CH2: Stress Mgt & Health
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abbeenormal on October 20, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is the Wellness Movement? | a balance of mind, body and spirit |
| Dunn | Wellness Movement |
| Benson | relaxation response |
| Types of stress | 1. physical 2. psychological 3. psychosocial |
| physical stress | stressors in the environment pollution, noise, injury, etc. |
| psychological stress | relates to the way we react to threats, whether real or imagined |
| psychosocial stress | interpersonal relationships, conflicts, social isolation |
| Distress | fear of failure or anxiety in trying to prove oneself |
| eustress | promotes productivity and facilitates our efforts; exhilarating |
| Hans Selye | General Adaptation Syndrome |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | 1. alarm reaction (fight or flight) 2. resistance to stress 3. exhaustion |
| alarm reaction | body releases neurotransmitters |
| resistance | immune system's memory of how to respond; due to repeat exposure |
| exhaustion | if stress is ongoing, body's ability to respond becomes limited |
| internal stressor | due to injury, wound or bacteria |
| Three key system response - nervous system | release of neurotransmitters |
| acute stress | lasts anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours |
| chronic stress | lasts for several hours or a day for an extended period of time - months or years |
| Dreher | avoiding stress makes no sense |
| Schwartz | Ace Factor |
| Personality differences | attend vs. disattend (ignore) symptoms connected vs. disconnected (cut off) express vs. repress (bottle) emotions |
| Major life events | everyday hassles |
| Job stress | 1. job characteristics 2. style & type of boss 3. environment |
| symptoms of stress | over engagement emotions are overreactive urgency and hyperactivity loss of energy anxiety disorders primary damages are physical premature death |
| symptoms of burnout | disengagement emotions blunted helplessness and hopelessness loss of motivation, ideals, and hopes detachment and depressin primary damages are emotional make life seem not worth living |
| ACE Factor | ATTENDED feedback CONNECT the feedback to consciousness EXPRESS the emotion appropriately |
| Three key system response - Immune | release of cytokines |
| Three key system response - endocrine | release of hormones |
| Relaxation Response | opposite of fight or flight response |
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