Mental Health and Understandinf Stress

• heart rate formula

  220 - age x (.60 and .85 respectively) = max heart rate range
• mental health


  the state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life
• stress response

  fight, flight, or freeze ; caused by adrenaline
• distress

  negative stress
• effects of distress

  increased heart rate, shallow breathing, constriction of the blood vessel, insomnia
• cortisol


  stress hormone
• eustress


  positive stress
• effects of eustress

  motivation, excitement, improved performance
• stressors


  stimuli that produce (eu/di)stress
• physical signs of stress


  symptoms in the body that signal stress (i.e. headaches, lost appetite)
• Emotional signs of stress


  changes in emotional state as a stress response (irritability, anxiety)
• behavioral signs of stress


  new or lost habits resulting from stress (i.e. substance abuse)