Anxiety Management
BONUS POINTS
BONUS POINTS
During stress response, what has to increase in order to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood.
What is Respiration Rate?
Type of anxiety recurrent unexpected panic attacks and fear of having additional panic attacks.
Panic Disorder
Anxiety fact where a threat is realized, anxiety will advance to fear to help the body respond effectively to the threat. If threat is not present, anxiety should go down on its own. Either way, anxiety is a necessary emotion that, although unpleasant, we need to function.
What is Anxiety is not dangerous.
The anxiety and fear response is a normal adaptive system in the body that tells us when we are in danger or prepares us for upcoming events. This means that dealing with your anxiety NEVER involves eliminating it, but rather managing it.
What is How to manage anxiety
In instances of real threat or danger, our sympathetic nervous system kicks in and will initiate
What is Fight or Flight?
Type of anxiety in social situations, especially related to fear of judgment or embarrassment
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety fact where , the idea that anxiety will never go away is a common fear. Even though it feels this way, anxiety is temporary and will eventually decrease when there is no actual threat
What is Anxiety does not last forever.
____________ works when you try to do your best to face situations that may be challenging but not too overwhelming.
Aware of avoidance
When our body is maintaining stability of our physiology.
What is rest and digest
Type of anxiety fear of a specific trigger, such as heights or spiders
What is Specific Phobia
Anxiety fact where everyone experiences anxiety at times.
What is Anxiety is normal
This anxiety management skill addresses situations associated with increased anxiety. Question for the group: does anyone have any questions on this ma
Problem solving strategies
During a stress response this happens so that you can run faster of defend yourself.
What is More blood is diverted to large muscle groups?
Type of anxiety where excessive worry about a number of different topics (e.g., health and well-being of loved ones, possible occurrence of natural disasters, school/work performance).
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety fact where it is not uncommon for those experiencing excessive amounts of anxiety to feel like they are under a “spot light” and everyone is looking at them – this is not usually the case
What is anxiety is mostly anonymous
If anxiety is overwhelming excessive we should use
What is relaxation skills?
This response involves a complex set of physiological changes that help us deal with the stressor by allowing our bodies to quickly mobilize our resources to help us deal with the threat.
What is a Stress Response
Type of anxiety where presence of intrusive/unwanted thoughts, impulses, or images (i.e., obsessions) and/or behaviors or mental acts done to reduce distress (i.e., compulsions).
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety fact where Fear can trigger your body’s “fight or flight” system (also called your “stress response”). This response prepares your body to defend itself.
What is Fear and Anxiety can be adaptive?