Takeing charge
Allen Cates - Health 100
Aug 27th 2008
Stress
stress |stres|
noun
1 pressure or tension exerted on a material object : the distribution of stress is uniform across the bar.
• the degree of this measured in units of force per unit area.
2 a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances :
he's obviously under a lot of stress | [in combination ] stress-related illnesses.
• something that causes such a state :
the stresses and strains of public life.
3 particular emphasis or importance :
he has started to lay greater stress on the government's role in industry.
• emphasis given to a particular syllable or word in speech,
typically through a combination of relatively greater loudness, higher pitch, and longer duration :
normally, the stress falls on the first syllable.
Fear
Parealesies
Joy
Freedom and life
Stress Cycle
ANS
ACTH - hormone that gets released during stress
Body resulults of stress
Adreailen
- Realse of hormones
- Increase in heart rate
- Increase blood pressure
- Increase blood sugar
- Decrease antibody proudction
- increase in fatty acids
Spleen
- Realse of red blood cells
- Blood clotting increases
- More white blood cells
Mouth
Pararsympathic | Sympathacthic
sympathactic - increasses, and prepares the body for stress
parasympathic - slows(like a parachut), allows the body to relax
Fight or Flight
- Pupils dialte
- endorphics are released
- hearing becomes more acute
- heart accelerate rate of beating increases strength of contraction
- Digestion halts
- Spleen
- Adrenal glands
- Pancreas decreases scretions
- muscles of intestines
- bladder relases
- voluntary muscles contract
- Pupils dilate to admit etra light
Common Stressors
- Major change in life - movieng, childern, jobs and marriage
- Daily Hassles - Rembering your stuff, being on time
Handleing Stress
- Reseliancey - emotianlatl intellagnvce and vilionce prevention
- Excerises
- Medating
- Optimiusm
- Freinds(good ones)
- Excerise
- Time mangaemnt
- Healthy diet
- Sleep
Your response promtes your wellness
G.A.S Genral Adaptation Syndrome
alram restatinsts exhasuation
Imagation can make things more stressful if you think negative. If you imanage postive, it can help stress
P.N.I (Psycho Nero Imunaolgy)
- Eustress - Joy
- Distress - Fear
Coupe - Handleing things
Open - Opening up to people
Pace - Give yourself time
Exericese - Work it out
Time Mangement
- Setting priotaery
- Optimal times
- Realistic goals and comminting to achive
- Budgeting time to achive goals
- Make long term goals short term goals
- Visualizing achiveing your goals
- Least pleasurable tasks first
- Consolidate tasks
- Delagate responasbiltys on to other people
- You can say no to things
- Taking breaks and enjoy other activaties
- Jumping into that task
- Changing your perspictve on stress
- Acting constructivly
- You can't please all the people all the time
- Postive attudie
- Laughter
- Relaxtion
- Reading out traiva in your mind
- The presnt is a gift
- Get rid of resments
- Going with the flow and being flexable
4 steps to help reliave stress
- Decide Exactly
- Devise a program
- Select reinforcment
- Support Group