stress and the stages of loss

What is stress?

• the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment

• reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

• common and natural reaction to a loss that brings on strong emotions

• stage of the stress response in which the body performs at a higher level

• one of the stages a person may go through after a serious loss

What is grief?

• the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment

• reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

• common and natural reaction to a loss that brings on strong emotions

• stage of the stress response in which the body performs at a higher level

• one of the stages a person may go through after a serious loss

Chronic stress is stress associated with long-term problems

• True

• False

Ignoring a loss helps the healing process

• False

• True

During the acceptance stage of grief, a person experiences remorse.

• True

• False it is resistance

• False it is fatigue

• False it is closure

Which of the following is an example of positive stress?

• Worry about a situation that causes you to lose sleep

• Feeling overwhelmed by a problem that you cannot solve

• Pressure to do well that motivates you to work harder

• All of the above

You should identify the cause of stress in order to handle it because ...

• different causes of stress lead to different stress responses

• knowing the cause may help you prevent it or reduce its effects

• once a cause of stress has been identified it can always be eliminated

• the cause of the stress determines how you will respond to it physically

During which stage of the stress response are psychosomatic responses likely to occur?

• Alarm stage

• Resistance stage

• Fatigue stage

• Physical stage

A person who feels numb about a serious loss is probably

• still in the denial stage of grief

• already recovered from the loss

• in the acceptance stage of grief

• feeling remorse over the loss

To get through the grieving process, a person needs to

• avoid expressing strong emotions

• stop thinking about the future

• face the reality of the loss

• learn how the loss could have been prevented