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Managing Stress
LESSON 2
Managing Stress
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Managing Stress
BIG
IDEA
You can manage stress by learning skills
to reduce the amount and impact of
stress in your life.
New Vocabulary
chronic stress
relaxation response
stress-management
skills
resilient
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Managing Stress
When Stress Becomes a Problem
Main Idea
Identifying what is stressful is the first step in
learning how to manage stress.
The trick for managing stress is to learn strategies
to keep stress from building up and to deal with
individual stressors effectively.
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When Stress Becomes a Problem
The effects of stress are additive, meaning they
build up over time. An increased number of
teens are experiencing chronic stress.
New Vocabulary
Chronic stress
Stress associated with long-term problems that are
beyond the person’s control.
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Stress-Management Techniques
Main Idea
You can develop strategies to both avoid and
reduce your stress.
Stress-management skills help you manage
stressors in a healthful, effective way.
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Avoiding and Limiting Stress
Avoid situations that cause stress is the easiest
way to reduce its effects.
If you are unable to avoid a stressor, try to
restrict or limit the amount of stress that you are
exposed to.
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Avoiding and Limiting Stress
Strategies for Avoiding and Limiting Stress
Use refusal skills
If taking on a new activity will add to your
stress, use refusal skills to say no.
Plan ahead
Manage your time wisely by planning
ahead. Think about how stressed you feel
before a test.
Think positively
A positive outlook limits stress by shifting
your perception and how you respond to
the stressor.
Fatigue
Using tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
will harm the body and cause more
stress.
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Managing Stress
Avoiding and Limiting Stress
Overcoming Test Anxiety
Plan for tests well in advance, studying a little each night.
Learn to outline material, highlighting and numbering important
points to learn them quickly.
During a test, use deep breathing. Sit comfortably in your chair
and use positive self-talk such as, “I can do this.”
Answer all the questions you are sure of, then go back and
answer the ones that are more difficult.
After getting your corrected test, examine your mistakes. If you
don’t understand the correction, ask the teacher.
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Handling Stress and Reducing Its Effects
For stressors that are unavoidable, practice stress
reduction techniques to achieve a relaxation
response.
New Vocabulary
relaxation response
A state of calm.
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Handling Stress and Reducing Its Effects
To lower the impact of stress on your health, try
these tips.
Practice
relaxation
techniques
Deep breathing, thinking pleasant
thoughts, stretching, taking a warm bath,
and even laughing can relieve stress.
Redirect
your energy
When energy builds because of stress,
use that energy in a constructive way.
Get physically active.
Seek support
Confide in someone you trust for an
objective view and valuable advice.
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Managing Stress
Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
Main Idea
Taking care of your health is essential to stress
management.
Positive health-maintenance habits help you
deal with stress, prevent stress, reduce stress, and
recover from stress.
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Get Adequate Rest
Adequate sleep can help you face the
challenges and demands of the next day.
Using time-management skills will allow you to
get the eight to nine hours of sleep you need
each night.
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Get Regular Physical Activity
Participating in regular physical activity benefits
your overall health.
Physical activity can release pent-up energy,
clear your mind, increase your energy level and
your endurance, and help you sleep better.
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Eat Nutritious Foods
Eating a variety of healthful foods and drinking
plenty of water not only helps your body
function properly, but it also reduces the effects
of stress.
Poor eating habits can contribute to stress,
causing weakness, fatigue, and a reduced
ability to concentrate.
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Staying Healthy and Building Resiliency
By including self-maintenance and stressmanagement strategies in your daily routine,
you can become more resilient.
Resiliency helps you handle difficulties and
challenges in healthful ways and achieve longterm success in spite of negative circumstances.
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Managing Stress
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Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
1. What is chronic stress?
Stress associated with long-term problems that
are beyond a person’s control.
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After You Read
Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
2. Identify four strategies to avoid or
limit stress.
Use refusal skills; plan ahead; think positively;
avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.
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Managing Stress
After You Read
Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
3. Identify three relaxation techniques.
Any three: Deep breathing, thinking pleasant
thoughts, stretching, taking a warm bath,
getting a massage, laughing, engaging in a
creative hobby.
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