Dealing with Stress and Anxiety

Students will be able to… Identify 3 healthy ways to deal with stress,

including what they involve and the advantages of each.

Look and Listen for stress and anxiety in a friend’s instant message (IM).

Link a friend to a particular stress reducer and explain reasons for that suggestion.

Learning Objectives

Positive mental messages

Stretching

Taking deep breaths

Let’s Review: Healthy Ways to Deal with Stress & Anxiety

Hitting things or people

Picking fights Spreading rumors Yelling at friends or

parents Drinking alcohol,

smoking, or doing

drugs Eating too much Sleeping too much Stop hanging out

with friends Staying in your room

all the time Stop going to school

Unhealthy Ways to Deal with Stress

Talking it out

Problem Solving Figuring out different solutions and the

consequences of each

Stress relievers

Healthy Ways to Deal with Stress

Possible solution Stay up late for the next 2

nights and get it done Just do what I can but not

worry about finishing Plead with my teacher for

an extension

Beg my dad to do it for me

Consequences Tired but get it done on

time Turn something in but get

a bad grade Might give extension but

probably won’t cut me any slack in the future

Dad might enjoy it but it’s not honest; Dad might get really angry with me

Problem SolvingYour big science project is due in 2 days. You’ve had two weeks to work on it, but you just started. How are you going to solve this problem?

Relaxation exercises: stretching, breathing, yoga, meditation,

visualization Hobbies:

drawing, playing sports, dancing, music, prayer/religious activities, volunteering

Keep your body healthy S – leep E – xercise L – eisure F – ood

Stress Relievers