1. Stress Management
Manage your stress level by avoiding stressors and finding ways to cope with stressors you cannot avoid.

2. Vocabulary
Stress-The body’s response to real or imagined dangers or other life events
Stressor- Anything that causes stress
Fight or flight response-The body’s way of responding to threats.

3. Vocabulary
Adrenaline- A hormone that increases the level of sugar in the blood, giving your body extra energy
Time Management- Strategies for using time effectively.

4. Reacting to Stress Types of Stress:
Eustress: positive stress; can be motivating for you to work hard and do your best.
Distress: very stressful; physiologically taxing. Holds you back and gets in your way
acute- short and intense
chronic- lingering for a long period of time

5. Categories of Stressors
1. Biological Stressor: illnesses, disabilities, injuries

6. Categories of Stressors
2. Environmental stressor: poverty, media, pollution, natural disasters, war

7. Cateories of Stressors
3. Cognitive stressor: how you perceive a situation, personal appearance

8. Categories of Stressors
4. Personal Behavior stessor: tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, lack of physical activity, relationship issues

9. Categories of Stressors
5. Life Situations: death, school demands, bullying, family issues, peer pressure

14. Stress Affecting Your Health
Physical effects:
Headache
Fatigue
High blood pressure (Long term)
Weakened immune system
Mental/Emotional effects:
Difficulty concentrating
Anger, Sadness, Anxiety
Forgetful, unable to focus

15. Stress Affecting Your Health
3. Social effects:
a. Irritable
b. Conflicts in relationships
c. Withdraw from friends and family
members

16. Strategies for Coping with Stress
1. Engage in physical activity

17. Strategies for Coping with Stress
2. Talking it Out- Look for support among your friends and family

18. Strategies for Coping with Stress
3. Relaxation
~Find a hobby

19. Strategies for Coping with Stress
4. Keeping a positive outlook

20. Avoiding Stress
Using Time management
Learn to say NO
Set priorities