Stress
What is stress?
The body's reaction to a challenge or demand
Stress affects our _____, _____, _____, and _____
Body, mind, feelings, and behaviors.
What are three types of stress?
Positive, tolerable, and toxic
Yes
An individual's needs are not being met and can cause stress.
What are stress relievers?
Coping skills you can use to decrease experiences of stress.
Stress is always a bad thing.
True or False?
False
Discouragement, feeling like giving up, sadness, and anxiety are all examples of _____
How stress affects our feelings.
Give one example of a positive stress response, tolerable stress response, and a toxic stress response.
Positive stress response- temporary stress (starting new classes)
Tolerable stress response- injury or natural disaster
Toxic stress response- exposure to extended stress, like abuse, neglect.
How do positive stressors help a person?
Positive stressors help a person develop strength, cognitive skills, and problem-solving skills.
What are three type of effective stress relievers?
Short-term stress relief
Fast-acting stress relief
Long-term stress relief
Problems in relationships, grades, watching the news, bullying, and moving, are all forms of _____
Common stressors
When stress affects our mind we can become _____
Forgetful, disorganized, have problems focusing or concentrating.
Toxic stress can lead to life-long health problems.
True or False?
True
a. What is resilience?
b. Resiliencies help buffer an individual from _____
a. The ability to recover quickly from an experience.
b. negative experiences.
When stress become overwhelming or chronic, it can take a toll on you ______
Well-being
An unexpected change can lead to _____
Common symptoms that affect our body when we are stressed include _____
Cortisol is a _____
stress hormone.
All role-models are positive influences.
True or False?
False
An example of short-term stress relievers would be _____
Guided imagery, meditation, muscle relaxation exercises, focusing on breathing, changing the environment.
It is important to know your stressors to come up with helpful ways of coping.
True or False?
True
Irritability towards others, increase/decrease of food, and sleep, procrastination and putting off work, avoiding others, and dangerous activities are examples of how stress affects one's _____
Behaviors
Toxic stress can affect a child's
Brain, heart, immunity, and hormones/development.
Our brain is often compared to an _____
air traffic control system.
An example of fast-acting stress relief includes_____