Stress: A Natural Part of Your Life
Defense Mechanisms
How Stress Affects You
Managing Your Stress
Mixed Bag
100

Stress can be negative or.....

What is positive

100

Ignoring or denying the problem

What is denial

100

When you feel threatened, your body has a stress response, also called

What is the "fight-or-flight" response

100

Lowering your stress level with humor

What is laughter

100

This is the combination of a new and possibly threatening situation and your body's natural response to the situation

What is stress

200

Another term for negative stress

What is distress

200

Making excuses for your behavior

What is rationalization

200

The feeling of extreme tiredness

What is fatigue

200

Telling others how you feel

What is asserting yourself

200

These are the feeling produced as you respond to something in your life.

What are emotions

300

This can be caused by too little stress

What is boredom

300

A temporary way to delay having to deal with stress is to use 

What are defense mechanisms

300

Something that can be damaged by stress

What are relationships
300

The ability to handle stress in healthy ways 

What is stress management

300

Warning signs of stress can be physical, emotional or this

What is mental

400

Winning, succeeding (eustress) is this 

What is positive stress

400

Shifting anger at one person to another

What is displacement

400

Stress that continues for a long time

What is prolonged stress

400

Changing the way you think of stressors

What is reframing

400

About how many minutes every day should you set aside for yourself

What is 30 minutes

500
Anything that causes a stress response

What is a stressor

500

Thinking someone else is to blame

What is projection

500

The hormone released in response to a stressor

What is epinephrine

500

Thinking ahead about what you must do

What is planning

500

Two side effects of prolonged stress

What are heart disease and weakened immune system