you, stress and staying healthy. what is stress? threat, challenge, change stressor = any situation...
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STRESSORS Environmental Stressors Biological Stressors Thinking Stressors Behavioral Stressors Life Change StressorsTRANSCRIPT
YOU, STRESS AND STAYING HEALTHY
WHAT IS STRESS?Threat, challenge, changeStressor = any situation or activity that has physical, mental or emotional demands5 categories of Stressors:
STRESSORSEnvironmental StressorsBiological StressorsThinking StressorsBehavioral StressorsLife Change Stressors
STRESSORSEnvironmental– Natural disasters– Temperatures, too hot or too cold– Power outages– Flooding– Pollutants
STRESSORSBiological– Injury– Illness
STRESSORSThinking– School!– Debt– Difficult Decisions
STRESSORSBehavior– Arguing– Negative behaviors
STRESSORSLife changes– Deaths, births– Wedding(s), divorce(s)– Move to new residence, country
STRESS RESPONSESPhysical Stress– Breathing speeds up– Heart beats faster– Muscles get tense– Pupils dilate– Digestion slows– Blood sugar increases
STRESS RESPONSE CONTINUED
Emotional and Behavioral Response– Eustress (Positive Stress) energizes and
helps you reach a goal in a stressful situation, makes you fell alert and lively
– Distress (Negative Stress) makes you feel sick or keeps you from reaching a goal, can keep you from performing at your best
SICKNESS AND STRESS: GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME
Alarm Stage- alert body/mind, “fight or flight” response, all efforts focused on responding to demandResistance Stage- body more resistant to disease and stress, body can cope for awhileExhaustion Stage- body cannot resist stressor anymore, body becomes exhausted past normal exhaustion
STRESS-RELATED DISEASE AND DISORDERS
Tension HeadacheCold and fluAsthmaMigraineBackacheHeart diseaseStrokeHigh blood pressureChronic fatigueUlcerAnxiety disorderInsomniaDepression
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Take Care of Yourself
Learn to Relax
Build Resiliency
Change Your Attitude
Manage Your Time
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Take Care of Yourself– Proper nutrition– Rejuvenating sleep– Regular exercise
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Learn to Relax– Relaxation breaths– Progressive muscle relaxation– A-Z by themes (animals, foods)– Transcendental Meditation– Yoga
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Build Resiliency– Mental– Physical– Emotional– Family, social support systems– Recuperative sleep
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Change Your Attitude– Positive!– Self advocacy
5 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS
Manage Your Time– Write down homework due dates– Regularly check Dashboard, teacher
websites– Daily work instead of all-nighters– DON’T PROCRASTINATE!