Warm- Up

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Warm- Up

• List 5 situations that you think cause teens to
  feel stressed. Next to each item, write down why
  you think that particular situation is a source
  of stress for teens.

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STRESS!?!?!?!

• Lesson 5

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Objectives

• Examine the causes and effects of stress
• Analyze how stress can affect physical,
  mental/emotional and social health

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Key Terms

• Stress the reaction of the body and mind to
  everyday challenges and demands
• Perception the act of becoming aware through the
  senses
• Greatly affects stress levels

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Causes

• Stressor ANYTHING that causes stress
• People, objects, places, events, situations
• Some stressors affect almost everyone in the same
  way (siren heightened alertness) while others
  affect people in very different ways
  (transferring schools anxiety or excitement)

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5 Categories

• Biological Stressors
• Illnesses, disabilities, injuries
• Environmental Stressors
• Poverty, pollution, crowding, noise, natural
  disasters
• Cognitive (Thinking) Stressors
• Perception of a situation
• Personal Behavior Stressors
• Negative reactions in the body and mind caused by
  tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs or by a lack of
  physical activity
• Life Situation Stressors
• Death of a pet, divorce of parents, trouble in
  relationships

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Stress Response

• 2 major systems are active during the bodys
  response to stressors
• Nervous System
• Endocrine System
• 3 Stages of the Stress Response Just remember
  ARF! Alarm, Resistance, Fatigue

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A- Alarm

• First stage
• Body and mind go on high alert
• fight or flight response
• Figure 8.1 page 200

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R- Resistance

• 2nd stage
• Body adapts to the rush created by the alarm
  and reacts to the stressor
• When you actually fight or take flight
• Fight ability to resist a physical challenge or
  attack can be enhanced (such as a person being
  able to lift an automobile to save a friend)
• Flight maybe be able to run faster or farther
  and you normally could

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F- Fatigue

• Prolonged exposure to stress will result in
  fatigue
• 3rd stage
• Tired feeling takes over, lowering your level of
  activity
• Physical fatigue
• muscles work vigorously over long periods of
  time, often leading to soreness and pain
• impaired reaction time
• Muscles tire quickly
• Psychological fatigue
• Result from constant worry, overwork, depression,
  boredom, isolation or feeling overwhelmed
• Combination of the above factors
• Pathological fatigue
• Tiredness brought on by overworking the bodys
  defenses
• Anemia, the flu, being overweight, poor nutrition
  can all bring on pathological fatigue
• Drugs and alcohol can intensify the feeling

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Physical Effects of Stress

• Psychosomatic response a physical reaction that
  results from stress rather than from an injury or
  illness (psycho meaning of the mind and somatic
  meaning of the body)
• Sleep disorders, skin disorders, stomach and
  digestive problems

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Physical Effects Continued

• Headache
• Stress headache is the most common type of
  headache
• In a year 70 of people worldwide will have at
  least one stress headache
• Headaches related to tensions When stressed the
  muscles in head and neck contract

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Physical Effects Continued

• Asthma
• For some stress can trigger an asthma attack (in
  a person with asthma)
• If you have asthma its very important to
  discover what sets your attacks off and learn how
  to manage or avoid those triggers

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Physical Effects Continued

• High Blood Pressure
• Result of prolonged stress
• Increase in cholesterol levels from prolonged
  stress block arteries
• Contributing factor to heart disease and stroke
• Also common among overweight individuals, so
  being overweight and stressed would be a
  cumulative risk for heart disease

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Physical Effects Continued

• Weakened Immune System
• Prolonged stress reduces the bodys ability to
  fight diseases
• Weakened immune system makes your body more prone
  to diseases and infections, which can then stress
  your body even more

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Mental/ Emotional and Social Effects

• Interference with daily activities
• Interference with relationships

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Mental/ Emotional and Social Effects Continued

• Difficulty Concentrating
• Hard to focus because of circumstances
• Could lead to negative self talk
• Distorted belief that failure is inevitable
• Mood Swings
• Common reaction
• Teens may experience as a result of hormonal
  changes during adolescence
• Strain on relationships
• Risks of Substance Abuse
• Stress increases a persons vulnerability to drug
  use
• Many people give stress as a reason that they
  started smoking or drinking
• Actually increases stress and leads to even
  bigger problems

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Take Control!

• Chronic Stress stress associated with long term
  problems that are beyond a persons control
• Less intense symptoms than the fight or flight
  response but they will last longer
• Upset stomach, headache, insomnia, change in
  appetite, feeling anxious
• Strategies to TAKE CONTROL
• Physical activity- improves bodys health,
  releases pent up tension, affects brain chemistry
  helping to calm you down
• Support among friends and family- talk about how
  you feel
• Partake in a hobby or activity that relaxes you
• AVOID the use of tobacco, alcohol or other drugs-
  these can lead to addiction and even bigger
  problems