Stress and Stress Management

The same event may be stressful for one

person and not at all stressful for another person?

You cannot change the way you react to stress?

Prolonged stress increases a person’s risk of becoming ill?

What do you think?

IT is the effect of physical and psychological

demands on a person. What are some stress management

techniques? Planning ahead Thinking positively Practicing relaxation responses

What is stress?

Chronic stress – unrelieved stress that continues to tax a person’s resources to the point of exhaustion.

This can damage the body systems in a number of ways

Acute Stress – a temporary bout of stress that causes alertness or alarm, which prompts a person to deal with a specific event.

Kinds of Stress

Assignment:

Take out a sheet of paper, and write down 3 stressors that you have faced since starting high school? What are some actions you can do to adapt to

these new stressors?

What stressors do you face?

Alarm – first phase of the stress response in

which you recognize that you are facing a change or a challenge.

Resistance – when the body mobilizes its resources to withstand the effects of stress.

Recovery or Exhaustion – occurs when the body returns to normal; or when stress exceeds the body’s ability to recover.

3 Stages of the Stress Response

Physical activity Relaxation ex: muscle relaxation, music,

sports Time management Coping Devices ex: displacement, venting

Managing Stress

Automatic, subconscious reactions to emtional

injury Denial Fantasy Projection Rationalization Regression Selective forgetting Withdrawal

Defense Mechanisms

By changing your perception of challenges,

you can reduce the stress you experience from them…..

How Can You Control the Stress you Experience from Challenges?