Definitions
The practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.
What is self care?
Exhaustion, head aches, grinding your teeth, sore back and neck.
What are physical signs?
Self care reduces stress
TRUE
Making sleep a priority.
What is physical wellness?
Emotional burnout, depersonalization. Develops as a result of general occupational stress.
What is burnout?
Anger and irritability, feeling helpless, problems in personal relationships
What are Behavioral Signs?
Self care is NOT one clear, defined thing
TRUE
Communication, connections, using coping skills
What is emotional wellness?
Coping with stress by shutting down and disconnecting.
What is avoidance?
Depression, negative self image, guilt, helplessness
What are Emotional signs?
FALSE
friendships, support systems, meaningful relationships
What is social wellness?
Excessive alertness for potential threats or dangers at and outside of work. Always being "on" and "on the lookout"
What is hypervigilance?
Trivializing a current experience by comparing it with another situation that we regard as more severe.
What is minimizing?
Self care is anything that soothes you
FALSE: there are unhealthy ways to practice self care
Natural resources, stability, longevity
What is environmental wellness?
Internal changes in staff who engage empathetically with someone affected by trauma. Focuses on effects of exposure to details about another person's trauma.
What is Vicarious trauma?
Increased anxiety,concerns about safety, diminished concentration
What is Secondary traumatic stress?
You need self care because something is wrong with you
FALSE
Critical thinking, creativity, curiosity
What is intellectual wellness?