Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nature Deficit Disorder, Sympathetic Nervous System, Somatic Nervous System
14 Jul 2016
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Take a few deep breaths (do this any time you feel stressed) This emergency state is only supposed to last long enough to get you out of danger. Nowadays we stress about plethora of things and we stay stressed for longer. Get in control: scope out the situation and how you"re going to fix it. Chill with nature on a big or small scale. Nature deficit disorder: children are not being exposed to nature as much as they were in the past. Situations that trigger physical and emotional reactions = stressor. Stress = the general psychical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response. Stressor: any physical; or psychological event or condition that produces stress. Stress response: the physical and emotional changes associated with stress. The primary determinant of the health consequences of stress is how the individual responds to the stress. Two control systems are responsible for the physical response to stressors:
