Selye and Stress Padlet by

Summary

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-Stress is the pressure or demand placed on an organism to adjust or adapt. Unpleasant events such as work pressures, marital problems, or financial woes are naturally stressful.

-Activities that provoke “good stress” are usually challenging, rewarding, and energizing.

Triggers

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daily stress
sudden changes
trauma
positive stress

Three stages

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Alarm Reaction: body's initial response to stress.

Resistance: body tries to repair itself after the initial shock of stress.

Exhaustion: enduring stressors without relief drains your physical, emotional, and mental resources to the point the body can't cope stress.

Manage the three stages

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breathing exercises
muscle relaxation
physical activity
limited exposure to triggers

My example

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Midterms are coming up, I’m nervous about taking them, even though I studied for them.

Alarm Reaction: I get nervous before my midterm exams for all of my classes. I’m shaking and my stomach is twisting itself.

Resistance: I have finished all my exams, but I can’t get my mind off of them to know if I passed or failed.

Exhaustion: The exams are done for the week, but I still feel anxious because they aren’t graded yet for me to see what my final score was. Since I haven’t seen my grade, I’m worried about the rest of the semester on how I’m going to pass.

To cope with the stages I will take my mind off them and do something else like focus and get excited about going to the gym the next morning. I would do some breathing exercises to calm my nerves and tell myself I did good. I would try to control my thoughts and tell myself I studied, I know I did good.