Chapter 4 Managing Stress & Coping with Loss

Chapter 4Managing Stress & Coping with Loss

Stress can affect you in bothand ways.

What Is Stress? How you think about a challenge determines whether you will experience positive or negative stress. • Feeling stress is apart of life. • Stress is theof the body and mind to everyday challenges and.

Reacting to Stress Stress can have both a positive and a negative effect. Positive stress can motivate you and inspire you to work harder. Negative stress can cause you to feel distracted, overwhelmed, impatient, frustrated, or even angry. It can harm your health.

Causes of Stress The effect of a stressor depends on your experiences and perceptions. Stressor

Causes of Stress Stressors vary among individuals and groups. • Potential Stressors: • P • Objects • P • Events • S

Your Body’s Response to Stressors Stressors activate the nervous system and specific hormones (). When you perceive something to be dangerous, difficult, or painful, your bodybegins a stress response.

Your Body’s Response to Stressors The stress response involves three stages. Your mind and body go on high alert. This “fight-or-flight” response prepares you to defend yourself or to flee from a threat. If exposure to a stressor continues, your body adapts and reacts to the stressor. This stage lasts for a brief period. If exposure to stress is prolonged, you begin to tire and lose the ability to manage other stressors effectively.

Stress and Your Health Ongoing stress affectsaspects of your health. The physical changes that take place in your body during the stress response take a toll on your body.

Stress and Your Health The Physical Effects of Stress • H • A weakened immune system • H • Bruxism, clenching the jaw or grinding the teeth • Digestive disorders

Stress and Your Health Mental/Emotional and Social Effects of Stress • Difficulty concentrating • I • Mood swings

You can manage stress by learning skills tothe amount and impact of stress in your life.

When Stress Becomes a Problem Identifying what is stressful is the fstep in learning how to manage stress. The trick for managing stress is to learn sto keep stress from building up and to deal with individual stressors effectively.

When Stress Becomes a Problem The effects of stress are additive, meaning they build up over time. An increasing number of teens are experiencing chronic stress. chronic stress

Stress-Management Techniques You can develop strategies to both avoid and reduce your stress. Stress-skills help you manage stressors in a, effective way.

Avoiding and Limiting Stress • Avoiding situations that cause stress is theway to reduce its effects.

Avoiding and Limiting Stress Strategies for Avoiding and Limiting Stress If taking on a new activity will add to your stress, use refusal skills to say no. Manage your time wisely by planning ahead. Think about how stressed you feel before a test. A positive outlook limits stress by shifting your perception and how you respond to a stressor. Using tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs will harm the body and cause more stress.

Handling Stress & Reducing It’s Effects • Some stressors may be unavoidable • Find ways to reduce negative effects: • Relaxation techniques • B • P • D • M • Redirect your energy • Seek support

Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency Taking care of youris to stress management. Positive health-maintenance habits help you deal with stress, prevent stress, reduce stress, and recover from stress.

Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency • Get • Get regular physical activity • Eat

Acknowledging Loss Aa loss is one way to help begin the healing process. Everyoneloss during their lives and the grief that it brings.

Expressing Grief The grieving process can help people accept the loss and start to heal. • Feelings ofare very personal. • Everyone grieves in their. • Some may talk about their loss; others may want to be alone.

The Grieving Process Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross noted that the grieving process includes stages of grief. stages of grief

Stages of Grief • D • Emotional Release • A • Bargaining • D • Remorse • A • Hope

Coping with Traumatic Events After a traumatic event, you may question your sense of security and confidence. Traumatic event

Coping with Traumatic Events Support from family, friends, and community resources can help individuals recover from a traumatic event. Traumatic events areand shocking, such as, violent, suicides, and natural disasters.

Chapter 4 Managing Stress & Coping with Loss