is changing your outlook in order to see a situation in a more positive way
Reframing
The body changes that occur from experiencing stress is called
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
This is the stage when a person experiences
"flight or fight" feeling. A person's body at this stage releases "stress hormones" such as adrenaline. It enables a person to do things he/she does not usually do.
Alarm Stage
This is the stage when they body has already responded to the stressor. A person in this stage continuously experiences the "stress". But the strong feeling is less than the previous stage.
Resistance Stage
This is the stage when a person slowly loses the energy to manage the stress. This is also referred to as the "gate toward burnout or stress overload" (Sincero, 2012).
Exhaustion Stage
refers to the end of the physical being of a person that is caused by an illness, ageing, or an accident.
Death
Occurs when someone dies or a life situation changes or ends
Loss
refers to "the emotional suffering caused by a loss, disaster, or misfortune" (Meeks, et al,, 2007).
Grief
death caused by prolonged sickness or anticipated death showing little emotion after death due to experienced grief prior to death.
Low-Grief Death
unexpected death where grieving process may be more emotional and longer because no preparation for death was done.
High-Grief Death
Causes of Mental Disorders
Life SituationandExperiences, Physical Conditions
includes insecurities in early life like broken homes, loss of loved ones, marital problems, financial difficulties, unemployment, and others.
Life Situations and Experiences
includes fever, intoxication of alcohol and drugs, trauma like head injuries, senility, and disturbance of endocrine glands
Physical Conditions
also referred to as affective disorders, this is a condition impacting mood and related functions.
Mood Disorder
also called as manic-depressive disorder. It is a "form of depression characterized by alternating mania and depression"'
Bipolar Disorder
a "mental illness with biological origins that is characterized by irrational behavior, severe alterations of the senses and often inability to function in the society"
Schizophrenia
mental health condition resulting from unbearable traumatic or terrifying events.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
is an anxiety disorder where the person experiences recurring obsessions and compulsions
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
a chronic or continuing and non- adaptive behavior of dealing with other people and life changes.
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Refers to a positive and healthy response of the body from the stressor.
Eustress
Refers to a negative reaction of the body towards a given Stressor.
Distress
Is defined as the physiological or physical and emotional responses to a significant or unexpected change or disruption in one’s life.