1. John Townsend

2. © 2001 Townsend International How’s your life going? /stress-related diseases

3. © 2001 Townsend International Stress-Related Diseases Heart attacks/heart disease High blood pressure Peptic ulcers Migraine headaches Pains in the neck Certain types of asthma Many forms of cancer Alcoholism Toxicomanias /causes of death 1900’s

4. © 2001 Townsend International Stress /worst definition

5. © 2001 Townsend International Stress Defined…??? Stress may be defined as a potentially adaptive set of isomorphic arousal modulation responses to a registered demand on a system in search of homeostasis /my definition

6. © 2001 Townsend International My Stress Definition Stress is the pain that the body feels when things get out of balance /healthy pattern

7. © 2001 Townsend International The Healthy Stress Patterns Excited Relaxed Whew Uh Oh! Normal /unhealthy pattern

8. © 2001 Townsend International The Unhealthy Stress Patterns Excited Relaxed Uh Oh! Breakdown Uh Oh! /blank

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