Chapter 4

Managing Stress &

Coping With Loss

Section 1

Stress & Your Health

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Managing Stress Questionnaire Scale

19-24 points = You are doing an excellent job of managing stress.

10-18 points = You are doing very well overall but have areas in which you can improve how you manage stress.

0-9 points = You should be making some major changes in the way you deal with stress or you may develop a stress-related illness. You’ll learn more in this chapter about managing stress.

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Bell-Ringer

Identify three situations that can cause you stress on a daily basis.

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Objectives

Describe five different causes of stress.

Describe the body’s physical response to stress.

Differentiate between positive and negative stress.

Describe how stress can make you sick.

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What is STRESS?

Stressor: Any situation that is a demand on the body or mind

Stress: Body’s response to the situation.

Eustress: Good stressDistress: Bad stress

Types of StressorsEnvironmental: Conditions or events in your physical environment that causes stress. Unsafe neighborhood, natural disasters, war, global warming.

Types of Stressors

Biological: Changes in body, illness, injury, disability

Types of Stressors

Thinking: Poor self-esteem, personal appearance, not fitting in.

Types of Stressors

Behavioral: Taking on a busy schedule; relationship issues, smoking, drugs, alcohol.

Family problems, adjusting to new family members

Moving or changing schools

Breaking up with boyfriend, girlfriend

Stressors for Teens:Life Situations

Fight-or-Flight Response to Stress

Adrenaline is released by the body that provides you with energy, reflexes, and strength that you need to respond to the stressor.

Changes in body that are triggered by the Adrenaline

Breathing speeds upHeartbeat increasesMuscles tense upPupils dilateDigestion stopsBlood sugar rises

Stages in the Relationship between Stress & Disease:

Alarm Stage: The body and mind become very alert in response to stress.

Stages in the Relationship between Stress & Disease

Body becomes more resistant to disease and injury

Stages in the Relationship between Stress and Disease

Extreme exhaustion sets in. Organs and systems may suffer or fail.

Tension headache Chronic FatigueCold & flu UlcerAsthma Anxiety disorder Migraine headache InsomniaBackache DepressionHeart diseaseStrokeHigh blood pressure 19

Stressors for Teens: School Demands

List 2 things that cause distress and 2 that cause eustress at school.