• Learning Target:
▫ I can identify my daily stressors and understand their
influence on my life
▫ I can identify how my body reacts to stress and how to
manage it.
• Success Criteria:
▫ Brain Games Video
▫ Stress Style
• Entry Task:
▫ Grab the purple worksheet and work on your stress
style. Once your finished reflect somewhere on the
purple sheet about which stress style you are and why?
You have 10 minutes!
STRESS!!!!
What stresses you out?
What is stress?
• The body’s and
mind’s reaction to a
demand or threat
• Stress can be minor
and go unnoticed, or
major and drastically
affect your life!
• https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=pzb67HYWf9o
What is a stressor?
• Something that
causes stress!
▫ Causes a stress response
in your body
• Different types of
stressors
▫ Noises, people, objects,
places, events, situations,
etc.
Stress can be positive or negative!!
DISTRESS
EUSTRESS
• Negative stress
▫ Caused by too much
pressure or trauma
▫ Occurs when someone
does not know how to
cope with a stressor
• Positive stress
▫ Can help you reach
goals
▫ Makes a person feel in
control
How a person reacts ….
DISTRESS
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Nervous
Forgetful
Frightened
Confused
Unsure
EUSTRESS
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Alert
Focused
Motivated
Energized
Confident
SHORT TERM PHYSCIAL SYMPTOMS OF
STRESS
 Faster Heart Beat
 Increased Sweating
 Cool Skin
 Cold Hands & Feet
 Feelings of Nausea, or “Butterflies in Stomach”
 Rapid Breathing
 Tense Muscles
 Dry Mouth
 A Desire to Urinate
 Diarrhea
Physical Disorders
Emotional/Behavioral
• High Blood Pressure
• Migraine & Tension
Headaches
• Ulcers
• Colds & Flu
• Muscle Tension Problems
• TMJ Syndrome
• Chronic Fatigue
• Depression
• Possibly Cancer &
Arthritis
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Anxiety
Panic Attacks
Depression
Conduct Disorders
Eating Disorders
Alcoholism
Drug Addiction
Hyperchondricism
Stress Interventions
• Eliminate Stressor
• Use Selective Awareness
• Use Relaxation
Techniques:
 Meditation
 Progressive Relaxation
 Body Scanning
 Autogenic Training
 Humor Therapy
 Yelling & Crying
 Art Therapy
 Music Therapy
• Stress Management
Techniques:
 Time Management
 Participate in Physical Activity
 Be Physically Healthy
 Use a Support Group
 Have a Spiritual Connection
 Get Professional Help
Problem Solving Your Stress
• On a blank piece of paper list all the stressors
you can think of that currently cause you stress.
▫ Don’t hesitate and analyze – just write!
• From your list, determine the 5 most stressful
stressors and star/circle them.
Label your top 5 stressors:
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NC: those that you have no control over
$: those that are important to you
- : those that are of little importance to you
 : those causing you to worry or lose sleep
 : those you spend little time worrying about
• For each answer YES or NO:
▫ Are the benefits greater than the stress it will
create to deal with the stressor?
• Now look over your responses and in a
paragraph complete the following:
▫ The most significant thing I learned about my
stressors is that ……………..
▫ Now that I know that ………………….
• Mental Relaxation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZQ9Gfmz
R14
• Progressive muscular relaxation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eHqfc8qQs
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• Goal Setting
Humor Therapy
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafvH8vdO
dk
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awf45u6zrP
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGcfGcM1sk
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Exit Slip!
• http://swift.tahoma.wednet.edu/tjhs/mrs-hartshealth-class/documents
• Above is the link to Stress exit slip. Must be
completed and shared with me,
khart@tahomasd.us in google drive.
• Make sure your name, title and period number
are on the subject line!