Healthy Coping Mechanisms and Stress Effects

What is stress?

• A physical and emotional response response to challenges or pressure

• A lack of energy

• A medical condition

• The same as anxiety

Which of the following is a healthy way to manage stress?

• Overeating

• Procrastinating

• Exercising regularly

• Ignoring the stressor

How can stress affect your physical health?

• It can enhance your memory

• It can improve your immune system

• It can increase your energy levels

• It can lead to high blood pressure

Which of these is a healthy coping mechanism for stress?

• Ignoring the problem

• Talking to a friend

• Eating junk food

• Keeping emotions bottled up

What is mindfulness?

• Thinking about your problems constantly

• Focusing on the present moment

• Multitasking effectively

• Planning every detail of your day

You have a big test tomorrow and feel overwhelmed. What is the best way to manage this stress?

• Study all night without sleeping

• Take breaks while studying and practice deep breathing

• Ignore the test and hope for the best

• Cancel all other plans to only focus on the test

Your friend is feeling stressed about schoolwork. What’s the best way to help?

• Change the subject

• Tell them to ignore it

• Add more things to their schedule

• Encourage them to talk about their feelings

You have a big project due next week and feel stressed about starting it. What’s the best first step?

• Procrastinate until the night before

• Break the project into smaller tasks and start one today

• Complain about how hard it is

• Skip it and hope your teacher doesn’t notice

Your best friend is arguing with you, and it’s making you feel anxious. What’s a healthy way to handle the situation?

• Take a deep breath, calm down, and have an honest conversation later

• Yell back at them to get your point across

• End the friendship immediately

• Pretend nothing happened and suppress your feelings

You’re feeling stressed because you’ve been invited to several events this weekend but don’t have time for all of them. What should you do?

• Say yes to everything and hope for the best

• Ignore all the invites and isolate yourself

• Polietly decline some invitations and prioritize what’s most important to you

• Cancel everything and binge watch TV