Managing Stress

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 Who are your Counselors?
Ms. Kenney Ms. Watkins
✢ Last Names A-Hou ✢ Last Names How-Z
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Thursdays, and Friday
Fridays ✢ tamiwatkins@iusd.
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 Topics
1. Stress
2. Coping Skills
3. Support
4. Resilience
 What is stress?
It’s a common emotional,
psychological, and physical
reaction to the ups and downs of
daily life.
What Causes Stress?
•Crammed schedule
•Ongoing problems with schoolwork
•Relationship stress
•Being bullied or exposed to violence or injury
 Origins of Stress
External (Things
beyond your control)
✢ Major life changes, such as
divorce or death in the
family
✢ Financial problems at home
✢ Peer relationships
✢ Having way too much on
their plate
Internal (Things you
can control)
✢ Being pessimistic
✢ Doubting one’s abilities
✢ Low self-esteem
✢ Rigid thinking
✢ Perfectionism and fear of
failure
✢ Struggling with
schoolwork
Fight,Flight, or Freeze
✢ The heart starts beating faster
✢ Pulse rate and blood pressure go up
✢ Breath becomes more rapid and the chest feels tight
✢ Muscles tense
✢ Mouth gets dry
✢ You may feel flushed and sweaty
✢ Vision may narrow and you become immobile
✢ Hearing may become more sensitive.
Symptoms of Negative Stress
✢ Feeling nervous or anxious
✢ Stomach aches
✢ Feeling overwhelmed
✢ Having negative thoughts
✢ Withdrawing
✢ Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much
✢ Problems remembering, focusing, and concentrating
✢ Eating too much or too little
Symptoms of Positive Stress
✢ Motivates, focuses energy
✢ Is short-term
✢ Is perceived as within our coping abilities
✢ Feels exciting
✢ Improves performance
 Coping Skills
How can you manage your stress?
✢ Exercise
✢ Good Nutrition
✢ Listening to music
✢ Journaling
✢ Talking to someone you trust
✢ Deep breathing
✢ Self-talk
✢ Getting plenty of rest
✢ Finding what you are passionate about
 Who Can I Go to For Support?
✢ Counselors
○ Ms. Kenney
○ Ms. Watkins
○ Mrs. Humphreys
○ Ms. Holcomb
✢ School Psychologist
○ Ms. Baker
✢ Teacher
✢ Parent
✢ Any adult
What can you do?
✢ Recognize that stress is a part of our everyday
lives
✢ Don’t give up
✢ Perseverance (you can win or you can learn)
✢ Lean on someone
✢ Know that stress is temporary
✢ Remember that not all stress is negative
 Building Resiliency
Ever notice that certain people seem to adapt quickly to stressful circumstances
and take things in stride? They're cool under pressure and able to handle
problems as they come up.
✢ If you want to build your resilience, work on developing these attitudes and
behaviors:
○ Think of change as a challenging and normal part of life.
○ Believe that you will succeed if you keep working toward your goals.
○ Build strong relationships and keep commitments to family and
friends.
○ Have a support system and ask for help.
○ Participate regularly in activities for relaxation and fun.
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