1. ANXIETY AND
TEEN DRIVERS

2. SPECTRUM OF ANXIETY Generalized Anxiety Disorder Specific Phobias
Panic attacks
Feeling anxious
Stress

3. GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
cause people to feel excessively frightened, distressed, or uneasy during situations in which most people would not feel that way, and they worry about many topics

4. SPECIFIC PHOBIAS Unrealistic and excessive fears relating to one issue
Phobias usually cause people to avoid the things they fear
Social anxiety is most common

5. PANIC ATTACKS Can occur for no apparent reason
Sudden and intense physical symptoms that can include a pounding heart, shortness of breath, or dizziness caused by the body's normal fear response
Pseudo panic attacks can happen

6. FEELING ANXIOUS “Normal anxiety”
Feeling of uneasiness about danger or misfortune
Caused by discomfort
Often protective
A way of checking bonding

7. STRESS
Strain or tension
Physical
Mental
Emotional

8. ACUTE RESPONSE Perceived threat Cortisol dump Inability to reason
Less than a second to start
Minutes to stop

9. GOOD & BAD STRESS CAUSE New stimuli Unknown patterns Change
Unknown support system
CHANGE IN AUTONOMY

10. Comfort vs Discomfort Comfort Security Healing Identity Discomfort
Learning
Change
GROWTH

11. OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
Discomfort
Identifying problems
Expressing feelings
Building supports
TAKING CONTROL

12. “Happiness Now” Pressure
Unattainable
Conflicts with resilience
Removes opportunity for resilience “practice”
Causes us to change the narrative to support everything being ok
Limits the resources we offer
We’re terrible at predicting it for others

13. WHY DO ADULTS SAY NO? Love Fear Guilt Genuine enjoyment responsibility
Future consequences
Relationship rupture
Guilt

14. CULTURE OF “SUCCESSFUL” FAMILIES
Myth:
“Only I can fix this!”
Truth:
Failure must be experienced.

15. RESILIENCE CHALLENGES
Mistakes
Accidents
Pain
Social consequences
Judgment
11:00 News…

16. When not if
Set expectations
Remove the premise of failure as disappointment
Model the cycle

17. When-not-if Language Set Remove Model Set expectations
Model the cycle
Remove
Remove the premise of failure
Set
Set expectations
When-not-if Language

18. Resilience in Practice
Resilience in REALITY
Build trust
Demonstrate gratitude
Express empathy
Connect resources
Offer solutions
Resilience in Practice

19. TAKE AWAY STRATEGIES When-not-if language Set good expections
Build trust
Don’t forget empathy
Model communication