Types of Stress- Eustress is stress you enjoy like roller coasters and sports
-Distress is stress you do not enjoy like injury and big tests Responses to Stress-The fight or flight response is activated in the brain and body during the alarm stage of stress
-People experience many different reactions in the alarm phase. We are all different. -The resistance phase of stress tries to get body and emotions back to a normal state (homeostasis) - There are positive and negative ways to resist stress. Negative ways can be destructive to you and others - In the exhaustion phase of stress the body breaks down and becomes sick (colds, depression, etc..) -The PEAK model helps prevent stress before it even occurs. PEAK stands for Planning, Experience, Autonomy and Knowledge. These things help preven the perception of threats (stress)
Helpful Website
www.stress.org www.stepsforstress.org |
Stress is the physical, emotional, and social reaction to a perceived threat
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