Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Chapter 4

Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Chapter 4: Section 1 Stress and Your Health pp. 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 False Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down “Stress is a normal part of life that you cannot avoid. Sometimes stress can have a positive outcome. ” True:

Stress is the body’s and mind’s response to a demand. Does anyone know the definition for the term STRESSOR? Paper Plate Activity Taking a test Any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind Name two stressors for 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 False Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down Being a quadriplegic is an example of a BIOLOGICAL STRESSOR. True:

1. Environmental 2. Thinking 3. Behavioral CATEGORIES OF STRESSORS 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)? Biological Behavioral Thinking

3. Check-in Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend is what type of stressor? A. B. C. D. E. Environmental Thinking Behavioral Major Life Change Biological

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 GOOD BAD Is stress good or bad? Explain your answer. EUSTRESS 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 Taking a test Question # 2 Explain why some people might have difficulty piling the plates into two categories (Eustress and Distress).

Time to act quickly!!!!!!!! Fight- OR -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 the same stressors in the same 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 triggering changes 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 Stress ACUTE STRESS • Short-term stress, sudden, thrilling, or threatening. CHRONIC STRESS • Long-term stress, stressful conditions are ongoing and the stress response continues without resolution. • Your body is equipped to handle acute stress as long as it doesn’t occur too often. • Your body is not well equipped to handle chronic stress. • And as long as you can relax and recover after a • Stress response stressful event becomes damaging. (homeostasis). 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

Long-Term Stress Can Make You Sick Hans Selye (“Father of the Stress Response) 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 response) – Headaches, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and stomachaches (fight-or-flight

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

Long-Term Stress Can Make You Sick Exhaustion stage – Negative consequences of stress appear – You become exhausted, organs and immune system may suffer

Stress-Related Disorders and Diseases 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Tension headache Cold and flu Asthma Migraine headache Backache Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) Heart disease Stroke High blood pressure Chronic fatigue Ulcer Anxiety disorder Insomnia 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?

Practice • 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?

Match the terms on the left with the definition on the right. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. __Stressor __Fight-or-flight response __Distress __Eustress __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.

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Resources • http: //www. bodylogicphysiotherapy. co m/news/links. html • http: //www. abc. net. au/radionational/p rograms/healthreport/mindfulnessmeditation/4205816 • http: //www. healthnavigator. org. nz/he alth-topics/stress/ • Lifetime Health (Holt, 2004)