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• Stress


  A feeling of emotional or physical tension that can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous
• Stress


  Your body's reaction to a challenge or demand
• Three perspectives on stress

  • Stimulus
  • Response
  • Relational
• Stress as a stimulus

  • Caused by situations that may be life threatening or life changing
• Stress as a response


  • The way the body reacts to a challenging situation
• Stress as a relational


  • When a person experiencing stress takes a step back to look at the situation that is causing the stress and assess it
• Two types of stressors


  • External
  • Internal
• External stressors


  Those that come outside of you like situations, people, and experiences
• Internal stressors


  Those coming from within you like thoughts that you have that caused you to feel fearful and uncertain about the future
• Possible stressors


  • School demands and expectations
  • Selecting a school, course, or career
  • Separation anxiety
  • College life
  • Romantic relationship or lack of it
  • Family demand and expectations
  • Health concerns
  • Demands of social life
  • Bullying