CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Cluster Headache
1 May 2018
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Links Between Stress and Specific Conditions
• Cardiovascular disease
o Chronic high blood pressure
▪ Atherosclerosis
o Heart attacks, strokes
o Elevated cholesterol, inflammation
• Psychological problems
o Stressors can be anxiety-producing or depressing
▪ Panic attacks
▪ Eating disorders
▪ Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Other Health Problems
• Altered functioning of the immune system
• Headaches
o Tension headaches
o Migraine headaches
o Cluster headaches
• Digestive problems
• Insomnia
• Injuries
• Menstrual irregularities, impotence,
pregnancy complications
Common Sources of Stress
• Major life changes
• Daily hassles
• College stressors
o Academic
o Interpersonal
o Time pressures
o Financial concerns
o Future worries
• Job-related stressors
o Burnout
• Social stressors
o Real social networks
o Virtual social networks
o Environmental stressors
o Internal stressors
Managing Stress
• Ways to control stress:
• Shore up your support system
• Improve communication skills
• Develop healthy exercise, eating, and
sleeping habits
• Learn to identify and moderate individual
stressor
Sleep
• Sleep is important for controlling stress
o Adults need 7 to 9 hours every night
• How sleep works:
o Rapid eye movement (rem) sleep
o Non-rapid eye movement (NREM)
sleep
• Sleep and stress
o Sleep deprivation
• Sleep problems
o Insomnia
o Sleep apnea
Sleep Apnea
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Time Management
• Set priorities
• Schedule tasks for peak
efficiency
• Set realistic goals and
write them down
• Budget enough time
• Break up long-term
goals
• Visualize achievement
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Document Summary
Links between stress and specific conditions: cardiovascular disease, chronic high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, elevated cholesterol, inflammation, psychological problems, stressors can be anxiety-producing or depressing, panic attacks, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) Other health problems: altered functioning of the immune system, headaches, tension headaches, migraine headaches, cluster headaches. Common sources of stress: major life changes, daily hassles, college stressors, academic, interpersonal, time pressures, financial concerns, future worries. Managing stress: ways to control stress, shore up your support system. Improve communication skills: digestive problems, menstrual irregularities, impotence, Injuries pregnancy complications: job-related stressors, burnout, social stressors, real social networks, virtual social networks, environmental stressors, internal stressors, develop healthy exercise, eating, and sleeping habits, learn to identify and moderate individual stressor. Sleep: sleep is important for controlling stress, adults need 7 to 9 hours every night, how sleep works, rapid eye movement (rem) sleep, non-rapid eye movement (nrem, sleep and stress, sleep deprivation, sleep problems, insomnia, sleep apnea sleep.
