STRESSSTRESS1.1. What is Stress?What is Stress?

2.2. Causes of StressCauses of Stress

3.3. What stress does to the body?What stress does to the body?

4.4. What can I do to manage my What can I do to manage my stress?stress?

WHAT IS STRESS

The body and mind reaction to everyday demands and threats

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TYPES OF STRESSTYPES OF STRESS

EUSTRESS

DISTRESS

EUSTRESSEUSTRESS

• IS GOOD STRESSIS GOOD STRESS• POSITIVE STRESSPOSITIVE STRESS• EU – GREEK EU – GREEK

PREFIX WHICH PREFIX WHICH MEANS GOODMEANS GOOD

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DISTRESSDISTRESS

• BAD STRESSBAD STRESS

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• NEGATIVE STRESSNEGATIVE STRESS

STRESSORSSTRESSORS

• THINGS THAT PRODUCE A STRESS THINGS THAT PRODUCE A STRESS RESPONSERESPONSE

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TYPES OF STRESSORSTYPES OF STRESSORS

• BIOLOGICAL STRESSORSBIOLOGICAL STRESSORS• ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL• COGNITIVE OR THINKINGCOGNITIVE OR THINKING• PERSONAL BEHAVIORPERSONAL BEHAVIOR• LIFE STITUATIONSLIFE STITUATIONS

STRESSORSSTRESSORS

• BIOLOGICAL-BIOLOGICAL-mental or physical mental or physical illnessillness

• Ex. being blind, Ex. being blind, break an armbreak an arm

• ENVIROMENTAL-ENVIROMENTAL-poverty, pollution, poverty, pollution, crowding, noises crowding, noises and natural and natural disasterdisaster

MORE STRESSORSMORE STRESSORS

• COGNITIVE OR COGNITIVE OR THINKINGTHINKING- the - the way you perceive way you perceive a situationa situation

• PERSONAL PERSONAL BEHAVIORBEHAVIOR- - negative reaction negative reaction of the mind and of the mind and body because of body because of drugs,alcohol, etc.drugs,alcohol, etc.

STRESS CONTINUEDSTRESS CONTINUED

• LIFE SITUATIONSLIFE SITUATIONS- - having someone having someone or something die, or something die, divorce, trouble divorce, trouble relationshipsrelationships

How to Manage Your How to Manage Your StressStress

• ELIMINATE OR REDUCE YOUR ELIMINATE OR REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE STRESSEXPOSURE TO THE STRESS

• CHANGE THE WAY YOU PERCEIVE CHANGE THE WAY YOU PERCEIVE THE STRESSTHE STRESS

RELIEVING STRESSRELIEVING STRESS

• EXERCISEEXERCISE• MUSIC THERAPYMUSIC THERAPY• MEDITATIONMEDITATION• HUMOR OR HUMOR OR

LAUGHINGLAUGHING• PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE

MUSCLE RELAXATIONMUSCLE RELAXATION• DEEP BREATHINGDEEP BREATHING• MASSAGEMASSAGE