General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
The 3 stages of GAS.
What is the Alarm reaction, the stage of resistance, and the stage of exhaustion?
This occurs when someone has a sudden experience of terror that often occurs with no warning?
What is a Panic Level of Anxiety?
Manifested by by difficulty communicating verbally, increased motor activity, agitation, trembling, poor motor control, sensory changes, sweating, tachycardia, hyperventilation, dyspnea, palpitations, a choking sensation, and sensations of chest pain or pressure.
The stress management activity that helps us develop coping strategies.
What is social support?
This type of anxiety triggers extreme fear of being around others in public.
What is Social Anxiety?
This involves one specific part of the body using pain reflex and/or an inflammatory response.
What is Local Adaptation Syndrome.
This phase is where the body recognizes a stressor and responds by preparing for fight or flight.
What is the alarm phase?
Name two ways that anxiety can be treated.
What is meditation, relaxation, medications, therapy, etc.?
Something a person uses to help them deal with stress or stressful situations.
What is a coping skill?
This type of anxiety causes recurring, unwanted thoughts, and/or repetitive behaviors.
What is OCD?
This adaptive response occurs when one perceives an event on an emotional level while the body perceives it as physiologic threat (fight or flight) and results in psychosomatic disorders.
What is a mind body interaction?
This phase repairs any damage caused by stressors.
What is the resistance or repair phase?
This type of anxiety causes unrealistic fears surrounding a situation or object.
What is a phobia?
Name three tools that can help us cope with stress.
What is balanced schedule, focusing on what we can control, do not be hard on yourself for not being perfect, get plenty of rest, take breaks, positive thoughts, etc.
Name 5 physical symptoms of stress or anxiety.
What is headache, hands numb or shaking, thoughts racing, sweating, heart rate increased, etc.?
These are ego-oriented protective behaviors that fluctuate depending on a person's needs.
What are defense mechanisms?
True/False: Hormones during the alarm phase cause a rise in blood pressure, dilation of pupils, gastrointestinal tract problems.
What is True?
This disorder is defined by excessive anxiety about being separated from a caregiver.
What is Separation Anxiety or Attachment Disorder?
State 2 things we can control as it relates to stress.
What is our own thoughts, actions, responses, how we treat others
Name two long-term health challenges that can be a result of stress.
What is thyroid problems, weight gain, any autoimmune disease, high blood sugar, HTN, etc.?
State the 4 levels of anxiety.
What is mild, moderate, severe, and panic?
This phase occurs when the body remains in a state of high stress for an extended period of time.
What is the exhaustion phase?
This disorder can be triggered by traumatic events.
What is PTSD?
Name three things that are out of our control.
What is other people's actions, thoughts, feelings, illness, rules, weather, etc.?
State 3 sympathetic nervous system changes associated with the fight or flight response.
What is:
This type of anxiety creates a narrow focus on specific details, causing all behavior to be geared toward relief. It is characterized by extreme fear of a danger that is not real, by emotional distress that interferes with everyday life, and by avoiding situations that cause anxiety.
What is sever anxiety?