ATB#8
1. What stressed you out today?
(2 sentences)
2. What stressed you out the most
this past month? (2 sentences)
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Mental Disorders Quiz
STRESS
What Causes Stress?
How did you feel the 1st time I threw
the tennis balls?
How did you feel the 2nd time I threw
the tennis balls?
How did you feel the 3rd time I threw
the tennis balls?
What can we learn from this activity
about stress in our lives?
What can this activity tell us about
stress in our lives?
• Sometimes problems come slowly and you can
handle them.
• Too fast- hard to handle them.
• Stress can build up in your life
• Stress can be one large problem that hits you
(death, divorce, moving) or can be too many all
at once.
In your journal draw this
What is Stress?
• Stress = the response of
your body and mind to being
challenged or threatened.
• You experience stress when
situations, events, or people make
demands on your body and mind.
Types of Stress…
• Stress can be positive or negative.
• EUSTRESS = POSITIVE stress
• DISTRESS = NEGATIVE stress
Identify what may have caused eustress (good stress) and
distress (bad stress) in the following example:
At 7:30 on a snowy evening, Vince and the other
members of his band are setting up for their first big
performance. They are the opening band at a concert to
raise money for hurricane relief. The hurricane destroyed
hundreds of homes.
Vince feels good about helping the relief effort, but so
far nothing has gone right. Before he could leave for the
concert hall, he had to spend 20 minutes shoveling his car
out of the snow. Kenji couldn’t find his favorite drumsticks,
and Vince is worried that the hall is too cold for him to keep
his guitar in tune. Rashinda is distracted because she just
found out that her sister is getting married.
After tuning up his guitar, Vince looks up and sees
the first members of the audience arriving. Rashinda gives
him a thumbs-up sign, and he starts to grin. It’s time to
work.
Causes of Stress
• STRESSOR = An event or situation that
causes stress.
 Ringing alarm clock
 Difficult homework assignment
 Argument with a friend
What are the 10 ten stressors
for teens?
• With your assigned group list what you think are
the top 10 stressors for teens on your
scratch piece of paper.
4 Types of Stressors
 Major life changes
 Catastrophes
 Everyday problems
 Environmental problems
• Catastrophes
▫ Natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods,
earthquakes, and tornadoes.
• Everyday problems
▫ Some of the most common stressors
▫ Minor, but frequent, everyday events. “Hassles”
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Misplacing keys
Missing your bus
Having too many homework assignments in the same day
Arguments
• Environmental problems
▫ Conditions that affect your level of stress.
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Noise
Living in unsafe or crowded conditions
Poor air quality
Weather (extreme temperatures)
Categorize the top 10 stressors into
the 4 types of stress we just discussed
• What type of stress is causing teens the most
stress?
Think of three major life changes you
have experienced in the past five years.
• Going from junior high to high
school
• Getting a drivers license
• Going through parents’ divorce
• Remarriage of a parent
• Having a newborn sister or
brother
• Having a serious illness
• Moving to a new school district
• Starting to date
• Breaking up with a boyfriend or
girlfriend
• Being elected to student
government
• Making or not making a team
• Having a parent lose their job
• Failing a class
• Being on the honor roll
• Receiving an award
How did you handle these?
Were these experiences positive (eustress) or
negative (distress)?
STRESS QUIZ
Number your paper from 1-27 and answer each of the questions below by
answering “yes” or “no”. Answer the questions in terms of your own
personal experiences and feelings DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
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Have you lived or worked in a noisy area?
Have you changed your living conditions or moved?
Have you had trouble with parents or family?
Have you taken out a loan or borrowed money from someone?
Have you tended to fall behind with the things you should do?
Have you found it difficult to concentrate at times?
Have you frequently had trouble going to sleep?
Have you found that you tend to eat, drink, or sleep more than you really
should?
9. Have you watched 3 or more hours of television daily for weeks at a time?
10. Have you changed jobs or work responsibilities?
11. Have you been dissatisfied or unhappy with work/school or felt excessive
responsibility?
12. Has a close friend died?
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Have you or a girlfriend been pregnant?
Have you had an addition to the family? (baby sis/bro, grandparent move in)
Have you worried about making ends meet? (paying your bills/debts)
Has one of your family members had bad health?
Have you taken tranquilizers (sleeping pills) from time to time?
Have you frequently found yourself becoming easily irritated when things
don’t go well?
Have you often experienced bungled human relations – even with those you
love most?
Have you found that you’re often impatient or edgy with friends and family
members?
Have you tended to feel restless or nervous a lot of the time?
Have you had frequent headaches or digestive upsets?
Have you experienced anxiety or worry for days at a time?
Have you often been so preoccupied that you have forgotten where you’ve put
things (such as keys) or forgotten whether you turned off appliances when
leaving?
Have you had a serious accident, illness, or surgery?
Has anyone in your immediate family died?
Have your parents divorced or separated?
Scoring
• Give yourself the following points for
answering “yes” to these questions:
▫ Questions 1-9 = 3 points each
▫ Questions 10-21 = 4 points each
▫ Questions 22-25 = 5 points each
▫ Question 26 = 6 points
▫ Question 27 = 7 points
Add up your total points.
Total Score and Interpretation
• Low Scores (0-10)
• Medium Scores (11-30)
• High Scores (31 & up)
Scenario…
You are walking in a park. Suddenly, you see a
large dog that isn’t on a leash. The dog is
growling.
How do you react?
Instantly, your mind sizes up the situation. You
recognize that the dog could be a threat to your
safety. When you perceive something to be a
threat, your body springs into action. Your
body’s response isn’t under your control – it’s
automatic.
Stages of Stress
• The body’s response to stress occurs in three stages:
1. the ALARM stage
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c.
2. the RESISTENCE stage
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b.
c.
3. the EXHAUSTION stage
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b.
c.
Use your textbook on page 60 to
identify at least 3 things that occur in
each stage of the stress response. Fill
in the outline we just created.
Alarm Stage
• During the alarm stage, your body releases
adrenaline into your blood.
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Sudden burst of energy
Heart beats faster
Breathing speeds up
Muscles tense
Attention narrows as you focus on stressor
• These changes prepare you to “FIGHT” the
stressor or “FLIGHT” and escape. It is called the
Fight-or-Flight Response.
Resistance Stage
• When you are unable to successfully deal with a
stressor in the alarm stage, your body moves to
the resistance stage.
• During this stage your body adapts to the
presence of the stressor.
• Symptoms of the alarm stage disappear.
• The body works hard during the resistance stage
and uses a lot of energy.
• As a result, you may become tired, irritable, and
less able to handle additional stress.
Exhaustion Stage
• Your body can no longer keep up with the demands
that are placed on it.
• Physical and emotional resources are depleted.
• The exhaustion stage does not occur with each
stress response. If it did, your body would wear
out.
• Exhaustion only occurs if a stressor continues for a
long time – usually weeks, months, or even years.
• People may reach the exhaustion stage when they
experience extreme stress that is beyond their
control such as the death of a family member.
Recognizing Signs of Stress
• Stress can interfere with your ability to focus and
think clearly.
• When people are distracted, they risk injuring
themselves and others.
▫ A driver may not notice a pedestrian has stepped
into the crosswalk.
▫ The pedestrian may not notice the car.
• Before you can deal with stress, you must
recognize the warning signs which include
changes in how your body functions and changes
in emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
The stress response-fight or flight
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRrxNTn
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What warning signs of stress do you
routinely experience?
Stress and Illness
• Severe or prolonged stress can affect
your health.
• Stress can trigger certain illnesses,
reduce the body’s ability to fight an
illness, and make some diseases
harder to control.
Health problems caused by stress
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Stomachaches
Asthma (stress can trigger an attack)
Headaches
Lowered resistance to disease
Heart Disease
Resilience
• Some people seem to tolerate high
levels of stress and view stressful
events as challenges rather than as
threats.
• Resilience is the ability to recover
or “bounce back” from extreme or
prolonged stress.
• The key factor in resilience is having
the support of family and friends.
In your journal…
• List 5 things you could do to take control of your
stress and become resilient towards stress.
• Coping with my stress
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• 2.
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• 5.
Take Control of Stress
• Time Management
▫ Do you often wish there were more hours in a day?
▫ Do you tend to put things off until the last minute?
▫ Effectively managing your time will allow you to get
more done each day and feel more in control of your
life.
• Mental Rehearsal
▫ A technique where you practice an event without
actually doing the event. The event takes place in
your mind as you imagine yourself performing at
your best.
 Athletes and performers often use mental rehearsal
when preparing for a competition or performance.
Avoid Time Wasters
Time wasters keep you from
making the best use of the
time you have to study.
Playing video games
Talking on the phone
Watching TV
Listening to music
Daydreaming
Worrying
Not having a plan
Not following instructions
Not being able to concentrate
Agreeing to do too many things
Which example do you think costs you the most time?
What other examples would you like to add to the list?
Reduce Tension
• Even when a stressor isn’t under
your control, you can reduce the
stress.
• Three strategies to help you
relieve tension:
 Physical Activity
 Relaxation
 Biofeedback
Physical Activity
• By doing something physically active, you provide
your body with a healthy outlet for built-up energy
and shift your focus away from the stressor to the
task at hand.
▫ Bicycling, taking a walk, sports, playing the drums are
all ways to release tension.
▫ You don’t have to be an athlete to use physical activity
to manage stress.
▫ Choose something you enjoy so that you will be more
likely to do it on a regular basis.
▫ Try to incorporate physical activity into your daily
routine.
Relaxation
• The goal of relaxation techniques is to give
your body and mind a rest.
• When you are relaxed, you may be awake and alert,
but you are not responding actively to stressors.
▫ Reading a book, taking a nap, listening to music, doing
something creative, playing the guitar, taking a hot
shower or bath, stretching, massage, and deep
breathing.
▫ Deep breathing is done by taking a few deep breaths in
a row, breathing in as much air as you can through
your nose, and exhaling through your mouth.
▫ Deep breathing helps your body to
function better by taking in more oxygen.
Changing Your Thinking
• Replace negative thoughts with positive ones
▫ “I think I can” --the little engine who could
• Use humor in stressful situations
▫ Humor allows you to quickly deal with a stressor
and keep it in proper perspective.
Build Resilience
• You need to build your resilience to help you deal
with extreme or prolonged stress.
 Take care of yourself (eat well, exercise, get enough
sleep)
 Build a support system (friends, family, others)
 Take action (decide what needs to be done and do it)
 Help somebody (volunteer)
 Confide in yourself (write in a journal)
 Go easy on yourself (give yourself a break)
 Put things in proper perspective (remember the good
times and try to look beyond the difficult situation)
 Find a hassle-free zone (a place you feel stress free)
 Stick to your routines (maintain daily routines during
major life changes)
Reach Out for Support
• Sharing your problems can help you see them more
clearly. Just describing your concerns to someone
else often helps you to understand the problem
better. Talking about your problems can often help
reduce your stress.
 A parent or other adult relative
 A teacher or coach
 A religious leader
 A school counselor or nurse
 A sibling or friend
Plans for Managing Stress
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Confront the problem and devise a plan.
Use your time productively.
Incorporate physical activity into your routine.
Use relaxation to rest your mind and body.
Rehearse events to prepare in advance.
If possible, use biofeedback to control physical
tension.
• Maintain your sense of humor to keep your
stress in proper perspective.
• Seek help from others when you need it.
Practice Plickers
Section 2 Review page 64 questions 1-4
Stress and Individuals & Coping
With Stress
Section 3 & 4
How many of the following statements
accurately describe how you think or
behave?
 I need to be the best at everything I do.
 If something doesn’t go as planned, I feel
like a failure.
 I tend to expect the worst in most
situations.
 I want to be liked by everyone.
 I really enjoy competition.
• Your teacher walks into class and
says, “Okay, everyone, put away your
books. We are going to have a
surprise quiz.”
▫ How would you react?
▫ Would your classmates reaction be the
same as yours?
Responses to Stress Vary
• How you react to a stressor depends on how
you assess the situation.
1. Is the situation a threat to my well-being?
2. Do I have the necessary resources to meet
the challenge?
 Time, energy, skills, and experiences are resources.
• Situations that cause the most distress are
those in which you answered “NO” to
the second question.
Stress and Personality
• Your personality has a lot to do with how
you respond to stressors.
• Optimism is the tendency to focus on the
positive aspects of a situation.
• Pessimism is the tendency to focus on
the negative and to expect the worst.
A Perfectionist is a person who accepts
nothing less than excellence.
Because perfectionists set goals that are impossible to
attain, they are never satisfied with what they have
accomplished.
This can lead to a vicious cycle of trying harder, not
being satisfied, and trying harder still.
Ways to break the cycle:
•Accept that you cannot be perfect.
•Take pride in the things you do well.
•Don’t focus on your mistakes.
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Stress and Illness
• Severe or prolonged stress can affect
your health.
• Stress can trigger certain illnesses,
reduce the body’s ability to fight an
illness, and make some diseases
harder to control.
• Stomachaches:
▫ Stress disrupts the movement of food through the
digestive system.
▫ You may experience:
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Gas
Cramps
Diarrhea
Constipation
▫ Stress also increases the amount of stomach acid
which can lead to ulcers (open sore in the stomach
lining) and makes them more difficult to heal.
• Asthma:
▫ Stress can be a trigger for asthma.
▫ Asthma is where the air passages of the respiratory
system narrow, making it difficult to breathe.
▫ Symptoms can usually be controlled by an inhaled
medication, but it helps if people are able to
identify the stressors which can trigger an attack.
• Headaches:
▫ Stress can trigger headaches.
▫ Tension in the muscles around
your scalp, face, and neck may
produce an aching or pounding
sensation in your head.
▫ Migraines are a type of
headache
▫ In addition to stress, certain
foods, such as chocolate or
large amounts of caffeine, can
trigger headaches.
• Lowered Resistance to Disease:
▫ The immune systems protects your
body from sickness and disease.
▫ Prolonged stress can prevent the
immune system from functioning well.
 Easier to develop minor illnesses such as
colds and the flu.
 Harder to fight or control diseases such as
cancer.
• Heart Disease:
▫ Some effects of frequent or prolonged stress don’t
show up until later in life.
▫ In the alarm stage, your heart beats faster and
works harder to keep the blood flowing.
▫ Stress that is frequent or prolonged can cause
damage to the muscle fibers in the heart and the
lining of the blood vessels.
▫ Reducing stress is one of the ways that people can
lower their blood pressure and reduce the risk of
heart disease and stroke.