Chapter 3 Stress management

Stress is a combination

• new, possibly threatening situations and your body's natural response

• poor eating habits and little sleep

• vitamins and minerals

• decreasing energy

Stress can be negative or

• critical

• positive

• imaginary

• weird

A stressful situation

• is always stressful for everyone

• is never stressful for others

• can never have positive effects

• can be stressful to some people and not others

Winning, succeeding (eustress)

• Distress

• Boredom

• Positive Stress

• stressor

Negative stress

• Positive stress

• Stressor

• Distress

• Boredom

Anything that causes a stress response

• Positive stress

• Stressor

• Distress

• Boredom

People use defense Mechanisms to

• fight or run

• stress themselves

• try to feel better fast

• drive other people away

Ignoring or denying the problem is an example of which defense mechanism

• Rationalization

• Displacement

• Denial

• Projection

The problem with defense mechanism is

• they are temporary

• The delay dealing with the stressor

• they are the easy way out

• All the above

When you feel threatened, your body has a stress response, also called

• a lowered heart rate response

• a mental challenge

• The "fight or flight" response

• depression