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Stress Management
Stress Management Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Stress | Natural Reaction of the mind and body to a demand placed on it - pleasant or unpleasant |
Eustress | Positive Stress |
Distress | Negative Stress |
Acute Stress | Short term, quick resolution |
Chronic Stress | Cumulative, prolonged and unrelieved |
CIS = Critical Incident Stress | Incident specific |
PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome | Symptoms not immediate, long period of recovery |
Fight or Flight | Physiological Changes are life saving, arousing the individual to prepare to fight or flee |
Central Nervous System | Brain, Spinal Chord |
Sympathetic Nervous System | Creates biochemical changes to mind and body Controls fight or flight |
Parasympathetic Nervous System | Controls rest, digestion, nutrients |
Hypervigilance | Elevated alertness of world around you Key to Officer Safety |
High Stress Incidents | Changes in vision, time perception, hearing perception, memory perception |
5 Phases of CIS | Denial, Anger Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance |
Anger | Most difficult emotion to control |