stress and anxiety awareness
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Stress and Anxiety Awareness. Sara McDowell. What is Stress?. What is Stress?. The process by which your body responds to changes in the environment Includes a combination of responses: Emotional Mental Physical Signs of stress?. Signs of Stress. Conflict in relationships. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Stress and Anxiety Awareness
Sara McDowell
What is Stress?
What is Stress?The process by which your body
responds to changes in the environmentIncludes a combination of responses:EmotionalMentalPhysical
Signs of stress?
Signs of StressInability to concentrat
e
A short temper
IrritabilitySudden changes
in appetite
Becoming less active
Conflict in relationship
s
ActivitySplit into small groups of 3 or 4
group membersWrite down 1 or 2 ways that you
manage stressPlease share with your group
members
Managing Stress
What is Anxiety?Same as stress?
What is Anxiety?An emotional state characterized by
feelings of:apprehensionnervousnessfear
Common FormsGAD-dread of everyday situations
OCD-repetitive, unwanted thoughts
PTSD-intense fear after trauma is over
Treating Anxiety
Seek help from a doctor or the UNF Counseling Center
(904)620-2602
Assessment
Fill in the BlanksTerms: Process, Feeling, Emotion
1. Stress is not merely an ____________ or a ___________. Rather, it is the ____________ by which we perceive and respond to environmental threats and challenges.
Matching1. Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder
2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
3. General Anxiety Disorder
a. Characterized by dread of everyday situations
b. Characterized by repetitive, unwanted thoughts
c. Characterized by intense fear of a previous trauma
Remember…Mild stress or anxiety can help you
to focus on facing challenges in:SchoolWorkRelationshipsAnd More…