Managing Stress and Anxiety

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Managing Stress and Anxiety

• Chapter 8

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Objectives

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

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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

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What is stress?

• The reaction of the _______ and _____ to everyday
  challenges and demands

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

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What causes stress?

• Stressor- anything that causes stress
• Potential Stressors
• People
• Objects
• Places
• Events
• Situations

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Categories of stressors

1. Biological Stressors ______, _______, or ______
2. Environmental Stressors ______, _____, ______,
   ______ or ________
3. ________ or ______ Stressors the way you
   perceive a situation or how it affects you and
   the world around you

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1. ________ ________ 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
2. ____ ________ Stressors death of a pet,
   separation of or divorce of parents, or having
   trouble in relationships with peers

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Bodys Stress Response

• Three Stages
• Alarm
• Resistance
• Fatigue

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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

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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

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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

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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 bodys _____ in fighting diseases

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How does stress affect my health?

• Physical
• Headache
• Asthma
• High BP
• Weakened immune system

• Mental/ Emotional
• Difficulty concentrating
• Mood swings
• Risk of substance abuse

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How stressed are you?
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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?