CS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Xerostomia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Symptoms of excess stress: physical, dry mouth, headaches, sweating, emotional. 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. Injuries impotence, pregnancy complications: time pressures, financial concerns, future worries. Job-related stressors: burnout, virtual social networks, environmental stressors. Internal stressors: develop healthy exercise, eating, and sleeping habits, learn to identify and moderate individual stressor, social stressors, real social networks. Managing stress: ways to control stress, shore up your support system. Sleep: sleep is important for controlling, non-rapid eye movement stress, adults need 7 to 9 hours every night, how sleep works, rapid eye movement (rem) sleep (nrem) sleep, sleep and stress, sleep deprivation, sleep problems.
