This is a complete lesson plan designed around the thematic unit Personal Health and Care.

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3. Examples:
• Bereavement – loss
• Broken heart
• Work and study
• Debt – lack of
money
• Public transport
• Family problems
• Sports results
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4. • Wear down the immune system.
• Affects blood sugar levels.
• Alters concentration and you are more prone to
different types of accidents.
• Leads to anorexia or bulimia.
• You may be prone to gain weight
• Bad tempered
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5. • Make a list of things that stress you out and try to accept
them the way they are. Try not to control everything.
• Give yourself a break.
• Do not commit yourself to things you cannot do or do not
want to do.
• Do not take drugs or alcohol to escape from your
problems.
• Do not take pills without the doctor’s advice.
• Find someone to talk to.
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6. • Bring a special notebook or folder for your journal.
• Feel free to decorate your journal and express
yourself.
• Write in your journal at least three times over the next
week Write honestly about your feelings.
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7. When I think about what I have to do today, I feel.................
This is because………………………………….
The way of solving this is…………………………………
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8. • Write a letter to someone you wish to talk to but you can't.
• Write a script between you and someone else you would like
to talk to, imagining what the person might say to you when
you tell him/her what's on your mind.
• Write a poem expressing your feelings.
• Write a letter to yourself, saying the things you think you
need to hear.
• Write a story in which one of the characters expresses your
feelings.
• Write an account of your day, focusing on what's bothering
you or causing you stress and explore why it's an issue and
what you might try to better cope with it.
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9. Strategies Have they worked? Yes/No How….? Why……?
List of things that make you feel
stressed.
Self-Body analysis.
Reflect on possible solutions.
Therapeutic writing.
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