KIN 1600 Chapter : Stress And Mental Health Speaker
15 Mar 2019
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Definition: how you respond to something that threatens your needs. Hans selye: spent his entire career studying stress. One of the most important people in stress research. Whenever you have stress, your body goes through a certain response. Whether it is a small stress or large stress, your body does the same thing. This is called the general adaptation syndrome (gas). Something that causes you stress is called a stressor. We mistakenly think that something that causes stress is a bad thing (distress). Good things can also cause stress (eustress). examples of eustress includes graduation, a first date, and winning the lottery. Also known as the fight or flight reaction. All of these changes occur due to the stimulation of your sympathetic nervous system. Coping strategies include listening to music, prayer, exercise (or shopping if you"re a sorostitute). They can be positive or negative but you need to have positive coping strategies.
