Signs and Symptoms of Stress

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What factors influence our response to stress?

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Personality, early upbringing, and life experiences.

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What are the three major types of stress?

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Physical and environmental stress, psychological stress, and social stress.

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What are physical stresses?

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Demands that change the state of our body, such as overexertion, lack of nutrition, injury, or lack of sleep.

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What are environmental stresses?

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Aspects of our surroundings that are often unavoidable, like air pollution, crowding, noise, and extreme weather.

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What are catastrophic environmental stresses?

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Events such as fire, earthquakes, and floods.

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What is psychological stress?

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Stresses generated in our minds, unique to the individual, including worry, anxiety, and depression.

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What causes frustration as a source of psychological stress?

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Blocking of needs and motives by something or someone.

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What are some causes of frustration?

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Social discrimination, interpersonal hurt, low grades in school.

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What is a conflict in the context of stress?

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A situation where two or more incompatible needs or motives exist.

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What are internal pressures?

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Beliefs based on expectations from ourselves, such as the need to do everything perfectly.