Journal #17 Explain the difference between a Type A

personality and a Type B personality.

Which type best describes you? Or do you believe you are a combination of both?

What are some reasons you believe you have categorized your self in a particular personality type?

ANALYZING THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS OF STRESS AND ANXIETY

April 24, 2012

What Is Stress?

The body’s and mind’s reaction to everyday demands or threats; they may be real or imaginary.

It can be useful or harmful; energizing or exhausting.

Positive or negative depending on how it is perceived, managed, and used.

Stress Tolerance- amount of stress one can handle before you are unable to deal. Distress: Negative

Stress Eustress: positive

stress

Anxiety An uneasy feeling or the act

of worrying about what may happen.

Sometimes confused with depression.

Stressors: person, place, event or situation that places a demand on the mind and body

Biological: biochemical imbalances, mental or physical illnesses, and injuries.

Cognitive: the way you perceive a situation.

Environmental: poverty, pollution or natural disasters.

Personal Behavior: negative reactions in the body and mind due to drugs and/or alcohol.

Life: situations that happen at home, school, and in relationships.

How Do I Know? Not to be confused with depression

or other mental illnesses.

Physical: headache, sweating, dry mouth, fatigue, tightness in chest.

Emotional: impatience, preoccupation, lost of interest, nightmares

Behavioral: carelessness, decreased productivity, withdrawal, loss of appetite.

I am Whatever You Say I am Type A Personality- a competitive, high

achieving personality type.

Type B Personality- laid back, non-competitive personality.

Hardy Personality-able to stay healthy despite major or traumatic stressors.

Should You Stay or Should you Go?

3 Stages from the reaction of Stress

GAS-General adaption syndrome

1. Alarm Stage: High Alert

2. Resistant Stage: Fighting Back

3. Exhaustion/Fatigue Stage: Loss of Energy

Alarm: Fight or Flight Muscles Tense Increased heart

rate Breathing increase Pupils dilate More blood sent to

muscles Increased sweating Increased blood

pressure

Resistance: Survivor The body tries to

repair itself from the stressful event and return back to normal state.

Body functions at a higher than normal level.

Exhaustion/Fatigue

Results in a tired feeling.

Energy is depleted.

Body returns to normal if the stressor is no longer there.

Body goes back to alarm stage if stress is not resolved.

Phone Booth Scenarios

Groups of 3 (Pick 3 Scenarios) Person #1: Pretend you are in this

situation and explain how you would feel and respond.

Person #2: Using the ACT technique and your notes to respond and give advise to person #1

Person #3: Was healthy advise given? Why or why not? What are some things you would change? Each person should write at least a paragraph

worth of responses.