Stress!!!

AHHHHHHH!

What is Stress?

• Is the body’s and mind’s response to a demand.

• What is a stressor?• Any situation that puts

a demand on the body or mind.

Types of Stressors

• Environmental• Conditions or events

in your physical environment that cause you stress.

• Example: pollution, poverty, crowding, noise, and natural disasters.

Biological Stressors

• Conditions that make it difficult for your body to take part in daily activities.

• Example: Having an illness, a disability, or an injury.

Thinking Stressors• Any type of mental challenge.• Example: Taking a test, doing

homework.

Behavioral Stressors• Unhealthy behaviors• Examples: Not getting enough

sleep or exercise, use of drugs or alcohol.

Life Change Stressors• Any major life change, whether

positive or negative. • Example: Death of a loved one,

getting married, or social changes.

Physical Response to Stress

• Fight or Flight Response• Body provides you with

energy, reflexes, and strength you may need to respond to a stressor.

• Body releases epinephrine (adrenaline) which prepares the body for quick actions.

• Breathing speeds up• Heart beats faster• Muscles tense up• Pupils get wider• Digestion slows• Blood sugar increases

Positive Stress??? • What is positive stress

called?• Eustress• Positive stress that

energizes you and helps you reach a goal.

• Will make you feel alert and lively.

• Examples?• Getting butterflies before

an athletic event, getting nervous before a speech.

Negative Stress • What is negative stress called?• Distress• Negative stress can make a

person sick or keep a person from reaching a goal.

• Prevents you from doing your best, no matter how capable you are.

• Example: Getting too worked up over a test, getting overly anxious before an event.

• Try and Make Stress POSITIVE!!!• Think positively instead of

negatively. • Concentrate on only what you can

control in a situation. • Prepare yourself appropriately

(time management)