Stress Flashcards
Stress
Any strain pressure or excitement you feel about a situation or event
Adrenaline
What is released to speed up the systems in our body
Stressor
Anything which causes you stress
Visualization
Closing your eyes and meditating and thinking about something else to calm yourself down
Fight or flight
Ways to respond to stress
Distress
Unhappy stress, unhappy circumstances
Eustress
Positive stress, happy situations
Physical fatigue
Causes you to be physically exhausted
Psychological fatigue
Causes you to be mentally exhausted
Coping skills
Plan, talk, redirect, relax, laugh
What are examples of eustress
Receiving an award
Trying out for a team
Performing in a recital
What are examples of distress
Injury
Divorce
Rejection
What are three major responses to stress
Fight flight and freeze
How can someone deal with stress
Talk, relax, exercise, meditate, talk to people
What are symptoms of stress
high br, high bp, high hr, headaches, sweaty palms, stutter, fatigue