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4.2 Dealing w/Stress. Key Terms What is Resiliency? The ability to recover from illness, hardship & other stressors What is an Asset? A skill or resource.

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1 4.2 Dealing w/Stress

2 Key Terms What is Resiliency? The ability to recover from illness, hardship & other stressors What is an Asset? A skill or resource that can help a person reach a goal How do you Prioritize? Arrange items in order of importance

3 How Can You Take Care Of Yourself? Exercise Regularly: –Exercising helps relieve stress & tension. Get Enough Rest: –Teens should get at least 9 hours of sleep to be able to effectively deal with stressors Eat Right: –Nutritional foods gives you the energy you need to tackle every day stresses & demands.

4 What Are Two Relaxation Techniques? 1. Breathing Exercises: Completely fill your lungs with air. Deep breathing brings more oxygen into your lungs, helping your muscles & organs function at their best. Deep breathing keeps the brain alert & ready to think. HOW TO DEEP BREATHE: –Find a comfortable place to sit –Shut your eyes & concentrate only on breathing –Slowly inhale until your lungs cannot hold any more air – hold for 2 seconds –Exhale slowly. Repeat the process 5 times

5 2. Tension-Releasing Exercises: When you are stressed out your muscles hold the pent up tension. Your muscles may ache or feel very hard to the touch. HOW TO RELEASE TENSION »Tense your muscles one by one »Notice how it feels to have the muscles tense »Relax »Notice how it feels to have the muscles relaxed. »Move your way up your body until your entire body is relaxed

6 What Assets Build Resiliency? Support Empowerment Boundaries Productive Use of Time Commitment to Learning Positive Values Social Skills Positive Identity

7 How Can You Gain A Positive Attitude? Use Positive Self Talk: –Say positive things to yourself –Be your own cheerleader Be Confident in Yourself: –A positive attitude will create a positive outcome –See the cup as ½ full instead of ½ empty Don’t Worry About Things You Can’t Control: –Accept what you cannot change. –Only put your energy into things you can control.

8 How Can You Manage Your Time? 1.List and Prioritize What You Need To Do: –Create your list of things to do in order of importance. –Prioritizing helps you decide which activities are not important. 2.Know and Set Your Limits: –Know how far you can push yourself. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. –You cant get ANYTHING done if you are too stressed out.

9 3.Make a Schedule: –It is a lot easier to plan out your day when you have a concrete visual list to work from. HOW DO YOU CREATE A SCHEDULE? BE SMART!  S - Simple  M –Measurable (I will complete 10 math problems)  A – Action Oriented  R – Realistic & Rewarding  T – Timed (I will complete ___ by this weekend.

10 Write Summary On Your Paper Below Summary, Select Two of the Scenarios Below & Write Your Solution Based On Your Notes Write The Number & Text Of The Scenarios You Choose SCENARIO ONE: You have a huge biology test tomorrow, you’ve agreed to baby sit tonight, you have to make dinner, and you have health homework. You are starting to feel a little overwhelmed, what do you do? SCENARIO TWO: You haven’t really slept well in a couple of nights and you are under a lot of stress with work and school. Your muscles are starting to feel a little tense. What do you do? SCENARIO THREE: You know that finals are coming up and you want to prepare your body for the stress ahead. What are three things that you can do to prepare yourself? SCENARIO FOUR: You are about to make a speech in front of your whole class and you are REALLY nervous and stressed out. You can either A) tell yourself that you will do great or B) focus on how nervous and unprepared you feel. What is the best option?


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