Causes of Stress
What is the leading cause of stress in American adults?
A. Occupational pressures and fears
B. Commuting to work
C. Compensation
D. Social duties
What is A. Occupational pressures and fears?
Stress response can impact your heart rate, respiration and sweating. This is know as what type of change
A. Physical
B. Psychological
C. Behavioral
What is A. Physical?
This increases to supply body with the blood it needs
What is heart rate?
This is how often experts recommend practicing deep muscle relaxation
What is daily?
These are positive coping mechanisms to help reduce stress
What is •Listening to music •Playing with a pet •Laughing or crying •Going out with a friend (shopping, movie, dining) •Taking a bath or shower •Writing, painting, or other creative activity •Praying or going to church •Exercising or getting outdoors to enjoy nature?
Internal stress is a type of stress that is not dependent on external forces. What could cause this type of stress?
What are • Fear and uncertainty. •Attitudes and perceptions. •Unrealistic expectations. •Change. etc?
Stress response that can effect your actions such as isolating, behaving aggressively or using drugs or alcohol
A. Physical
B. Psychological
C. Behavioral
What is C. Behavioral?
During a stressful situation this part of the body dilates to better assist with vision
What are pupils?
Due to the relaxation benefits of DMR, it may be a helpful skill to practice before...?
What is bedtime?
True or False: Your body knows the difference between physical and psychological threats.
What is False?
True or False: It is the type of occupation that predicts the amount of stress an employee experiences.
What is False?
Low energy, headaches, insomnia, frequent colds or infections, upset stomach and dry mouth are symptoms of what kind of stress?
What is physical stress?
This is the reasoning for increased sweat production in a stressful situation
What is to help cool down the body?
This is the level of anxiety you should use respiratory control (0-7 scale)
What is higher than 5/7?
This small way of reducing stress involves your respiratory system
What is deep breathing?
This is the most common type of stress and take place over a short duration. This type of stress is a classic "fight or fight" reaction.
A. Acute
B. Chronic
C. Episodic acute
What is A. Acute stress?
These are positive effects of stress
What is driving people to accomplish their goals, staying focused or alert, and save your life in life-threatening situations?
True or False: the fight or flight response can overreact to stressors that are not life-threatening and can take a toll on the body and mind.
What is true?
Respiratory control is a helpful way to relax the body and turn off the fight and flight response and help guide the body back to this state
What is rest and digest (relaxation) state?
Talking to a therapist, deep breathing techniques, exercise, yoga, meditation, and sleep are all methods of this and allow us to calm the stress response
What are relaxation skills?
This type of stress occurs from general pressures from demands of life and poverty or trauma. This type of stress can lead to cancer, strokes and heart attacks.
A. Acute
B. Chronic
C. Episodic acute
What is B. Chronic Stress?
These are some long term effects of stress
What is depression, infections or decreased immune system function, obesity etc?
This is the reasoning for someone to get an upset stomach when in stress
What is the digestive system slows/stops so energy can be used in other large muscle groups?
Ideally, you should be practicing respiratory control for a minimum of ___ minutes per day under relaxed conditions.
What is 30 minutes? Practicing when relaxed will help you master this skill so you can use it more effectively when you need it the most.
These are examples of avoidance with anxiety
What is calling in sick to work due to anxiety for a presentation and not going to an event due to large groups of people etc. Avoidance will worsen anxiety over time, although they feel helpful in the moment.