Consequences of Stress
What is acute stress?
Acute stress is short term
What is the most common symptom of stress?
What is Headaches?
True or False: Stress can save your life?
True:giving you extra strength to defend yourself, run, prevent an accident.
True or False: Being isolated from others is a healthy way to manage stress.
What is False?
The effect of a high stress level resulting in exhaustion, anger, feeling numb, anxious, and loss of focus.
What is Burnout?
The sympathetic nervous system response (heart rate increases, pupils dilate, muscles contract, etc.), can be seen as the body’s way of preparing for threat.
What is the fight or flight response?
A biological and psychological response to a perceived threat.
What is stress?
Time management can help to prevent stress. What are two ways to improve time management?
Make to-do list, create a schedule, use an agenda to track responsibilities, keep track of due dates
The stress of unrelenting demands and pressures for seemingly interminable periods of time.
Heart pounding, breathing fast, tense body are due to the body...
What is giving you more energy and access to strength?
True or False: Can embracing stress benefit you?
What is True?
List three coping skills:
ACCEPTS skill, STOP skill, TIPP skill, mindfulness, IMPROVE skill, growth mindset, etc.
List two examples of a stressor:
Death of a pet, friend, family member, financial problems, family problems, work or school, major life changes.
What are the negative effects of stress on the body?
What is weakened immune system, increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, weight gain/loss, hair loss, and high blood pressure?
Why believing stress is helpful you....
Increases your desire for feedback (allowing for growth)
Is related to your physiological response to stress (adaptive cortisol reactivity)
A stress management strategy that includes letting go of control, sharing feelings, and accepting uncontrollable challenges as opportunities for personal growth.
Radical acceptance
What are the negative effects of stress on mental and emotional well being?
Long-term stress weakens your ____ _____ defenses, leaving you more vulnerable to infections.
What is immune system's?
How is the stress response the body's way of protecting you?
What is it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life—giving you extra strength to defend yourself.
A stress management strategy that includes using temperature to regulate your body to better manage stress
TIPP skill - temperature