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49 Cards in this Set
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Stress |
The response of your body and mind to be challenged or threatened |
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Eustress |
Positive stress, we might feel challenged but the source of the stress are opportunities that are meaningful to us; it helps provide us with energy and motivation |
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Distress |
Negative stress, a continuous experience of feeling overwhelmed |
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Stressor |
Any event or situation that causes stress |
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Major life changes |
New school, new job, death in family |
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Catastrophes |
An event that threatens lives and may destroy property, ex: hurricanes, tornadoes, floods |
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Everyday problems |
Are usually minor ex: misplacing keys, too much homework |
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Environmental problems |
Traffic on the way to school or work, searching for a book in your messy locker |
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Alarm stage |
During this stage, your body releases a substance called adrenaline which causes immediate changes in your body such as heart beats faster, breathing speeds up and muscles tense |
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Fight or flight |
The initial reaction to stress |
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Resistance stage |
During this stage, your body adapts to the continuous presence of the stressor by using coping skills and mental and emotional toughness |
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Exhaustion stage |
During this stage, your body can no longer keep up with the demands placed on it; you’re physically and emotionally drained |
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Stomachaches |
Stress disrupts the movement of food through the digestive system |
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Asthma |
Happens when the air passages of the respiratory system narrow |
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Headaches |
Tension in the muscles around your scalp, face and neck may produce pounding |
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Lower resistance to illness |
Stress affects the way your immune system fights illness |
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Heart disease |
Frequent or prolonged stress can cause heart disease later in life |
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Optimism |
The tendency to focus of the positive aspect of a situation |
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Pessimist |
Person with a tendency to focus on the negative aspects of a situation |
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Perfectionist |
A person who expects nothing less than perfect |
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Resilience |
The ability to recover or bounce back from extreme or prolonged stress, key factors that contribute to this are the support of friends and family |
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Stress you can’t control |
Natural disasters (Hurricanes, tornados), major life changes (death in family) |
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Stress you can control |
Everyday problems ( failing a class, losing keys) |
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Time management |
Set up a schedule |
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Mental rehearsal |
Practice an event without actually doing the event |
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Physical activity |
By doing something active, you provide your body with a healthy outlet |
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Relaxation |
Gives your mind and body a rest |
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Mental disorder |
An illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change or get along with others |
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Anxiety |
Fear caused by a source you can not identify or a source that does not pose as much a threat as you think |
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Phobia |
Anxiety that is related to specific situations or objects ex: claustrophobia, arachnophobia |
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Panic attacks |
Are a sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety |
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Obsessive compulsive disorder |
An unreasonable need to behave in a certain way to prevent a feared outcome |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder |
A disorder in which people who experience a life threatening event may have flashbacks or nightmares that produce intense fear or horror |
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Mood disorders |
People with these experience extreme emotions that make it difficult to function well in their daily lives |
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Schizophrenia |
The most serious mental disorder and can be identified by severe disturbance in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior, “split mind” |
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Impulse control disorder |
People can’t experience the impulse or drive to not act in a way harmful to themselves or others, they can’t help what they do or say |
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Personality disorder |
When people display rigid patterns of behavior that make it difficult for them to get along with others |
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Eating disorder |
A mental disorder that reveals itself through abnormal behaviors related to food |
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Anorexia nervosa |
A person with this doesn’t eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight. They see themselves as fat |
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Bulimia |
Uncontrolled eating hinges followed by purging or removing the food from the body |
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Binge eating |
People regularly have an uncontrolled urge to eat large amounts of food; they usually don’t purge after they binge and can’t stop eating even when they are full, risk factor: weight gain, obesity |
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Clinical depression |
People may feel sad and hopeless for months, they are unable to enjoy activities they once found a source of enjoyment |
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Cutting |
The use of a sharp object to intentionally cut or scratch one’s body deep enough to bleed |
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Burning |
Doing this to the skin on purpose with either a lighted match or cigarette is another example of self injury |
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Recognizing depression |
Change in appetite Change in sleep patterns Loss of interest in usual activities Difficulty in remembering details, concentrating on tasks and making decisions Loss of energy Repeated thoughts of death or suicide |
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Cyber bullying |
Bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers and tablets |
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Suicide |
The intentional killing of oneself |
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Suicide prevention |
Treating a personal mental disorder Getting treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs Feeling connected to school and having friends Personal beliefs
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Cluster suicides |
A series of suicides that occur within a short period of time in the same peer group of community. They sometimes involve a pact between friends |
