Stress
how your body and mind react to threatening or challenging events in your life.
Stressors
situations, events, and people that cause you stress.
Major Life Changes
changes that affect one's family or school life; ex.- going through parents' divorce.
Everyday Problems
hassles"- everyday events that cause you stress. Hassles include misplacing or losing something, being concerned with how you look, or having too many things do at once.
Physical Surroundings
conditions in your immediate surroundings. Noise, temperature, crowds.
Other concerns
worries about your future, conflicts or fights with family members or friends.
Positive Stress
sometimes called eustress. Stress is positive when it promotes growth and accomplishment.
Negative Stress
sometimes called distress. Stress that produces negative effects.
Homeostasis
your body's balanced state.
Alarm stage
body releases a hormone called adrenaline into your bloodstream. The adrenaline gives your body a burst of energy and causes other changes in your body. Heart beats faster increasing flow of blood to muscles, breathing quickens to provide more oxygen for
Fight or Flight response
you can either stand and fight, or you can run away.
Resistance Stage
when the stressor continues, the body cannot restore to homeostasis. Instead it functions at a higher than normal level. Your body uses up a lot of energy in this stage. It causes you to become tired, irritable, and less able to handle any additional stre
Exhaustion Stage
if the stressors still continues, you enter the third stage. Your body is worn down and no longer has the enough energy to fight off the stressor. As your body's balance remains out of control, you become more susceptible to illness.
Physical signs
muscle tension, headache, upset stomach, nail biting, skin rash, and twitching.
Emotional signs
anger, irritability, nervousness, and inability to concentrate.
Behavioral signs
loss of appetite, overeating, drug abuse, sleep problems, and fidgeting.
Psychosomatic illnesses
physical disorders that result from stress or other emotional causes.
Lowered resistance
immune system does not function. If your immune system does not function well, you are more susceptible to minor illnesses, like the common cold or flu.
Ulcers
increase acid in the stomach leads to ulcers. Ulcers are open sores in the stomach or other parts of the digestive tract. Increased acid prevents the ulcer from healing.
Asthma
respiratory system. People with asthma need to recognize their bodies' reactions to stressors to manage their asthmatic attacks.
High Blood Pressure
stress increases the blood flow in the body.
Type A
tend to be more rushed and competitive.
Type B
calmer, less competitive, and not as concerned about accomplishment.
MANAGING STRESS
Confronting the problem
Time management
Physical activity
Relaxation
Mental rehearsal
Humor
Getting help when you need it
Health
the measure of our body's efficiency and over-all well-being
The dimensions of help are
Physical, Social, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, Intellectual Health.
Physical Health
deals with the body's ability to function; has many elements including: exercise, nutrition, sleep, and weight management
Physical Health Weight Management
Maintaining a healthy weight decreases your risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and diabetes
Mental Health
heath deals with being comfortable with oneself and how you feel about yourself; encompasses self-esteem, and stress management
Emotional Health
Understanding your feelings and coping with problems that arise in everyday life, how you react to circumstances, maintaining a sense of humor.
Exercise
the act of using your muscles to stay physically fit;helps to give you more energy, maintain weight, increase confidence & self esteem, and helps to battle chronic diseases.
Social Health
deals with the way you react with people within your environment.
Social Health: Family Relationships
one that is supportive, loving, responsible, and balanced.
Families should work together to eliminate stress and negativity in the home
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one that is supportive, loving, responsible, and balanced.
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Social Health: Peer Relationship
become more of an influence, can be both positive and negative, becomes more developed as you grow.
Social Health: Community Relationships
Relationships that develop with teachers, coaches, dance instructors, church, and neighborhood.
Spiritual Health
A sense of meaning and purpose in life; having a set of beliefs and acting on them.
Intellectual Health
Having an open mind to new ideas and concepts, seek out new experiences and challenges, entails creativity and common sense, good time management skills, communicates effectively
Wellness
being a balanced person
There are 6 major areas of the health
physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, intellectual and social.
Elements of Physical Health
Exercise, Sleep, Nutrition, Weight Management
Elements of Intellectual Health
Communication, Aware of global issues, Creativity, Common sense
Elements of Mental Health
Stress Management, Self-esteem
Elements of Spiritual Health
Belief system, Morals and values, Purpose of life, right and wrong
Elements of Social Health
Community Relationships, peer relationships, family relationship