1. Chapter 4 Lessons1,2,3 Managing Stress & Coping with Loss
Manage Stress
Coping with Loss and Grief
Resiliency

2. Do Now
Take worksheet off my desk and begin to take Stress Quiz

3. Stress- is the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands Stressor – what causes the stress
Alcoholism
Separated Parents
Verbal Abuse
Low Self Esteem
Trouble in school
Eating Disorder
Suicidal thoughts
Negative peer pressure
How can stress be bad?
Watch 3 minute video

6. Body’s Stress Response
3 Stages
1)Alarm stage– body is
prepared quick action (fight or flight)
Adrenaline released (hormone released)
HR & Blood Pressure increase
Digestion slows
Muscles contract
Hearing and vision

7. Body attempts to regain internal balance Adrenaline stops
2) Resistance stage –
Body attempts to regain internal balance
Adrenaline stops
Body returns to normal
3) Fatigue stage- body stays in alarm stage for long periods of time
Risk of injury, illness, & death
Let's try breathing

8. GOOD STESS OR BAD STRESS
Moving to new state starting school
Going out on a first date
Presenting a seminar in front of class
Meeting you boyfriend/girlfriend’s parents
Finding out you (or partner) is pregnant
Worried about taking a test

9. How Stress Affects Your Health
Psychosomatic response- physical symptoms brought on by stress
PHYSICAL
Headaches
Stomach problems
High blood pressure
Weak immune system
Dizziness, general aches and pains, grinding teeth, clenched jaws, headaches, indigestion, muscle tension, difficulty sleeping, racing heart, ringing in the ears, stooped posture, sweaty palms, tiredness, exhaustion, trembling, weight gain or loss, upset stomach

10. How Stress Affects Your Health
Constant worry, difficulty making decisions, forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, lack of creativity, poor memory
Anger, anxiety, depression, feeling powerless, frequent irritability, loneliness, negative thinking, nervousness, sadness
EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL
Concentration
Mood swings
Crying/Frustration

11. How do you handle stress?
Chronic Stress – Stress associated with long term problems that are beyond a persons control

12. Stress Management Skills - Manage stress in healthful effective way
AVOIDING & LIMITING STRESS
Refusal skills – say no to things that add to your stress
Plan Ahead
Think Positively

13. Handling Stress and Reducing its Effects
4) Relaxation Response – breathing, stretching, warm bath, massage
5) Redirect Energy – jog, creative project, swim
6) Seek Support
Relaxation response – calm state
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Get comfortable
Tighten muscles in toes, hold for a count of 10, relax
Flex muscles in your feet, hold 10, relax, shoulders, arms neck, and face
Move slowly up body, tensing and relaxing, legs, abdomen,

14. Resilient – bouncing back from difficult times successfully
STAYING HEALTHY & BUILDING RESILIENCY 7) Sleep 8) Regular Exercise 9) Eat Nutritious Foods - Avoid caffeine
Resilient – bouncing back from difficult times successfully

15. Stressors and being Resilient

16. Summarizer
Analyze the stressors you have in your life and pick three (can use the back of the worksheet from the other day). Create 3 ways to help you manage those stressors.

17. Do Now
Have you ever experienced any type of loss in your life? What were some feelings and thoughts that you had when it happened?

18. WHAT IS LOSS?
Loss can be losing someone we love because they die or other events :
Breaking up
Not getting into the college of your dreams
Friend moving away
Having something you care for destroyed
Not winning a competition

19. Death & Grief
Coping- dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life
“However mean your life is,
meet it and live it.”
- Henry David Thoreau

20. Stages of Grief
Denial or numbness – difficult to believe the loss has occurred
Emotional release – the loss is recognized, often includes periods of crying
Anger – he or she feels powerless and unfairly deprived
Bargaining – as the reality sets in, the person may promise to change if what was loss can be returned
Depression – beyond the feelings of sadness, feelings of isolation, alienation, and hopelessness
Remorse – person may become preoccupied with thoughts about how the loss could have been prevented
Acceptance – person faces the reality of the loss and experiences closure (acceptance of a loss)
Hope – Remembering becomes less painful, person looks ahead to the future

21. Mourning – act of showing sorrow or grief COPE WITH DEATH HAPPY VIDEO
Help Others Mourn
Acknowledge the loss & ask how feel
Listen, Express Concern,
Offer Help, Be genuine
Last Lecture
Grief/PTSD
DON’T IGNORE THEIR LOSS & ACT LIKE IT DID NOT HAPPEN
Do you want to get together & talk?
My favorite memory of your loved one is…
It must be hard for you right now
I am sorry about your loss
Is there anything I could do to help you through this
I don’t know how you feel, but I am here to help in anyway I can.
Kid in Green Cleats

22. ANGER
ACCEPTANCE
BARGAINING

23. DENIAL
DEPRESSION