True or False: All humans experience stress.
True
What is a stressor?
Something that causes stress.
True or False: Taking care of yourself by eating well, getting enough sleep, and regularly exercising can reduce stress.
True
True or False: Too much stress is bad for you.
True
What is stress?
Any one of these responses is acceptable:
1. A feeling of pressure, worry, anxiety, or fear.
2. Emotional strain or tension.
Provide an example of the following stressors: home stressor, school stressor, and friend stressor.
Answers may vary.
List 3 activities someone can do for stress management.
Answers will vary.
What causes teens the most anxiety/stress?
School
Explain the difference between eustress and distress.
Eustress = a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.
Distress = a negative form of stress causing extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
Provide an example of an external stressor.
Answers will vary. Examples include: School assignments, pressure from friends to do something you don’t want to do, or difficult events such as natural disaster.
In times of stress, what type of breathing activities can one do to lower stress?
Answers will vary. Examples include: 4-7-8 breath, box breathing, alternate nostril breathing, breath of joy, etc.
How might stress, that is not managed, impact your health?
It may reduce the amount you sleep, lead to weight gain, and result in mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
What was the stress (fight or flight) response designed to do? In other words, when stressed, why do we experience fight or flight?
It was designed to get us out of danger.
Provide an example of an internal stressor.
Answers will vary. Examples include: Wanting to do well at something, worry about what other people think, or having doubts about yourself.
List one positive and one negative stress management strategy for dealing with CMAS (standardized testing).
Answers will vary.
Positive: Eat a nutritious breakfast, take deep breaths between each question, discuss your testing stress with a teacher.
Negative: Eat a donut right before the test, blindly answer every question, throw a fit and quit the test.
What advice would you give a teenager who was experiencing stress but did not know how to manage it?
Answers will vary. Examples include: eating healthy, exercising regularly, getting enough sleep, staying organized, having coping mechanisms (drawing, breathing, meditation), etc.
How might the body react during fight or flight? Name at least 2 things the body might do.
There are many acceptable answers: palms get sweaty, pupils dilate, heart rate gets faster, breathing gets faster, digestion slows, etc.
List 3 positive stressors that a middle schooler might experience.
Answers will vary. Examples include: Getting ready to go on vacation, trying out for a new play, making new friends, etc.
You look at your Summit and you see 4 reds...AHHHH! You only have 30 minutes to work. What should you do? Create a SMART goal in which you can reasonably complete an assignment (or assignments) in 30 minutes.
TO DO:
Complete ONE question on a checkpoint for Ms. Burrows.
You need to write your ENTIRE essay for a Raisin in the Sun.
You have an incomplete exit ticket on Amplify.
You were absent on the day your class took the math interim assessment - you need to make up the whole thing.
What will your SMART goal be?!
Answers will vary.
Draw an image to show the physical effects of stress on the body. In other words, if someone has too much stress (that is not managed), what types of physical symptoms might they present?
Answers may include: headaches, stomach aches, chest pains, exhaustion, muscle tension, etc.