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Stress_jmwgreene
Stress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Stress | the body's reaction to any stimulus hat requires adjustment to a changing environment |
| Define Stressors | the stimuli that require change, alteration of behavior, or adaptation |
| How does constant stress disrupt the normal activities of the body? | causing illness/diseases: Migaraine, anxiety reactions depression, allergies, asthma, insomnia, heart dz |
| True/False is all stress harmful | NO! A small amount of stress is beneficial to the body |
| How is a small amount of stress good? | It makes you more alert, raises your energy level, motivates to accomplish a task, and more organized |
| Feelings that positive stress evoke are: | excitement, anticipation, self-confidence, and sense of accomplishment |
| Feeling that negative stress evoke: | frustration, boredom, irritability, anger, depression, exhaustion, and self-criticism |
| After an emergency the Parasympathetic nervous system counteracts the actions of the sympathetic nervous system causing the body to? | slow heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure, and increasing the activity of the digestive tract |
| In times of emergency the sympathetic nervous system prepares the body to act by? | increasing the heart rate, respirations, and blood pressure and also decreasing digestive activity |
| Negative stress can lead to | substance abuse, smoking, drinking drug abuse, and overeating |
| Problem solving method to recognize stressors: | 1. gather info 2. id problem 3. list solutions 4. make plan 5. implement plan 6. evaluate plan 7. adjust plan as needed |
| managing reactions to stress steps: | 1. stop 2. deep breath 3. think about prob 4. decide on solution |
| Name 3 Stress reducing techniques | diet, rest, exercise, meditate, write, talk |
| anger | inborn, instinct an emotional reaction to loss |
| anxiety | vague, unpleasant feeling that produces physiological sensation |
| fear | result of a specific, identifiable cause, similar to anxiety |
| aggression | a combo of frustration, hate, and/or rage |
| in control | perception that one has choices and able to create a change in physiological state or current life circumstances |
| powerlessness | perception that one's actions can not effect change in outcome. long term feelings of powerlessness and physical and mental fatigue |
| hopelessness | perception that one's needs have not potential to be met. long term feeling are depression |
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