Understanding Stress and Anxiety

Understanding Stress and Anxiety

Lesson objective:

By the end of this lesson, I will be able to recognize how stress and anxiety affect my emotions, thoughts, and body.

Vocabulary

• Stress: an emotional and/or physical response to something external, such as an upcoming test, or a fight with a friend.

• Anxiety: persistent, excess worry that feels out of your control.

Stress will pass!

Anxiety lingers (stays with you).

Multiple Choice

_______ is persistent, excess worry that feels out of your control.

• anxiety

• stress

Multiple Choice

______ is an emotional and/or physical response to something external, such as an upcoming test, or a fight with a friend.

• stress

• anxiety

Imagine you're stepping in front of the class to give a year-end presentation.

What's happening to your emotions? How do you feel?

Open Ended

What's happening to your emotions? How do you feel?

I feel...

What's happening to your thoughts? What are you thinking?

Open Ended

What's happening to your thoughts? What are you thinking?

I'm probably thinking...

What's happening to your body?

Open Ended

What's happening to your body?

My body...

My heart...

My face... etc.

The Stress Scale

Poll

A big test

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Poll

Starting high school

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Poll

Having a conflict with a good friend

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Poll

A family member being ill

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

How do you know hen you're stressed? What clues do you get from your emotions, thoughts, and body?

Open Ended

Emotions: I know I'm stressed when I feel...

Open Ended

Thoughts: I know I'm stressed when I think...

Open Ended

Body: I know I'm stressed when (my body)...