What is stress?
This type of stress is harmful or unpleasant and may include negative emotions, physical symptoms, or unhealthy behavior.
What is distress?
The best coping strategy depends on this.
What is the situation, stressor, or level of control?
These are irritating, annoying, and distressing demands of daily life.
What are daily hassles?
This part of the brain is often described as the brain’s alarm system.
What is the amygdala?
A person under stress may crave alcohol, drugs, comfort food, or scrolling because the body and brain are seeking this.
What is relief, regulation, or escape?
This type of stress can sometimes be helpful because it motivates effort and performance.
What is eustress?
After choosing a coping strategy, the person must do this stage.
What is execution?
These stressors have clear, observable beginnings and endings.
What are life-change events?
This part of the brain helps with planning, judgment, impulse control, and decision-making.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Adrenaline can increase heart rate, alertness, and energy because the body is preparing for this.
What is action, danger, or fight-or-flight?
A stressor leads to feelings of ____ when it has the potential to be psychologically or physically harmful.
What is a threat?
Distraction and reappraisal are examples of this.
What is emotion regulation?
These stressors develop gradually and may last longer than major life events.
What are chronic stressors?
Under high stress, the brain may shift away from careful thinking and toward this kind of response.
What is survival mode or fight-flight-freeze?
This stress hormone is often linked to longer-lasting stress responses.
What is cortisol?
A demand that requires more effort than usual, but does not necessarily mean danger, is better described as this.
What is a challenge?
Studying for an exam, making a budget, or calling a landlord to solve an issue are examples of this coping style.
What is problem-focused coping?
This type of stressor is severe enough to involve threat of death, injury, or lasting effects.
What is a traumatic stressor?
When the amygdala is overstimulated, neutral feedback may be experienced as this.
What is a threat, attack, or disrespect?
This hormone helps prepare the body for fight-or-flight and is commonly called adrenaline.
What is epinephrine?
A stressful event does not affect everyone the same way because people differ in how they do this.
What is appraise or evaluate the situation?
Breathing, grounding, talking to support, or calming down before acting are examples of this type of coping.
What is emotion-focused coping or emotion regulation?
This type of stressor happens when a desired, anticipated, or hoped-for event fails to occur.
What is a non-event?
This is why people may say things they regret during stress.
What is the emotional brain may react faster than executive control?
Headaches, stomach problems, fatigue, and sleep disruption can all be connected to this.
What is prolonged stress activation (chronic stress)?