Taking charge of one's health (Stressors and Responses)

• Stress is a state of mental and emotional straine or tension resulting from adverse or very demending circumstances.
• Stress is a mental and physical response to the demands of your environment.
• Stressor is any event or conditions that put strain on the individual.
• SIGNS AND SYSMBOLS OF STRESS

  • Physiological/Physical - low energy, insomia, chest pain
  • Cognitive - forgetfulness, constant worrying, lack of concentration and attention, pesseimictic
  • Emotion/Affect - moody, irritable, lonely
• NOT ALL TYPES OF STRESS ARE BAD

  • Eustress - positive kind of stress; leads to optimal performance
  • Distress - negative type of stress
• STRESS RESPONSE

  • Primary Appraisal - figuring out the event
  • Secondary Appraisal - assessment of resources to handle the stressor.

  PERSONAL RESOURCES

  • Resilience
  • Gratitude
  • Grit
  • Hope
  • Growth mindst
  • Optimism
  • Efficacy
• CHARACTERISTICS OF STRESSORS

  • Unpredictability of the event
  • Intensity of the event
  • Uncontrollability
  • Pressure

  Negative emotions are normal reponses to abnormal events.