Mental Health

Stress is always bad for you.

• True
• False

What is positive stress? 

• A type of stress that is not THAT bad
• Stress that has no physical or emotional symptoms
• stress that causes you to perform better or get things done
• Stress that does not last long

What is negative stress?

• Stress that prevents you from doing something or functioning in your every day life
• stress that lasts a long amount of time
• stress that has many symptoms
• stress that do not speak to anyone about

A __________ is a way of dealing with or handling stress

• coping mechanism 
• to do list
• strategy 
• Appointment 

People react differently to stress.

• True
• False

Moving to a new school district is an example of an environmental problem

• True

• False

How can stress affect your health?

• stomachaches

• asthma

• headaches

• lower resistance to disease

• all of the above

Resilience is...

• focusing on the negative and expecting the worst

• the ability to recover from life's difficulties and bounce back from stress

• feeling threatened by the stress

• ignoring the stress

Anything that causes stress is called a

• healthy lifestyle

• negative stress

• stressor

• adrenaline

Being able to adjust to new situations

• self-concept

• adapt

• self-esteem

• change