In chapter 13 the key points of focus are stress, health and coping. As defined by the cognitive appraisal model, stress is a negative emotional state that is in occurrence to events that are seen as appraised as taxing or exceeding one's resources. Psychologists that study stress and other psychological factors that influence health, illness and treatment are health psychologist. Events or situations that produce stress are known as stressors. Significant sources of stress include daily hassles, work stress and burnout.…
Matthew Tull, in his article “Stress in Children of Iraq War Soldiers”(2016), informs the reader of the harms and negative impacts PTSD war veterans can have on their family, that can cause an increase in stress and anxiety levels. Brian supports his assertion by providing the reader with factual evidence from credible sources, such as “At both points in time, they found that adolescents with family members serving in Iraq had higher heart-rate levels” (Tull). The authors purpose of this article is to inform the reader of the negative effects that war veterans can inflict in their family and children, in order to prevent and treat the increased stress levels. The author establishes an informal relationship with the audience of families with…
Everyone gets stressed out because of some stressors in their lives, but not everyone knows how to deal with their stressors. Phyllis Korkki, authors of the article "Ready to Snap at Work? Get in Touch With Your Inner Animal” talks about stress and how you deal with it. Korkki talked about how she was stressed out because of her several assignments and how she had anxiety because of the book she was writing. She also explained how she reached out to get help to learn how to cope with this stress.…
In a perfect world, brutality, car crashes, and other catastrophes would not occur. Then infections and sickness would be nonexistent. EMTs or paramedics would not have a purpose for their job. Unfortunately, our world is not a perfect place. EMTs or paramedics are globally essential to our society.…
In our daily lives we have events, distractions, or daily activities that affect our attitudes. These events can and do create stress. George and Jones write, “What happens to employees off the job can affect their attitudes, behaviors, and performance on the job as well as their own well-being.” (p. 252). This essay will discuss major and minor life events and how they are a source of personal stress.…
Have you ever felt stressed? Do you know what it is to be stressed? It is normal for people to get angry or get confused sometimes. The way our body reacts in the face of a demand or in confronted by a threat is called stress. When you feel that you are in a situation that demands a lot from you and you don’t know how to handle it, your body releases a lot of hormones into your nervous system.…
Knowing that their stress response cannot handle the acute stressors. It is important to avoid stressful situations and environments known to cause such crisis. By being informed of these individuals, it is important to not take on more than we can handle because stress can be harmful to our health in the long…
The door shuts. A heartbroken mother and her kids sit there in turmoil. Its happened over 4 times now and it’s just like the last. Their father, their supporter, has gone to war. Not very many people think about the life of a military child.…
So this weeks forum allowed us to all imagine ourselves having a psychological disorders and what would be the one that would be the most complicated to deal with. Well being in the military I get to see a lot of these disorders and see the effects they have on the people that have them. I was first going to choose depression because it is something that leads to a lot of suicides in the military. This disorder plays a big part in our military because a lot of service members deal with depression due to some of the following deployment, first time away from family, lost of love ones, and the inability to fit in.…
Depression Military personnel returning from service may experience depression from witnessing loss of comrades, viewing deaths of civilians, and living with their experiences from war. The article by Duncan Shields (2015) depicts the progression of depression in Canadian veterans. He infers that their depression worsens because the male soldiers are brainwashed into thinking that silence of internal struggles is manly. The militants are taught that a masculine quality such as emotional suppression is crucial to in field combat (Shields, 2015). However, when the military men return home they may be ridiculed for discussing their feeling of depression.…
Currently in the United States there are 1.4 million people serving in the U.S. armed forces and there are about 19.3 million living veterans in the United States today. This is one of the most diverse groups of people that share some of the same goals and share the sense of unity. Mental health in the armed forces is equally as important as the mission. Many times it is forgotten that in combat a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body. Nearly one out of four active duty members showed signs of a mental health disorder in a study done in 2009 and about twenty percent of veterans showed signs of PTSD.…
Forbes magazine has named enlisted military personnel as the most stressful job the last couple years. As a former enlisted member of the military this has changed the way I look at recreation. Before studying recreation, things like hiking, fishing, and working out were always things I just did for fun, but now I understand how important those things were for my mental health. For three years I worked and lived in the same building with the same people, sometimes I felt like there was no escape from my work life. So what did I do, I went to the gym and rock climbed or worked out, I signed up for every trip Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers (BOSS) offered, and I even went to the library once or twice.…
Everyone has stress. Good or bad it is an inevitable feeling. Sometimes a person can be raveled in so much stress they do not remember their main objective. The movie Stress: Portrait of a Killer truly shows and exemplifies how stress really drives our lives.…
Stress, one of the most common occurrences in an individual’s life. A definition used to describe stress is “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances” (Oxford Dictionary, 2017). In the field of law enforcement, police officers undergo adverse and demanding circumstances each day. They are exposed to incidences that other individuals do not see on a daily basis. Police officers have many roles within their duties varying from enforcing the law to acting as a social worker.…
According to The Nebraska Department of Veteran’s Affair, estimated 7.8 percent of Americans had experienced PTSD, also known Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is considered a psychiatric disorder and a mental health issue in the United States. They often develop depression, substance abuse, and anxiety. People that were diagnosed with PTSD had a serious accident, physical or sexual assaulted or a military combat. There three different symptoms, first symptoms is when you’re thinking about the trauma when you’re doing something, second symptoms staying away from a place or people that reminds you about your trauma, and third symptoms when you are feeling on guard.…