General Stress
What is the pressure or demands of life becoming to difficult/overwhelming to handle?
What is stress.
A _______ effect of stress is when your hands are sweaty and you have butterflies.
What is a physical effect.
True or False: All stress is negative?
What is False. Stress is not always a bad thing! Some stress can be a good for us. Sometimes stress can motivate us to focus on a task or take action to solve a problem.
True or False: Are all coping skills healthy (positive)?
What is the response when our bodies release a sudden rush of hormones when we believe we are in danger?
What is a stress response.
When you cannot stop worrying and have the inability to concrete, you are suffering from the ______ effects of stress.
What are mental/emotional effects.
What are stressors?
STRESSORS are the events, situations or people that cause us to feel stress or be stressed out.
Spreading rumors, shutting down, and pretending not to care.
What are unhealthy (negative) coping skills.
What are the 3 stress responses?
What is Fight, Flight, Freeze.
What is eustress (positive stress).
50% of middle schoolers reported this stressor as a cause of stress for them.
What is school.
Which of the following is not a healthy coping skill?
a. Exercise
b. Meditation
c. Deep breathing
d. Avoiding the situation
What is D.
When our bodies and minds are overwhelmed by the pressure/demand and do not react.
What is the freeze response.
True or False: Planning a wedding is a positive type of stress?
What is True.
This type of stress involves the need to be perfect at different things, causing even more stress in their lives.
What is perfectionism.
Activities, things we do, or choices we make in response to feelings of stress, anger, anxiety, and other feelings/emotions.
When your adrenaline kicks in, your body is preparing for what?
What is Fight or Flight.
Anna has been experiencing a lack of motivation and overwhelming anxiety ever since learning to play piano. Is this eustress or distress?
What is distress (negative stress)?
Double Jeopardy!!
What is the difference between internal stress and external stress?
Internal stress are the things we do to ourselves, or the choices we make that lead to or increase stress.
External stress are events or situations that cause stress, but are out of our control.
You relieve stress through writing and talking to someone else, which allows you to get your feelings out.
What is therapy.