Stressful Vocabulary
The response of your body and mind to being challenged or threatened.
What is stress?
Adjusting to new surroundings, new people, and increased expectations, that may threaten your sense of security or self-esteem. examples are starting high school, not making the team. or having a parent lose his/her job.
What is a major life change?
Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion
What are the Stages of Stress?
A person who accepts nothing less than excellence.
What is a perfectionist?
Managing your time effectively.
What is Time Management?
The initial reaction of your body to stress.
What is fight -or-flight response?
An event that threatens lives and may destrouy property. some examples are floods and tornadoes or violent crimes and war.
What is a catastrophe?
These include changes in how your body functions and changes in emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
What are warnings signs of stress?
The tendency to focus on the positive aspects of a situation.
What is a optimist?
Physical Activity, relaxation, biofeedback
What are three ways to reduce tension?
The ability to recover or "bounce back", from extreme or prolonged stress.
What is resilience?
Common stressors sometimes called "hassles" some examples include loosing your car keys, missing your bus, or having too many homework assignments in a day.
What are everyday problems?
Your body adapts to the continued presence of a stressor.
What is Resistance Stage?
The tendency to focus on the negative aspects of a situation.
What is a pessimist?
Bicycling, taking a walk, and playing the drums.
What is physical activity?
What is practicing an event without actually doing it.
What is mental rehearsal?
Conditions in your immediate surroundings that effect your stress levels, such as noise or an overcrowded subway.
What is an environmental problem?
Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives
What is approach-approach conflict?
Time, energy, and and experience.
What are resources?
Watching TV, Worrying, Agreeing to do to many things, Playing video games
What are Time Wasters?
People learn to control one or more body functions by monitoring their body's responses, such a heart rate and blood pressure.
What is biofeedback?
An event or situation that causes stress.
What is a stressor?
Unable to concentrate, negative thinking, excessive worrying self -criticism, critical of others.
What is the warning sign of stress called "Changes in thinking?
Having the support of family and friends.
What is the key factor in resilience?
The activity you did at home with the assistance of a family member or someone else.
What is Progressive Relaxation?