rebecca mendoza claudia chavarria andrea morin leslie cobos melissa aguirre daisy tarrango
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Managing Stress and
Coping with Loss
Rebecca MendozaClaudia Chavarria
Andrea Morin Leslie Cobos
Melissa AguirreDaisy Tarrango
Section 1
Stress and Your Health
What is Stress?
• The body’s and mind’s response to a demand.
What causes Stress?
• Stress can be caused by many factors called stressors
• A Stressor is any situation that puts a demand on the body or mind.
There Are Different Types of Stressors
• Environmental Stressor
• Biological Stressor
• Thinking Stressor
• Behavioral Stressor
• Life changing Stressor
Environmental Stressor
• Conditions or events in your physical environment that causes you stress• Loud Noises• Crowding• Natural Disasters
Biological Stressor
• Conditions that make it difficult for your body to take part in daily activities• Illness• injuries
Thinking Stressor
• Any type of mental challenge that can cause stress• Tests• Homework
Behavioral Stressor
• Unhealthy Behaviors• Lack of sleep• Drinking alcohol• Drugs• Smoking
Life Changing Stressor
• Any major life change. Whether it is positive or negative• Changing Schools• A death• Marriage
Physical Response to Stress• The way your body acts towards a situation• This prepares your body to response fast and in the right
way to the stressor
• This is called a fight-or-flight response• Your body releases energy and strength for you to be able
to respond to the stressor• Your body releases epinephrine• also called adrenaline, and it is one of the hormones that
prepare the body for quick action.
Adrenaline• Triggers Following changes• Faster Breathing• Faster heartbeat • Muscles tense up• Pupils of your eyes get wider• Digestion slows down• Blood Sugar increases
Emotional and behavioral Response to Stress
Positive• Eustress• energizes and helps
reach goals
• Help you motivate you to do better
• Feel Alert and lively
Negative• Distress• make you sick or keeps
you from reaching goals
• You will have distress• Keep away from
reaching goals
How do you get Positive Stress?
• Be optimistic• Concentrate on
what you can control
• Have confidence in yourself
• SMILE!!!
The general adaptation syndromeModel that describes relationship between stress and disease
Alarm Stage• Have Mind and Body Alert• Body energy goes to responding demands• May have some headaches, lack of sleep, or anxiety
Resistance Stage• If you keep experiencing stress your body becomes
resistant to disease and injury than normal.
Exhaustion Stage• Your body will not take stressors any more• You get more exhausted than usual• Heart and other organs may suffer and may not be
able to fight diseases
Learning to manage stress
helps you have a healthier life!
Section 2
Dealing With Stress
Stress• Now
• Later
Exercise Daily
• Will help you stay physically and mentally healthy• It relieves tension
• Tension• physical effect of stress marked by straining muscles
• Health problems such as tension, headaches, and heart disease can result from long term stress
Get enough Sleep
• 9 hours of sleep would be very healthy
• Not getting sleep can lead to exhaustion• Can cause illness• You can be less alerted and less capable of dealing with a stressor.
Eat Properly
• Eating healthy gives you vitamins, minerals and energy.• You need this for everyday demands• It helps your immune system to function properly• This helps defend you
from stress related to illness
Learn to Relax• Breathing exercises• Deep Breathing• Fill lungs with air
instead of taking shallow breaths
• Brings more oxygen to body
• Helps muscles and organs function more effectively
• Keeps brain alerted and focused
• Heart rate slows down • Blood pressure drops
Learn to Relax• Tension-Releasing exercise• Start by tensing your muscles
such as the shoulders• People have different ways to
release tension• Listening to music• Playing guitar• Reading a book
Build Resiliency• Resiliency• The ability to recover
from illness, hardship, and other stressors
• Resiliency people• Continue to be positive
when life gets tough• Accomplish difficult
tasks• People ask “How did
they do that?”• Get their strengths from
their asset
Resiliency people
• Resilient people will ask for help• Family • Friends• Teachers• School counselors• Neighbors• Community leaders• Religious leaders
Change your Attitude
A)Use Positive Self-Talk1)Say or think positive to yourself
B)Be confident about yourself1)The better you feel about yourself, the more positive your
perception of the situation will be(a)The more positive your perception, the more positive your response
and consequences will be.
C)Don’t worry about things out of your control1)Accept the things you can’t change2)Make the best out of the situation3)Put your energy in things you can control
According to Robert Cooper from ICE(Interactive Customer Evaluation)For Instant Calm…
• Step one• Uninterrupted breathing
• Step two• Positive face• Smile
• Step three• Balance posture• Chest high• Head up• Neck long• Chin in• Pelvis and hips level• Back comfortably straight• Abdomen free of tension
• Step four• Wave of relaxation• Scan unnecessary
tension in body• Imagine standing
waterfall
• Step 5• Mental control• Acknowledge reality• Break patterns of • negative thinking• wishing a situation
weren’t happening• Think• "What's happening is
real and I'm finding the best possible solution right now."
Section 3
Coping with Loss
Effects of loss• Causes for effects of loss are…
• death of family members
• divorce• death of pet• breakups• moving away from
home
Loss can cause…
• stress• physical and
emotional changes due to stress
• Developing tension • blood pressure• Stress leads to
stress related illness
Grieving• expressing deep sadness from a loss
• It may help you heal from pain of loss• You may feel agitated or angry, guilty• Grieving happens unexpectedly because of memories
or reminders from the loss• After time of this period of grieve you may start feeling
more positive• Journey to recovery called grieving process
The Grieving Process
Denial
• refusing that the loss happened and eying it
Anger
• having anger rushes and blaming yourself and other people for the loss , anger management
Bargaining
• telling that you would change for the return of the thing or person lost
Depression
• sadness is a natural emotion but leads to not wanting to do anything
Acceptance
• you accept and start living and a accepting that there was a loss and it has to go away
Funerals, wakes, and memorial services• Wake • A ceremony that is for family and friends to see the
deceased person before the funeral and know that there was a loss
• Funeral• ceremony were the deceased person is buried or
cremated
• Memorial Service• a service to remember the deceased person wish can be
weeks, months, or even years after the death
Help For Dealing with Loss
For Yourself• Rest, relax and stick to
routines• Share memories• Don’t blame yourself
or others
For Others• Show your support• Tell person that you’re
with them• Tell and make them
understand about the loss
Section 4
Preventing Suicide
Facts about suicide• Suicide is when someone intentionally takes their
own life• People usually attempt or commit suicide because
they feel hopeless or feel emotional pain• Suicide is not the answer
Ways to prevent suicide• They usually think about suicide it is usually for
only a short period of time• After failing to committing suicide they usually
feel grateful to be alive • Attempting suicide is a warning or asking for help
in an indirect way• Drugs and alcohol cause suicidal thoughts
because judgment is impaired• Suicide should always be taken seriously and an
adult should be informed
Teens and Suicide• Suicide is preventable and you are the best
person to protect yourself from it• What you can do• Stop and think about the consequences • Talk to someone you trust for their support• Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem
Warning words• I wish I were dead• I want to go to sleep and never wake up• I won’t be a problem for you much longer• I won’t have to put up with this much longer• I can’t take it anymore• This pain will be over soon• Nothing matters
Statistics
Stress and Your Health
According to the Workplace stress article…• 69% of employees say that work is a major cause
of stress and 41% say that they feel stressed during their work day.
• 51% say that the reason of stress during their weekend is that they were not productive during their work.
• Health care expenditures for employees with high levels of stress were 46%
Stress and Your Health
According to www.apapracticecentral.org • 45% of parents don’t realize the stress their child
is in.• 47% of adults report that they cant sleep at night.• 45% get angry or irritated• 40% lack of interest• 34% get headaches • 32% emotional • 27% upset stomach
Stress and Your Health• In 2010 76% of stress caused by money• 70% caused by work• 65% economy• 58% family responsibilities • 55% relationships• 52% personal health• 52% housing costs• 49% job stability• 47% health problems affecting the family• 30% personal safety
Extra Information
Suicide
• Each year, more than 34,000 suicides occur in the United States.
• For Americans, suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death.• More people survive suicide attempts than actually die.
Youth Suicide
• For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death.
• It results in approximately 4400 lives lost each year. • The top three methods used in suicides of young
people include firearm (46%), suffocation (37%), and poisoning (8%).
• Of the reported suicides in the 10 to 24 age group, 84% of the deaths were males and 16% were females.
Get Help
• If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255
• El Paso Suicide Survivors Support Group• Location: EL Paso MHMR Intake & Crisis Emergency
Services Unit on1600 Montana Ave. EL Paso, TX 79902 • Phone: 915-887-3410
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