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Stress can strengthen this body system. Hint: It prevents you from getting sick.
What is the immune system?
Long term stress can reduce function in this system that keeps you from getting sick.
What is the immune system?
These two popular skills are useful for emotional regulation. Hint: They're acronyms.
What is the STOP and FOCUS SOS skill?
The major hormone involved in kicking off the stress response?
What is "adrenaline?"
A reaction to change.
What is "stress?"
Stress strengthens this body system that helps you move.
What is the muscular system?
Constant stress without rest/a break can put the body in "shutdown mode," also known as the _____ response.
What is the "freeze" response?
A skill used when the urge/initial action/response isn't actually helpful.
What is opposite action skill?
The structure of the brain that "sounds the alarm," kicking off the stress response.
What is the amygdala?
When stressed, people do 1 (or more) of these 3 things...
What is Fight, Flight, or Freeze?
Stress improve this system, which helps you breath and pump blood throughout the body.
What is the cardiovascular system?
Unmanaged stress can result in these common PHYSICAL conditions.
What is heart disease and diabetes?
A complete and total acceptance of reality.
What is radical acceptance?
The basic level of the brain responsible to involuntary body stuff (i.e. breathing, circulation, digestion, etc.) that keeps us alive.
What is the survival brain?
Stress that happens all the time, that DOES NOT significantly disrupt important life areas?
What is "everyday stress?"
Stress releases this hormone that encourages you to connect with others and seek support. Hint: Also known as the "cuddle hormone."
What is oxytocin?
Unmanaged stress can cause these common MENTAL conditions.
What is anxiety and depression?
A communication skill used for maintaining healthy relationships.
What is the GIVE skill?
The layer of the brain that is unique to mammals and responsible for emotion and categorizes things as pleasure/good or pain/bad.
What is the emotional brain?
Things we can do to manage the affects of stress.
What are "coping strategies?"
Stress has shown improvements in these two areas of brain functioning.
What is memory and alertness?
This part of the brain doesn't work when someone is actively stressed.
What is the cerebral neocortex/logical/reasoning brain?
A skill where you rehearse a plan ahead of time so that you are prepared to cope skillfully with emotional situations.
What is cope ahead?
The highest level of the brain, responsible for language, abstract thought, imagination, reason, and consciousness.
What is the neocortex/reasoning brain?
Stress reactions that significantly impact every day life.
What is "traumatic stress?"