STRESS

COMMON CAUSES OF STRESS/ STRESSORS

• Tests/ Too much homework and too little time
• Peer pressure
• Media /Natural disasters/ War
• Smoking/ Drugs
• Bodily Changes

ALARM

• First response to stressors
• The hypothalamus is alerted by other parts of the brain
• The hypothalamus then sends out hormones
• These hormones syimulate the pituary gland
• The pituary gland stimulates the adreal gland which makes adrenaline

ADRENALINE

• "Emergency hormone
• Prepares the body when it needs to respond to stressors
• Increases heart rate
• Faster perspiration rate
• Muscle tension

RESISTANCE

• Body may perform at a higher level
• More endurance
• Result of body adapting to stress

FATIGUE

• Body is unable to adapt after a period of time
• Body becomes tired
• You are now unable to manage other stressors effectively
• Happens after prolonged stress

STRESS AND YOUR HEALTH

• Stress can cause physical changes
• These changes can be harmful for your body
• Stress that continues for a long time can cause
• Psychosomatic responce
• Reaction caused by stress not injury

EFFECTS OF STRESS ON YOUR BODY

• Headache
• Weakened immune system
• High blood pressure
• Digestive disorders
• Clenching the jaw, grinding of teeth

IN CONCLUSION

• Stress can be hard to deal with
• Don't use alchohol or drugs to help with stress
• This can cause abuse of those drugs