Responses to Stressful Situations and Positive Coping

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Responses to Stressful Situations and Positive
Coping
Obj9.MEH.1.1 I will identify the bodys
physical and psychological responses to stressful
situations and positive coping mechanisms
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Warm-up

• On your paper, label your body with what it feels
  like when you are under stress.

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Healthy Amounts of Stress

• Stress acts as a motivator, but too much stress
  can lead to mental illness such as anxiety or
  depression.

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Stressors before Modern Civilization

• Need for food
• Need for water
• Need for shelter
• Successfully hunting and gathering
• Surviving constant threats in life

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Stress Management in Ancient Civilizations

• Worship
• Hieroglyphics
• Constellations
• Finding meaning in life

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Teenage Stress?

• What causes you stress?

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Stressors in the Modern World?

• Unemployment
• Financial difficulties
• Unhappy in career
• Children
• Relationship problems
• Deadlines homework,
• career, taxes, bills

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Alarm Stage Fight or Flight

• Adrenaline is released into the bloodstream
• Physiological responses include
• Increased blood pressure
• Increased heart rate
• Increased breathing
• Muscles tense
• Sweating
• Hearing becomes more acute
• More blood is sent to the muscles for quick
  movement

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Resistance Stage

• Acts as an equalizer
• Brings body functions back to stability

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Exhaustion Stage

• Energy is depleted
• Body returns to normal if stress is removed
• Body returns to alarm stage if stress continues
  which can result in stress-related diseases
• Skin disorders
• Gastrointestinal upset
• Menstrual irregularities
• Cardiovascular disorders

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Physical Signs of Stress

• Headache
• Increased sweating
• Sweaty palms
• Tightness of chest
• Diarrhea
• Nervous stomach
• Slumped posture
• Inability to fall asleep
• Dry mouth
• Increase in crying
• Fatigue
• Neck or backache

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Psychological Response to Stress

• Irritability
• Angry outburst
• Impatience
• Nightmares
• Loss of interest
• Anxiety / nervousness
• Negative thinking
• Jealousy
• Forgetfulness
• Lowered self-esteem
• Inability to concentrate
• Focusing on the past
• Resistant to change
• Preoccupation

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Behavioral Signs of Stress

• Restlessness
• Fidgeting
• Carelessness
• Loss of appetite or overeating
• Unable to sleep
• Chronic fatigue
• Decreased productivity
• Increase in alcohol/drug use
• Increase in risk taking
• Withdrawing from relationships

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Stress-Related Diseases Conditions

• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Skin Disorders
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disorders
• Depression
• Anxiety

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Positive Negative Stress Management Today

• Eat
• Exercise
• Hurt self
• Prayer and meditation
• Rx medications
• Smoking/ drinking/ drugs
• Talking to friends and family
• Television, reading, or listening to music

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Positive Coping Strategies

• How do you cope with stress?