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Stress/Management
Health Test #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stress | feelings created from any physical, mental, or emotional discomfort |
| Eustress | good stress |
| distress | bad stress |
| acronym for stress response | GAS |
| Stressor | anything that is a cause of stress |
| First step in stress response | alarm/alert |
| Second step in stress response | resistance/return to normal |
| Third step exhaustion/fatigue leads to | illness |
| stress causes illness because it | lowers immunity |
| stress skill: alter | change |
| stress skill: accept | move on |
| stress skill: avoid | fight/walk away |
| stress skill: adapt | learn to deal with |
| long term stress | chronic |
| immediate stress | acute |
| stress that happens over and over in jobs | episodic |
| how can you reduce stress | manage time and set priorities |