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COPING WITH ANXIETY
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
As young adolescents, students are coping with a number of changes that may cause you to feel anxious. This unit presents five different techniques that can help students cope successfully with stress and anxiety.
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INTRODUCTION
We are going to talk about what it means to feel nervous or anxious, the kinds of situations that tend to make people feel anxious, and some of the things that can be done to help people cope with these feelings. They will review the methods of dealing with anxiety that were covered in Level 1 and learn about two more techniques that you can use.
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WHAT IS ANXIETY?
Anxiety is feeling nervous, uptight, uneasy, or apprehensive
Turn to a partner and come up with 2 physical effects of
anxiety
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PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF ANXIETY
Increase in heart rate Increase in blood pressure Sweating Tightening up of muscles Twitching Tremors
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SITUATIONS WHICH CAUSE ANXIETY
Home
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School
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Friends
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Record these on Page 30
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POINTS TO MAKE
Anxiety is NORMAL Psychologist have found that most
people feel anxious when they are afraid they won't do well in a particular situation
It is important to keep in mind that the consequences of not doing well in most normal situations are considerably less severe than what most people imagine.
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Turn to a new partner anddiscuss, why you think people become anxious
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POINTS TO MAKE
Psychologist who study stress and anxiety have found that most people feel anxious when they are afraid they wont do well in a particular situation, causing other people to think less of them. What people are most afraid of is that other people will laugh at or make fun of them.
It is important to keep in mind that the consequences of not doing well in most normal situations are considerably less severe than what most people imagine. For example, one poor grade on a math test doesn’t mean that you will fail the class.
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COPING WITH ANXIETY
Turn to page 31 in Your student guide
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POINTS TO MAKE
Anxiety-reducing techniques can be used in different ways. Some can be used to reduce anxiety before a stressful situation is about to take place. Other techniques may be used either immediately before or during the situation.
Taking the time to practice these techniques regularly helps to reduce our feelings of stress and makes it easier to use them when in an anxiety-producing situation.
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POINTS TO MAKE
The best way for students to overcome difficult situations is to practice the techniques and gradually place yourself in situations that make you nervous-starting with the least difficult situation and then working up to more difficult ones.