CAN WE FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE WITH

CAN WE FIND CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS TO COPE WITH STRESS AND LOSS? 1 What is Mental Health? 2 What is Wellbeing? 3 What are the two types of stress? Give an example of something that causes you stress 4 What is the difference between stress and anxiety? 5 Give 4 ways that stress can affect someone’s BODY 6 Give 4 ways that stress can affect someone’s MIND 7 Give 4 ways that stress can affect someone’s BEHAVIOUR 8 Give 4 ways that stress can affect someone’s EMOTIONS 9 Give 5 examples of things that could cause a student stress at school 10 Give 5 examples of what this student could do to reduce this stress 11 What are cortisol and adrenalin and how do they affect the body? 12 What is empathy? Give an example 13 What is sympathy? Give an example 14 What is depression? 15 What is bereavement? 16 Give 5 ways that bereavement might affect someone? 17 What is the right thing to say to someone when they have lost someone close to them? 18 What is grief? 19 Give 3 ways you could help someone who is suffering with grief 20 Who can you speak to if are concerned about stress, anxiety, loss and bereavement? 100% Certain I think I know the answer I am not sure but I have written something

1 Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave. 2 Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. 3 1. 2. Situations or events that put pressure on us – for example, times where we have lots to do and think about, or don't have much control over what happens. Our reaction to being placed under pressure – the feelings we get when we have demands placed on us that we find difficult to cope with. 4 Anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress it is not stress itself. It’s a feeling of fear or apprehension about what’s to come. 5 1. Feeling breathless, 2. Headaches, 3. Muscle tension (aching), 4. Being prone to infections, 5. Fatigue (tiredness), 6. Skin Irritations, and (over-time) Weight gain/loss 6 1. Nightmares, 2. Being distracted, 3. Negativity, 4. Muddled thinking and 5. Indecisiveness 7 1. Raised hormonal release, 2. Clumsiness, 3. Over or under eating, 4. Restlessness, 5. Sleeplessness, 6. Increased drug use (drinking more coffee etc. ), 7. Lack of sexual desire and 8. Wanting to spend a lot of time alone/with others 8 1. Depression (persistent sadness or loss of interest), 2. Irritability, 3. Anger, 4. Apprehension, 5. Anxiousness, 6. Loss of confidence and 7. Short-temperedness 9 1. Misunderstanding, being confused or struggling in class, 2. Feeling that there is too much to do and not knowing where to start, 3. Friendship/relationship issues, 4. Thinking/worrying about what is ahead of them (GCSEs/A Test), 5. Money worries, 6. Thinking about problems at home, 7. Feeling unwell, 8. Menstruation or Hormonal changes … 1 0 1. Spend some time outside during break/Lunch, 2. Take Social-Media “time off”, 3. Talking with friends/a teacher (asking for help), 4. Joining in an extra-curricular, 5. Finding a new way to revise information so that it becomes manageable, 6. Sleep, 7. Doing something that you enjoy, 8. Write a list to manage your time … 1 1 Cortisol - is a steroid hormone. It is released in response to stress. It functions to increase blood sugar and suppresses the immune system. Adrenaline – a hormone that plays an important role in the fight-or-flight response by increasing blood flow to muscles, output of the heart, pupil dilation response and blood sugar level. 1 2 Empathy is trying to understand share the feelings of another without judging them and thinking that you can know exactly how they are feeling – Trying to put yourself 100% in their shoes. “this must be difficult, do you want to talk to me about it? ” 1 3 Sympathy is an understanding of peoples feelings. If someone else is sad you know what has caused you to be sad in the past– so you understand “feeling sad” and how people feel when they feel sad based on your own experiences. “I know how you feel” “Sorry for your loss”. 1 4 Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for a few days. Most people go through periods of feeling down, but when you're depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days. At its mildest, you may simply feel persistently low in spirit, while severe depression can make you feel suicidal, that life is no longer worth living. 1 5 Bereavement is feeling and experiencing the state of loss. This could be because someone close to you has died, you have lost a close relationship (break-up), you have “lost time” or missed experiences, a significant loss of health or a job, you have had a miscarriage or you feel like you have lost a dream. 1 6 1. Denial – the person may want to think it isn’t happening and try to pretend that it is not real so they don’t have to deal with it. 2. Anger – the person may want someone/something to blame. 3. Guilt – they may blame themselves or feel they ‘could have done more’. 4. Sadness – they will feel sad that they cannot get back what they had. 5. Fear – they maybe scared about what is going to happen next. 6. Loneliness – they may feel like they are on their own or that others don’t understand. 7. Avoidance or loss of focus/”giving in” – they may feel that things are now pointless and cannot think of a time they will be happy again. 1 7 This is sort of a “trick question”. There isn’t one thing that you can say that will comfort or help everyone. It maybe that the person does not want to be spoken to but they do want someone to listen. They may want you to share stories of their loved one to remind them of better times. 1 8 The normal process of reacting to a loss or change. There is no “time limit” for grief and everyone reacts to loss differently. 1 9 1. 2. 3. 2 0 Listen if they want to talk - Don't feel you've got to solve anything or say something. You might feel helpless, but just being there and listening can be really helpful. Share your memories - If it feels appropriate and you're able to, share your memories of the person who's gone, during a chat, or in a card or letter. For the bereaved person, this can feel like being given back little pieces of the person they've lost. Don't feel rejected if they don't want you there - They might prefer to have one friend for going out, another to study with and so on. Make allowances for what works for them. Friends, Family Members, Teachers, Grief Councillors, Doctor(s), Mental Health Nurse, Childline.