Health and Your Wellness Managing Stress and Coping with Loss Dealing with Stress Chapter 4: Section 2 Pages 83-88
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Objectives At the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the following: Describe how you can take care of yourself to avoid stressrelated illness. Describe two stress relaxation techniques. List eight skills or resources for building resiliency. Evaluate the effect of a positive attitude on stress reduction. List three ways that you can manage your time more efficiently.
Key Terms Resiliency The ability to recover from illness, hardship, and other stressors Asset A skill or resource that can help a person reach a goal Prioritize To arrange items in order of importance
Do Now 1. Work with two or three people 2. Brainstorm ways people relax/deal with stress 3. Check/tally two things you do to relax 4. Pass your paper to a few groups and repeat step 3
What happens when you do not deal with stress...in a healthy way?
1 True or False Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down All stressors trigger the same stress response. However, the intensity of the response will vary. True:
Review: How stress affects our life? Recognize signs of stress changes in your behaviors, thinking, body, and emotions The body s response to stress occurs in three stages. Stress can trigger certain illnesses, reduce the body s ability to fight illnesses, and make some diseases harder to control
Take Care of Yourself Exercise Regularly Get Enough Rest Eat Right
Relieving Stress & Learning to Relax Breathing Exercises Meditation Tension-Reducing Exercises
Match a stress intervention on the left with an example on the right A. Positive attitude B. Physical exercise C. Eliminating stressors D. Relaxation technique 1. Sally is always late for work. She decides to leave 15 minutes earlier for work in the morning. 2. Everything seemed to be going wrong for Sam. It just wasn t his day. Sam decided to swim laps in the local pool.
Calming Music The beach The Forest Reiki Meditation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Tense up a group of muscles - tense hard but don't strain - and hold for about 5-10 seconds. Release the tension from the muscles all at once. Stay relaxed for 10-20 seconds. Tense for 5 and release all at once. Rest for 10 Tense for 10 and release all at once. Rest for 20
Relaxation techniques A. Relieve tension B. Reserve energy for fighting illness C. Help keep your brain focused D. All of the above
Build Resiliency Resiliency The ability to recover from illness, hardship, and other stressors.
Harriet was feeling overwhelmed by all she had to do at school. She sat down and prioritized the tasks and assignments that needed to get done. Harriet minimized the effects of stress by using a technique called A.Relaxation B.Positive self-talk C. Time management D.Building resiliency
An asset is a skill or resource that can help you reach a goal. 1. Support 2. Empowerment 3. Boundaries 4. Productive use of time 5. Commitment to learning 6. Positive values 7. Social skills 8. Positive identity
Support Having family, friends, and others to help you
Empowerment Feeling as if you are a valuable member of your community and family
Boundaries Having a clear set of rules and consequences for school, family, and relationships
Check-in You have a strong network of people who could help you. Which asset is this?
Check-in You volunteer to start a drug-free campaign at school. Which asset is this? Empowerment
Productive use of time Choosing creative and productive activities
Commitment to learning Understanding the value of school work
Positive values Having values that included caring, integrity, honesty, self-responsibility, equality, and justice
Check-in You are constantly late on assignments and spend most of your evenings playing video game and/or on the computer. Which asset to you need to work on?
Check-in You support a friend who tells the truth even though doing so may get him or her in trouble. Which asset is this? Positive values
Social skills Communicating effectively, respecting others, and avoiding peer pressure
Positive identity Having high self-esteem, having a sense of control, and feeling as it you have purpose
Check-in You talk out a disagreement instead of yelling. Which asset is this? Social skills
Change Your Attitude Use Positive Self-Talk Be Confident About Yourself Don t Worry About Things Out of Your Control
Manage Your Time List and Prioritize Your Projects Know and Set Your Limits Make a Schedule Enter your priorities first Be realistic Prepare for problems Make time to relax
Closure State whether each of the statements below is true or false. All stress can be prevented It is important to get enough rest when you are stressed. Having too many assets makes you lose resiliency. Prioritizing is an important part of time management.
Works Cited Images. Retrieved on March 10, 2006 from http://www.images.google.com Friedman, D. P., Stine, C.C., and Whalen, S. (2004). Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Prentice Hall Health (2007)