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Managing Stress and Coping with Loss
Chapter 4: Section 1Stress and Your
Healthpp. 78-82
Objectives: SWBAT• Describe five different causes of
stress.
• Describe the body’s physical response to stress.
• Differentiate between positive and negative stress.
• Differentiate between acute and chronic stress.
• Describe how stress can make you sick.
True or FalseThumbs Up or Thumbs Down
“Stress is a normal part of life that you cannot avoid.
Sometimes stress can have a positive outcome.”
True:
Paper Plate Activity
Stressis the body’s and mind’s response to a demand .
Does anyone know the definition for the term STRESSOR?
Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind
Taking a test
Name two stressorsfor this mother.
Paper Plate Activity• Take a paper plate from the pile.• Stand up with your paper plate in your
hand.• Notice the signs posted around the
room, such as Environmental, Biological, Thinking, Behavioral, and Life Change.
• Determine if your paper plate falls under 1 of the 5 categories posted (Environmental, Biological, Thinking, Behavioral, and Life Change).
• Stand under the sign where you think your paper plate belongs.
*Your paper plate represents one type of STRESSORS in a person’s life.
True or FalseThumbs Up or Thumbs Down
Being a quadriplegic is an example of a BIOLOGICAL
STRESSOR.
True:
CATEGORIES OF STRESSORS
1. Environmental
2. Thinking 3. Behavioral
4. Biological 5. Life Change
Environmental Stressors• Conditions or events in our physical
surroundings – Natural disasters– Noise– Crowds– Pollution– Poverty
Biological Stressors
• Conditions that make it difficult for your body to take part in daily activities
– Illness– Injury– Disability
Thinking Stressors
• Mental challenge– Taking a test
1. Check-in• Sandy’s heart beats faster every
time she hears the words pop quiz. It takes Sandy a long time to read and understand questions, so she tends to rush through her quizzes in fear of not finishing them on time. As a result, she has low quiz grades. There is a snow storm outside, but Sandy is worried that she might have a pop quiz today.
• What type of stressor is Sandy facing?
Thinking Stressor
Behavioral Stressors
• Unhealthy behaviors– Smoking– Not getting enough sleep or
exercise– Using drugs
Life change Stressors• Any major life change
– Divorce– Death of a loved one– Getting married– Having trouble with a teacher– Having more arguments with
parents
2. Check-in• Tom has a very hectic schedule and
has to prepare for a major presentation in a couple of days. He often drinks tons of coffee and sodas to keep awake at night. Today, Tom feels very tired and has a sore throat.
• Tom is facing what type of stressor(s)?
BiologicalBehavioralThinking
Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend is what type of stressor?
A.EnvironmentalB.ThinkingC.BehavioralD.Major Life ChangeE. Biological
3. Check-in
Other types of stressors
• Catastrophes– An event that threatens lives and
may destroy property
• Everyday problems– Hassles
• Conflicts– Disagreements with family
members or others
Question # 1
Is stress good or bad? Explain your
answer.
EUSTRESS
IT’S BOTH GOOD & BAD!
DISTRESS
GOOD stress(positive)
-Energizes one
BAD stress(negative)
-Makes one sick
Group Activity (2 minutes)
As a group, create two piles with your
paper plates. • 1 Pile = EUSTRESS
• 1 Pile = DISTRESS
Question # 2Explain why some people might have difficulty piling the plates into two categories (Eustress and Distress).
Taking a test
Time to act quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ORFight- -Flight
Time to act quickly cont.!!!!!!!!!!• The physical changes that prepare
your body to respond quickly and appropriately to a stressor is called the fight-or-flight response.
• Fight= deal with the stressor• Flight= do not deal with the
stressor
• The OFFICE
Question #3 Do we respond to thesame stressors in thesame manner? Explain.
Time to act quickly cont.!During the Fight-or-Flight Response,your body releases EPINEPHRINE,
(adrenaline)which prepares the body for quick action by triggeringchanges in the body.
1=FIGHT 2=FLIGHT • 1. Carla reacts to her parents’ fights by going
on a shopping spree. FLIGHT• 2. Kevin told Sara’s biggest secret to Sara’s
mom. Sara yells at and hits Kevin for betraying her.
FIGHT• 3. Phil is failing math at school. He’s so angry
with his grades that he drops his current math class and enrolls in another. But, he is still doing poorly in his new Math class.
FLIGHT • 4. Jennifer’s boyfriend broke up with her.
Jennifer finds time to socialize with friends and take up a new hobby.
FIGHT
Day 2
Acute & Chronic StressACUTE STRESS• Short-term stress,
sudden, thrilling, or threatening.
• Your body is equipped to handle acute stress as long as it doesn’t occur too often.
• And as long as you can relax and recover after a stressful event (homeostasis).
CHRONIC STRESS• Long-term stress,
stressful conditions are ongoing and the stress response continues without resolution.
• Your body is not well equipped to handle chronic stress.
• Stress response becomes damaging. May lead to major problems (depression).
Sponge Activity (2 Volunteers Needed )
Question # 4:
How can ACUTE stress
become CHRONIC stress?
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
Brain
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
Heart
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
Stomach
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
Lungs
How stress affects the body activity!!!!
Muscles
The General Adaptation Syndrome is a model that describes the relationship between stress and disease.
Alarm stage– Your body and mind become aware
of the stressor or alert (fight-or-flight response)
– Headaches, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and stomachaches
Long-Term Stress Can Make You SickHans Selye (“Father of the Stress Response)
Long-Term Stress Can Make You Sick
Resistance stage (adaptation)
–Preparation to fight the stressor
–You can cope with added stress, but only for a limited time
Exhaustion stage–Negative consequences of stress appear
–You become exhausted, organs and immune system may suffer
Long-Term Stress Can Make You Sick
Stress-Related Disorders and Diseases
1. Tension headache2. Cold and flu3. Asthma4. Migraine headache5. Backache6. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ)7. Heart disease8. Stroke9. High blood pressure10.Chronic fatigue11.Ulcer12.Anxiety disorder13.Insomnia14.Depression
By learning to manage stress, you can protect yourself from many illnesses and can enjoy a healthier life.
Practice• For the past week, you have been
hungry quite often. Your lack of food was causing great stress in your life. But, you notice that you can now tolerate starvation or manage it and being hungry does not seem to bother you as much.
• What stage of GAS are you experiencing?
• What disorder can a person develop if he or she lives an incredibly stressful life, sleeps only 4 hours a night, and keeps a poor diet?
Practice
Match the terms on the left with the definition on the right.1. __Stressor
2. __Fight-or-flight response
3. __Distress
4. __Eustress
5. __General adaptation syndrome
A. Negative stress that can make one sick
B. Physical changes that prepare the body to respond quickly to stressors
C. Three-stage model that describes the relationship between stress and disease
D. Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind
E. Positive stress that energizes one
Guess the word activity
• Find an empty space somewhere on your notes sheet.
Closure
STRESSOR
Closure
FLIGHT
Resources• http://
www.bodylogicphysiotherapy.com/news/links.html
• http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/mindfulness-meditation/4205816
• http://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/health-topics/stress/
• Lifetime Health (Holt, 2004)
