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Stress (Stress Management Techniques (Problem-focused coping Limit of…

- - - - War; Natural disaster; Major life events; Daily hassles; Family/Relationship problems; School/Job demands; Abuse; Assault; Personal illness; Chronic anxiety; Major depression
        
        Harm-and-loss situations
        e.g. injury, death, loss of job.
        
        Threat situations
        e.g. being held at gunpoint
        
        Challenge situations
        e.g. a test, difficult matter to deal with.
        Can be seen as opportunities for growth, mastery and gain.
  - - - Fear; Anxiety; Frustration; Hopelessness; Depression.
        
        Predictability – knowing when a stressful situation will occur produces less stress than not knowing.
        
        Personal Control – the belief that you can control elements of your life, or the situation, is likely to result in less stress than if you believed that the outcome is determined by factor outside of your control.
        
        Belief in the outcome – people who believe that things are likely to improve (optimists) experience less stress (than pessimists).
        
        Social support – having someone to talk to, or whom you believe can help lessens stress (Graham et al, 2007).
  - - - Do I have the personal, financial or social support to cope?
        
        Includes the following :
        
        worrying, racing thoughts, anticipation, fear, obsessive planning, depression, anxiety, cognitive rehearsal of expectations, valuation of self and others involved in the life event,assessment of potential outcomes from the event, assessment of the importance of the event (in either a positive or a negative sense) in our lives.
  - - - Increase in heart rate and blood pressure
        Changes in metabolism, alertness, sleep patterns and immune function.
        
        State of body during relaxation = homeostatsis
        (the body is functioning normally in a stable, balanced state.)
        
        The physiological reactions that occur when an individual is faced with a stressor or threat is known as the stress response.
        
        Fight or Flight Response
        
        Sympathetic Nervous System
        Defensive reaction that prepares an organism for conflict or escape
        Characterized by hormonal, cardiovascular and metabolic changes.
        
        Activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
        Triggered by the thought that one is in a stressful situation.
- - - - Changes in metabolism (that could lead to being overweight and Type 2 diabetes)
      - Suppressed immune system
        (↑ susceptibility to infections and cancer)
      - Weakens bones
        Impairs memory and
        Worsens depression