Lesson 5: Stress Flashcards
Usually brief
- Most common and frequent presentation.
- Most often caused by reactive thinking.
- Negative thoughts predominate about situations or events
Acute Stress
People who frequently experience acute stress, or whose
lives present with frequent triggers of stress, have _____.
- The individuals who frequently suffer acute stress often live
a life of chaos and crisis. They are always in a rush or feel
pressured.
Episodic Stress
Is the most harmful type of stress
- If it’s left untreated over a long period of time, it can
significantly and often irreversibly damage your physical
health and deteriorate your mental health.
Chronic Stress
It can be present in anyone’s life. It is highly treatable and
manageable
- Repeated __________ can become very harmful for your
physical and mental health.
Acute Stress
With this type of stress, they take on many responsibilities, and usually cannot stay
organized with so many time demands. These individuals
are perpetually in the grips of acute stress overload.
Episodic Stress
Can be caused by aversive experiences in childhood or
traumatic experiences later in life.
- Long term poverty, repeated abuse in any form,
unemployment, dysfunctional family, poor work
environment, substance abuse, or an unhappy marriage
can cause significant __________.
Chronic Stress
When an individual lives with ________, their
behavioral actions and emotional reactions become
ingrained.
- There is change in the hardwiring of the neurobiology of
the brain and body. There by making them constantly
prone to hazardous stress effects on the body + mind +
cognitive regardless of the scenarios.
Chronic Stress