HEALTH 7 FOURTH QUARTER LESSON 2

SITUATIONS THAT CAUSE STRESS

Week 3-4
After this lesson, I will be able to:

✓ Identify situations that cause feelings of anxiety or

stress.
JUMPSTART ✓ Identify the common stressors that affects adolescent.

CAUSES OF STRESS
Directions: Read the following situations. Identify whether they are causes or effects of stress. Write
the word CAUSE or EFFECT in the blank provided.

_______1. You are almost hit by a car.

_______2. You ran fast away from a furious thief.

_______3. Your house is burning.

_______4. You are lonely because your house was totally burned.

_______5. You were able to escape from the burning house.

_______6. Your friend told you that your mother was rushed to the hospital because of heart attack.

_______7. You passed by a dark street.

_______8. You saw an angry dog.

_______9. You fainted when a car almost hit you.

_______10. You are weak because you lose energy after running away from a mad dog while passing the
dark street.
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NOTES

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Have you experienced being late for school? Did you cram in submitting paper _______________________
works before the deadline? Did you have enough money to pay your electric bills before
the cut-off date?
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How are you affected by these situations? In this module, you will know that
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there are different stages of stress that you experience in your everyday life. It is
important to remember that stress is not a definition of 'one size fits all'. Depending on _______________________
the way you view the stressor, what stresses one person out might not bother you at all. _______________________
This is why the causes and consequences of stress are important to consider, as well as _______________________
how to recognize your own stressors and how to handle your stress properly.
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STRESS is defined as a physiological and emotional responses to significant or
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unexpected change one’s life (Payne, et al., 2005). It may also refer to what you feel _______________________
when you react to pressure from the outside world or from yourself. _______________________
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At any given moment, a wide variety of circumstances, conditions and _______________________
pressures can trigger stress for any one person. These stress-causing conditions and __________________
stresses are referred to as "stressors." Stressors may come from external and/or internal
causes, such as the following below.
 I. INTERNAL STRESSORS NOTES
CHRONIC WORRY

A mental habit wherein an individual is constantly

worrying on things which happened and may
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happen to him/ her. _______________________
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PESSIMISM
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A tendency when an individual expects that _______________________
something worst will happen and that leads to _______________________
experiencing lack of hope in life.
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NEGATIVE SELF-TALK _______________________
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It is any inner dialogue that a person does in most
of his thinking that may limit the ability to have _______________________
self-confidence and avoid believing to _______________________
capabilities.
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UNREALISTIC
EXPECTATION/PERFECTIONISM
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People who experience this tend to be not
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satisfied with what they accomplish. They may _______________________
suffer from painful emotions when they feel that _______________________
they do not produce a perfect output.
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RIGID THINKING, LACK OF _______________________
FLEXIBILITY
These are the kind of difficulties when an _______________________
individual frequently finds it hard to cope with _______________________
change. Hence, persons who experience this
believe that any kind of change as a source of
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anxiety. _______________________
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ALL OR NOTHING ATTITUDE _______________________
A thinking that leads to holding back from _______________________
achieving things in life. For instance, one may say _______________________
that; if he/she can’t be the best player in the
team, he will never play the sport.
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II. EXTERNAL STRESSORS NOTES
MAJOR LIFE CHANGES

One may feel stressed when a big part of his/

her life changes into something that is difficult _______________________
to accept. For instance, a person may find it
hard to believe that his/her business falls near
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bankruptcy. _______________________
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WORK OR SCHOOL _______________________
A kind of stressor wherein an individual cannot _______________________
able to handle things to deal with in workplace _______________________
or school. This includes unexpected deadlines,
nature of work, society to work with and so
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forth. _______________________
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RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTY _______________________
An individual may experience to hardly _______________________
accomplish things when they are facing _______________________
difficulties in building harmonious relationships.
For instance, they may feel stressed to handle a
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husband- wife relationship when quarrel always _______________________
happen. _______________________
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FINANCIAL PROBLEMS _______________________
This is one of the stressors that entails to _______________________
encountering stress after an individual faced
problem in money. Paying bills, tuition fees, _______________________
budget for foods and fares, and other money _______________________
matters are examples of situations that often
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lead to stress.
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CHILDREN AND FAMILY _______________________
For many, this stressor is often experience for a _______________________
person may feel difficulties in working for their _______________________
families and in providing everything to their
children. For example, a big responsibility came _______________________
up to an individual after getting married and _______________________
after giving birth to children who needs shelter,
foods, education and the likes.
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 Internal and external stressors can affect the body’s immune system to the NOTES
extent that it can cause certain illnesses like the following:
CANCER
A serious disease caused by cells that are not
normal and that can spread to one or many parts of
the body. _______________________
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ASTHMA
A physical condition that makes it difficult for
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someone to breathe. _______________________
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ULCER _______________________
A painful, sore area inside or outside of the body. _______________________
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DIARRHEA _______________________
An illness that causes you to pass waste from your _______________________
body very frequently and in liquid rather than solid
form. _______________________
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STROKE
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A serious illness caused when blood vessels in your
brain suddenly break or blocked.
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MIGRAINE _______________________
A condition marked by recurrent severe headache _______________________
often with nausea and vomiting. _______________________
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CRAMPS
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A temporary paralysis of muscles from over use. _______________________
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INFERTILITY _______________________
A condition when an individual cannot able to _______________________
produce offspring. _______________________
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ALLERGIES
A medical condition that causes someone to _______________________
become sick after eating, touching, or breathing
that is harmless to most people.
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HEART ATTACK
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A sudden painful and dangerous condition in which
your heart stops beating properly. _______________________
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