Stress
True or False
The causes of stress are essentially the same for everyone.
False- Something that causes stress for you may not cause stress for someone else. Something that is a source for negative stress for one person, such as a deadline, might actually be helpful for someone else.
True or False:
Talking to others about problems in our lives is an unhealthy coping skill.
FALSE
These are used to reduce stress and improve our mental wellness.
What are coping skills?
Sports, music, games, and acting, here at Waukesha South
What are clubs and activities?
Giving a presentation, concerned about grades, or having peer concerns.
What are examples of stress?
Healthy or Unhealthy
Charlene gets in to a fight with her mom. She decides to leave the situation and go for a walk instead of blowing up
What is a healthy coping skill
You can find all types of mental health resources, right here available to you in Waukesha.
What is the SDW Cares Website- Empowering Minds
# 988
What is Suicide & Crisis Lifeline?
True or False
Substance use is beneficial to reducing stress as it provides an escape.
False, substance use compounds stress and causes many other negative factors.
Go for a walk, Drawing, Squeeze a stress ball
What are examples of coping skills?
Can talk to your guidance counselor, pyschologist, or social worker right here at Waukesha South.
Who are Student Services?
True or False
Stress that's left unchecked can lead to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease
True
What are examples of factors that cause people stress in life?
School, Death of a loved one, marriage/divorce, moving, major illness or injury, and parental job loss and more.
John has a lot of stress from school. When he gets home, he gets easily agitated with his younger brother who asks him "what is wrong." He gets so anxious, in fact, from this constant questioning that he yells at his brother to get his frustration out.
Healthy or Unhealthy. Why?
Unhealthy. Talking with someone is a great coping skill. However, yelling is unhealthy and it may cause issues in our relationships.
Service that can be set up by School Social Work to get you connected with therapist?
What is Care Solace?
2nd leading cause of death amongst youth and young adults ages 10-34 years old.
What is suicide?
Can't sleep, daily headache, frequent stomach aches
What are the physical signs of stress?
Johns Hopkins University reports that teens need this amount of sleep per night.
What is 9 to 9.5 hrs.
Students at South who are available to talk and provide assistance and support
What is Peers 4 Peers?
Persons you reach out to in schools to help with stress or a problem you are experiencing. List at least two
Who is a Social Worker, School Counselor, Teacher, Admin, or any other trusted adult within your school community?