1. Flight or Fight Response
Many different things happen in your body: sweat, breathing increases, muscles tighten, blood pressure increases, white blood cells decrease {= decreased resistance to illness, over time}, etc.2. Stressors
Come from three different sources:3. General Adaptation Syndrome
1. Environmental = people, job, family
2. Physical = those events in your body that require attention, such as puberty, aging, etc.
3. Mental = those thoughts which govern and control your actions
We go through phases:4. What Stressors Affect
1. Alarm phase
2. Resistance phase
3. Exhaustion phase {if stress continues too long}
1. Control5. Vicious Cycle
2. Hope
3. Self-worth
6. Example of a Burn-out Cycle
End result = fired, alcoholism, overeating, family breakdown, etc.7. Three Ways of Coping
Characteristics of burn-out:
- emotional or physical exhaustion
- feel faced with excessive demands
- headaches and migraines
- sleeping problems
- stomach problems
- family problems increase, etc.
1. Negative coping skills:
- drugs, alcohol, abuse of food
- smoking more, etc
2. Inaction = doing nothing. Problem: stress builds up.
3. Positive coping skills:
1. Admit a problem existsLearn postive ways of coping with stress!!
2. Identify the actual problem
3. Choose alternatives that you can control
4. Take Action
5. Get others involved in the coping process