Lesson 1
Long-term stress
Chronic Stress
Skills that help an individual handle stress in a healthful, effective way.
Stress management skills
Prolonged feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
These factors include: family, school and peers.
External factors.
Internal Factors.
The act of becoming aware through the senses.
Perception
Relaxation Response
Response to a stressful event.
Reactive Depression.
Ability to recover from disappointment or crisis.
Resiliency.
This may result from a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Major depression.
During the alarm stage of the body's stress response, what "emergency hormone" is released to prepare the body to respond to a stressor?
Adrenaline
Someone who declines to become involved in a potentially stressful situation, such as a party where alcohol will be present, is managing stress through __________ ___________.
Refusal Skills
Condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen.
Anxiety
Standing up for your beliefs, being honest, resisting negative peer pressure, learning from mistakes, reflection are examples of ________ ________.
Building resiliency.
Acute stress response.
Fight/Flight/Freeze
What are the three stages of the flight/fight/freeze response?
Alarm, resistance, recovery/fatigue
A personal cause of stress that included time pressures, too many responsibilities and deadlines.
Daily Hassles
List three symptoms of anxiety.
Feelings of dread/fear, perspiration, restlessness, muscle tension, increased heart rate, etc.
Provide two examples of times where resiliency plays a role.
Open-ended.
During the last stage of fight/flight/freeze, your body can become tired, brought on by overworking the body's defense in fighting illness/disease.
Pathological Fatigue.
A physical reaction that results from stress rather from injury or illness - physical effects include: headaches, high BP and weakened immune system.
Psychosomatic Response
List three stress management techniques.
- Adequate rest
- Physical activity
- Limiting comfort foods
- Planning ahead
- Avoiding alcohol/hard drugs/prescription to temporary alleviate stress
List three symptoms of depression.
Conditions that shield people from negative consequences.
Protective Factors.
During the last stage of fight/flight/freeze, you may have symptoms of constant worry, depression and isolation.