a. What are the major causes of stress in your life?
major causes of stress in my life is the pressure to balance work, friends and school.
What coping strategies do you use, and what could you do to deal with stress more effectively? i just breathe, and think that eventually the stress will be over, i'll accomplish what i need to, and the stress will only last so long.
b. Examine your film notes and homework notes. After watching the film and reading the article about stress, explain why stress is so dangerous to your health in a variety of ways.
If a person is under stress for an extended period of time, cortisol and adrenaline are released as normal bodily functions. However, because the stress is sustained, the brain does not order the production of these hormones to stop. The body is therefore in a continuous panic mode, which means that blood pressure is increased and the heart rate is increased. Sustained high blood pressure is extremely dangerous for the heart because it causes the valves to become damaged. For most people, this is not detected early enough, and is only picked up when the person suffers a heart attack. Another side-effect of sustained stress is the onset of sugar diabetes, and the consequences of this are daily insulin injections. Of course, it depends on the type of diabetes and the seriousness of the disease.
Why do you think America leads the world in stress-related diseases?
Although we are a very adaptive civilization, dealing with changes has become more difficult, especially when an increasing amount of demands are placed on us. We are expected to meet an ever-increasing number of deadlines. This has placed an increased amount of pressure, and it is this pressure that leads to sustained stress. During times of stress, adrenaline and cortisol are released as a coping mechanism. In prehistoric times, stress would only be experienced in short bursts, so once the cortisol and adrenaline have been released, the body goes into flight or fight mode, gets out of the situation, and then retreats back to normal mode. Once the brain has detected this, cortisol and adrenaline production is ceased immediately.
