Psychology of Stress
Described by Sigmund Freud; unconscious thinking patterns of the ego to either decrease pain or increase pleasure.
What are Defense Mechanisms?
A way to tame the perpetual conversation heard in the mind which is often negative self talk.
What are Personal Affirmations?
A stress hormone released by the adrenal glands that helps the body prepare for the fight or flight response.
What is Cortisol?
A type of relaxation in which all the senses concentrate on the activity being performed; such as eating an apple, or counting the petals of a flower.
What is mindfulness?
A person who has given up on life, or parts of life, as a result of repeated failures.
What is Helpless-Hopeless Personality?
Concept of a stair-step approach of consciousness, ranging from physiological needs to transcendence.
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Substitution of a negative or self-defeating thought with a more positive, self affirming thought in attempt to change the percetion of a stressor from being threatening to nonthreatening.
What is Cognitive Restructuring?
What is the term to describe a stressor that motivates or inspires someone.
What is Eustress?
A term to signify complete muscular relaxation with no tension.
What is Zero Firing Threshold?
The best defense internal against stress.
What is Self Esteem?
A term coined by Carl Jung to describe self-realization, a process leading to wholeness.
What is Individuation?
Term to describe a process of progressive tolerance to stress by gaining a greater sense of comfort with the unknown through repeated exposure and visualization.
What is Systematic Desensitization?
A neurotransmitter which is associated with mood.
What is Serotonin?
An ancient word that means union, specifically the union of the mind, body and spirit.
What is Yoga?
An addiction to another peson(s) and their problems OR to a relationship and its problems.
What is Codependency?
Which is not a stage identified within the Kubler-Ross stages of grieving?
Denial, Acceptance, Bewilderment, Anger
What is bewilderment?
Albert Ellis developed a means to help people cope with anxiety by changing the perceptions associated with the stressor.
What is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy? (REBT)
The branch of the central nervous system that specifically calms the body.
What is the Parasympathetic system?
This relaxation technique decreases resting heat rate & muscle tension, improves mental clarity and promotes relaxation.
What is Deep Breathing or Breath Work?
Term describing comfort level with one's thoughts, feeling, behaviors that contributes to healthy management of stress.
What is Assertiveness?
Renowned psychologist & proponent in the field of Positive Psychology
Who is Martin Seligman?
This coping strategy has roots in ancient times and was utilized early in in the field of psychology to help address and understand unconscious thoughts.
What is Art Therapy?
Twentieth century Harvard physiologist who studied the stress response.
Who is Walter Cannon? (Fight or Flight)
A technique often used with clients who are trauma victims, that utilizes components of day dreaming and is implemented with help of another person.
What is Guided Mental Imagery
A passive behavior style that tends to suppress feelings of anger for fear of rejection &/or loss of approval from others.
What is a Somatizer?