Stress
This is the body’s physical and psychological reactions to situations people perceive as threats
What is Stress?
This is the physiological stress reaction in which the body prepares its resources to fight off or escape from a perceived threat; also called the stress response
What is the flight or fight response?
This factor affecting mental illness involves traits passed down from your parents.
What are your genes?
This is the process of using strategies to reduce the impact of the stress response and handle threatening situations in positive ways
These are factors that lead to stress
What are stressors?
These are the 3 stages of the stress response.
What are the alarm - resistance - and exhaustion stages?
This is a health condition in which negative or unhelpful feelings or thoughts become so severe they interfere with daily life.
What is mental illness or mental disorder?
Deep breathing is an example of what kind of stress relieving technique?
What is a relaxation technique?
This type of stress is stress that causes negative feelings and harmful health effects
This organ increases blood flow throughout the body during the stress response?
What is the heart?
These are the most common disorders in the united states, in particular GAD.
What are anxiety disorders?
This example of a stress reducing strategy involves prioritizing the need to do activities over the want to do activities.
What is setting healthy boundaries?
This type of stress is positive stress that encourages growth and motivation
What is eustress?
These widen to help with vision during the stress response.
What are the pupils?
This disorder causes symptoms of depressive disorder typically in the winter months when there is less sunlight.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
This is the act of thinking about the good parts of stressful events
What is positive reappraisal?
This type of stress is caused by repeated, long-lasting exposure to severe stressors, such as neglect and abuse, violence, or loss of a loved one
What is toxic stress?
During the stress response, the body shifts energy away from where to aid in the stress response.
Non-essential processes. Or non-essential organs
This, usually co-occurring disorder, is a mental illness in which a person continues using a substance despite negative effect on health and life.
What is a substance use disorder?
These are the 5 ways to better manage your time?
What are make a plan, keep a to-do list, make use of little time, avoid procrastinating, and limit technology use?