fear!
Your Amygdala
tells you to RUN!
Not thinking…just
run away!
amygdala
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If we freak out when we are afraid or
worried… our middle brain takes over!
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We either…..
Fight
Fluster Freeze
Flight
Flock
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Stress & your Brain
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Hear thunder!! It’s Ok…your
thinking cortex tells
you it is only a
thunderstorm. No
need to run
You stay calm
Your “Thinking”
Cortex
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Which one do you want?
Worry & Stress can do this…. Or, Worry & Stress can do this…
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In Social Skills….we learn
how to use a….
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Calm, Thinking
response.