Stress Flashcards

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What is stress?

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A state of mental which describes our emotional and physiological tension from a existing stressor

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What is distress?

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Stress that is negative

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What is eustress?

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Stress that lasts for months but is positive

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What is a stressor?

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a stimuli which prompts a stress response that can be internal or external

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What is cortisol?

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a hormone that is released when stressed to maintain and initiate heightened arousal. a positive is increasing the ability to repair tissue. a negative is more susceptible to colds/illness

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What is gut microbiota?

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the microbe population found in the gut

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What is the gut brain axis?

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the relationship between the gut and brain

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What is Flight Fright Freeze response?

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the automatic biological response to stressors that increases our chance of survival. the ns involved in the physiological response is ans

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What is the difference between internal and external stressors?

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Internal stress is stress that comes from the individual whereas external stress comes from and event or environment outside of our body

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What is acute stress?

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Stress that occurs as an result of a sudden threat, lasts for a short term and can be beneficial with helping us with challenges. An example is sitting an exam.

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What is chronic stress?

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Stress that’s lasts for a long term but is usually less severe or intense as well though it is more harmful for our health. an example of this is changes within the family

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What is the vagus nerve?

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connects the brain (cns) to the organs within the ans via nerves fibres connected to lungs and the heart.

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avoidant coping strategy meaning

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to avoid the stressor and not deal with it directly. example include exercising

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approach coping strategy meaning

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the effort made to confront the stressor and deal with it directly. examples include seeking advice and talking it out to friends, family and medical prot

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