Sarahs Stress

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Sarahs Stress

• Stephanie Guzman
• Michael Kobetitsch
• Miguel Cruz and
• Brandon Ernissee
• Period 7 Health

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Sarahs Basic Information

• Name Sarah Johnson
• Sex Female
• Age 16 years old
• Where they live New York City
• Activities Cross Country

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Family Situation

• Sarah lived in China with her mother and father.
• She was an only child.
• While driving home one night Sarah and her mother
  got into a car accident, and her mother died.
• Her father decided to start a new life in New
  York.
• Sarah doesnt speak good English.
• She runs cross country, tries to fit in with her
  peers and the pressure of her new life.

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Lifestyle Stressors
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Heredity

• A heredity stress for Sarah is her asthma.
• She has always had problems with her asthma and
  has had many attacks.
• Cross Country is a struggle for her because it
  makes her believe that she isnt strong enough to
  cope with the asthma.

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Environmental

• The death of her mother in the car accident.
• She was there in the car with her mother, but
  didnt have any real injuries.
• She witnessed her death and feels guilty about it.

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Environmental cont.

• The changing of schools and communities.
• After moving from China to the U.S. she had to
  readjust her life and routines.
• Sarah also has a cultural shock when moving from
  China to the states. The customs were new to her
  and had to learn different ones to fit in.

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Behavior

• Sarah has negative thoughts and feelings about
  herself because she was in the car during the
  accident.
• She feels as if she should have done more for her
  mother.
• She also begins to lose weight as a result of her
  eating habits and behaviors as a cause of her
  depression about the accident.

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Risk factors

• Weight loss has also become a risk factor.
• She chooses when to eat and when not to eat.
• This can only cause her more negative feelings
  and thoughts about her self.

• Peer pressure like drinking and smoking.
• The people she meets at school offer her those
  things and she couldnt refuse them.
• Sarah thinks it can be a way to forget her
  problems.

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Signs of Stress
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Mental

• She has a desire to escape or run away because
  she is only seeing negativity from all of her
  peers.

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Physical

• The weight loss because of her eating habits
  affects her hobby of cross-country.

• Sarah keeps having nightmares and headaches about
  her school and the rest of her life.

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Behavioral

• She also suffers from isolation from all other
  people. With different customs and language she
  feels left out and different from everyone else.
• She also starts to have some nervous habits
  (tapping foot, pacing, chewing nails) because of
  the belief that her peers make fun of her because
  of her clothes, accent, etc.

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Emotional

• Sarah starts to suffer from depression and a lack
  of confidence. With all the past events since the
  accident
• she loses her identity.
• She starts crying when someone talks about her
  mom.

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Coping Strategies
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Ways to Help

• Talk it out to decrease the negative self talk
  with help of a psychiatrist.
• Exercise and eat regularly can help gain back the
  weight and back focus in life and see what is
• Friends in Cross Country help her chose the
  better path and choses.

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The End