Fight/Flight/Freeze
When you ignore or run away from your problems, get restless, fidgety, feeling trapped
Flight
This involves inhaling/exhaling oxygen to your lungs at maximum capacity
Deep breathing
This is feeling sick to your stomach and may involve vomiting
Nausea
What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
A clock
Glaring, tightening your muscles, moving towards people in threatening way
Fight
This is recommended by physicians for at least 30 minutes/day
Exercise
Being stressed may cause these to be tense
Muscles
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
The word “short.”
Feeling disconnected from yourself, frozen, numb, spacy, or “not here”
Freeze
This exercise is over 5,000 years old involving breathing, meditation, and postures
Yoga
Besides fight/flight/freeze, you may experience a 4th effect called?
Fawn
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside
A keyboard
This is the part of your brain that goes offline during times of high stress
"Smart" brain or frontal lobe
8 hours each day is recommended by the CDC
Sleep
This hormone triggers your fight/flight/freeze response and gets released to give your body energy to respond to stressful situations
Cortisol
What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
Name 5 examples of stressors teens face that trigger fight/flight/freeze response
PEER PRESSURE, SCHOOL, RELATIONSHIPS, DEADLINES, FITTING IN, FAMILY ISSUES
Name 5 stress management techniques to help deal with stress in a healthy way
EXERCISE, LISTEN TO MUSIC, DRAW, RELAX, TAKE SPACE/A WALK
Name 5 symptoms/signs of high anxiety/panic attacks
FAST BREATHING, SWEATY, HOT FACE, TREMBLING, CHEST TIGHTNESS, LIGHTHEADED, RACING HEART
What instrument can you hear but never see?
Your voice