Managing Stress

a reaction of your body and mind to threatening or challenging events in life.

• Stressor

• Stress

• Eustress

• Distress

Many different situations, events, and people can cause stress. The causes of stress are called _________.

• Stressors

• Stress

• Fight ot flight response

• Homeostasis

when you perceive a stressful situation as an opportunity that will lead to a good outcome, it promotes growth and accomplishment.

• Homeostasis

• Distress

• Positive Stress

• Negative Stress

Also known as distress, it occurs when the level of stress is either too high or too low and your body or mind begin to respond negatively to the stressor.

• Eustress

• Negative Stress

• Positive Stress

• Adrenaline

A state in which the body’s internal functions are in balance.

• Stressor

• Fight or flight response

• Alarm stage

• Homesostasis

The first stage of stress; during this stage, you become more alert, you take in information and become more aware of the things going on around you.

• Alarm Stage

• Resistance Stage

• Exhaustion Stage

• Homeostasis

A substance that produces a burst of energy when released in the body during the alarm stage of stress.

• Sweat

• Adrenaline

• Blood

• Water

The immediate reaction to stress that prepares you to either confront or run away from a stressor.

• Stressor

• Eustress

• Distress

• Fight ot flight response

If stressor continues, you enter into the _______ stage of stress response, during this stage the body tries to recover from the alarm of the first stage. The body continues to function at a higher-than-normal level.

• Alarm

• Resistance

• Exhaustion

• Homeostasis

If the stressor still continues, you may enter the _________ stage, the third stage of the stress response. In this stage, the body is worn down and no longer has enough energy to fight off the stressor.

• Alarm

• Resistance

• Exhaustion

• Homeostasis