What is Stress?

Depression

A feeling of emptiness and sadness that ends up affecting the way you think, act, sleep,and take care of yourself

Stress

A physical and mental response to a challenging or threatening situation.

Anorexia Nervos

An eating disorder characterized by a refusal to eat, a distorted body image, and an intense fear of being fat

Bulimia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating (and a fear of not being able to stop eating) followed by purging

Catastrophe

An event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Self injury

An unhealthy way to cope with emotions, stress, or traumatic events

Is stress good or bad?

Both. eustress is good. distress is bad. Short term stress helps us grow

alarm response

First stage of Selye's general adaptation syndrome to stress; involves increasing activity of the sympathetic nervous system, speeding up heart rate, blood pressure, and releasing adrenaline.

Sadness

Normal response to an unpleasant event to ones life

stage of resistance

Second stage of the GAS, during which the body adapts to and uses resources to cope with a stressor.

stage of exhaustion

The body has depleted itself of body energy and immunity during which General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) stage?

Suicide

The intentionally killing of oneself

Cutting

The use of a sharp object to intentionally cut or scratch ones body deep enough to bleed

Fight or Flight Response

a primitive response that quickly increases heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol

distress

bad stress, negative consequences to which we must adapt and can lead to a stress reaction

eustress

good stress, positive consequences to which we must adapt and that can lead to a stress reaction

goal of stress management

not completely eliminate but rather learn to manage stress to grow to full potential

Stressor

stimulus something that cause stress, or has the potential to elicit stress/fight or flight response