Transcript "The Stress Response" - A PowerPoint Presentation

Stress in Students
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Stress: The human
reaction to events
in our environment
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Wear and tear on
the body
STRESS!!!
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Eustress: Good Stress
– Getting into college
– Performing Arts
– Sports Competition
STRESS !!!
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Distress: Stress from
bad sources
– Difficult homel
environment
– Overwhelming sights
and sounds
– Threat of personal injury
FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
1. General Stress:
– Everyone has this
kind of stress
– It resolves itself
within a day or two
– No intervention is
necessarily required
FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
2. Cumulative Stress:
– Stress builds up in your
body
– It becomes more difficult
to alleviate your
symptoms
– You may have more
serious physical
symptoms
– You may have more
serious mental anguish
FOUR TYPES OF
STRESS
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Acute Traumatic Stress:
Acute stress disorder develops within one month after an
individual experiences or sees an event involving a threat or
actual death, serious injury, or physical violation to the
individual or others, and responds to this event with strong
feelings of fear, helplessness or horror.
– Critical Incident Stress
– Produces considerable psychological distress
– A normal reaction to abnormal events
FOUR TYPES OF STRESS
4. Post Traumatic Stress:
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When in danger, it’s natural to feel afraid. This fear
triggers many split-second changes in the body to prepare
to defend against the danger or to avoid it. This “fight-orflight” response is a healthy reaction meant to protect a
person from harm. But in post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), this reaction is changed or damaged. People who
have PTSD may feel stressed or frightened even when
they’re no longer in danger.
– Severe stress produced by severe psychological
trauma
– Created by unresolved Critical Incident Stress
– Produces lasting changes
General Adaptation
Syndrome
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Stage I – The Stress Response (Alarm
Reaction)
– The “fight, flight, or freeze” response which
causes you to be ready for physical activity
In times of danger, the human body responds
with the “fight, flight, or freeze” response – in
which the body’s systems most needed to get
out of a jam quickly – the heart, lungs, and
muscles are activated (as part of the
autonomic nervous system).
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Increased flow of blood containing
oxygen and sugar go to these organs,
providing extra strength and energy
A special hormone, adrenaline, is
released to signal these systems to
work at a faster pace
However, it decreases the
effectiveness of the immune system
which makes you more susceptible to
illness.
General Adaptation
Syndrome
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Stage II – Stage of adaptation
– If stress continues, the body adapts to the
stressors it is being exposed to.
– If the stressor is starvation, the person
experiences a reduced desire for physical
activity to conserve energy, and the absorption
of nutrients from any food intake is maximized.
General Adaptation
Syndrome
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Stage III – Stage of Exhaustion
– Stress persists for a long time.
– The body’s resistance may be reduced or
collapse quickly.
– People who experience long-term stress may
have heart attacks, severe infections, or chronic
pain or illness.
Short Term Physical
Stress Symptoms
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Dry mouth
Cool skin
Cold hands and feet
Increased sweating
Rapid breathing
Faster heart rate
Tense muscles
Feelings of nausea
Butterflies in your
stomach
– Diarrhea
– A desire to urinate
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Stress Symptoms
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Insomnia
Change in Appetite
Sexual disorders
Aches and pains
Frequent colds
Feelings of intense
and long-term
tiredness
– Prone to illness
BEHAVIORAL STRESS
SYMPTOMS
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Yawning
Talking too fast
Talking too loud
Fiddling
Twitching
Nail biting
Grinding teeth
Drumming fingers
Pacing
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Over reacting
Emotional
Defensive
Irritable
Irrational
Defensive
Hostile
Critical
Aggressive
BEHAVIOR STRESS
SYMPTOMS
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These symptoms will have a negative affect
on your performance
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By reducing your effectiveness
Making you accident prone
Causing you to be forgetful
Causing you to be very negative
You may neglect your appearance
You may make poor judgments
Causing you to make more mistakes
Increasing your absenteeism
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STRESS SYMPTOMS
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You may not make good decisions
Your fine motor skills are affected
You may no longer enjoy your work
Your attention span may be affected
You may have more negative thoughts
Your self confidence will suffer
You may have difficulty concentrating
All of your positive energy is consumed
HEALTHY LIVING TO
CONQUER STRESS
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Examine your diet
– Lower your salt
intake
– Lower your intake of
refined sugars and
carbohydrates
– Lower your caffeine
intake
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Add to your diet
– Vegetables
– Fruits
– Complex
Carbohydrates
– Vitamins
– Water
HEALTHY LIVING
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Rest:
– Get a minimum of
seven hours of
continuous rest
HEALTHY LIVING
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Exercise:
– At least thirty
minutes, five times
a week
– break a sweat, to
release endorphins
HEALTHY LIVING
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Talk things out with
someone you trust a family member or
a good friend
HEALTHY LIVING
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Make an increased
effort to organize
your life
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Ask for help
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Delegate things
when you need to
HEALTHY LIVING
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Learn to manage
your anger
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Anger affects your
health
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Anger causes you
to over react to
many situations
HEALTY LIVING
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We get angry often
because someone
did not do what we
thought they should
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Rethink the
situation and learn
to be more flexible
HEALTHY LIVING
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Fill your life with fun
things to do!!!!
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Keep your sense of
humor!!!!
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We call it :
PLAY THERAPY
HEALTHY LIVING
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Take charge of your
life.
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Act appropriately don’t simply react to
stressful situations
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Find balance in all
that you do.
HEALTHY LIVING
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Too many people
look for an easy
answer to stress
management by
misusing
Alcohol
Drugs
Marijuana
Medicines & Pills
HEALTHY LIVING
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We all need a
lengthy list of things
that will help us
relax…..
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Reading, music,
working out, etc.
HEALTHY LIVING
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Relaxing needs to
be part of your daily
routine.