What are stress and stressors? Identify potential sources and consequences of stress, and describe alternative stress management strategies. Solution There are external or internal (to individual) sources of stress, among external sources we have: Major life changes, Work or school, Relationship difficulties, Financial problems, Being too busy and Children and family. Additionally, we have internal ones as Chronic worry, Pessimism, Negative self-talk, Unrealistic expectations excess of Perfectionism, All-or-nothing attitude and Rigid thinking, lack of flexibility.What is stress? Stress is a normal response of human body, which under threat contexts releases chemicals that give to the person additional strength and energy to increase his/her capability to protect himself. The core issue is that this situation should be punctual but never a constant in a healthy person, it should be an extraordinary response, because if it would be frequent, it would be too demanding to the body, and here is the problem, contemporary average person is exposed to several frequent stress situations, and his/her body does not have time to recover itself. What are stressors? They are situations, things or persons whom have the capability to activate this extraordinary response of the body, because they demand more attention and energy from stressed individual. Identify potential sources of stress. There are external or internal (to individual) sources of stress, among externals we have: Major life changes, Work or school, Relationship difficulties, Financial problems, Being too busy and Children and family. Additionally, we have internal ones as Common internal causes of stress, Chronic worry, Pessimism, Negative self-talk, Unrealistic expectations/Perfectionism, All-or- nothing attitudeandRigid thinking, lack of flexibility Identify consequences of stress. Memory problems, seeing only the negative, irritability or short temper, depression or general unhappiness, sense of loneliness and isolation, chest pain, rapid heartbeat, agitation, inability to relax, poor judgment, using alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to relax, anxious or racing thoughts, constant worrying, nervous habits, eating more or less, nausea, dizziness, loss of sex appetite, moodiness, procrastinating or neglecting responsibilities, frequent colds, sleeping too much or too little, feeling overwhelmed, aches and pains, diarrhea or constipation, isolating yourself from others. Describe alternative stress management strategies. Practicing physical activity, to recover nervous system balance. Feeding yourself well and healthy, to gain energy to the body and mind. Sleeping enough, to rest and keep clear mind. Activating social life, meeting friends, visiting family, spaces to other kind of experiences. Scheduling relaxation time, to connect with yourself, praying, meditation, anything you prefer..

1. What are stress and stressors? Identify potential sources and consequences of stress, and describe
alternative stress management strategies.
Solution
There are external or internal (to individual) sources of stress, among external sources we have:
Major life changes, Work or school, Relationship difficulties, Financial problems, Being too
busy and Children and family. Additionally, we have internal ones as Chronic worry, Pessimism,
Negative self-talk, Unrealistic expectations excess of Perfectionism, All-or-nothing attitude and
Rigid thinking, lack of flexibility.What is stress?
Stress is a normal response of human body, which under threat contexts releases chemicals that
give to the person additional strength and energy to increase his/her capability to protect himself.
The core issue is that this situation should be punctual but never a constant in a healthy person, it
should be an extraordinary response, because if it would be frequent, it would be too demanding
to the body, and here is the problem, contemporary average person is exposed to several frequent
stress situations, and his/her body does not have time to recover itself.
What are stressors?
They are situations, things or persons whom have the capability to activate this extraordinary
response of the body, because they demand more attention and energy from stressed individual.
Identify potential sources of stress.
There are external or internal (to individual) sources of stress, among externals we have: Major
life changes, Work or school, Relationship difficulties, Financial problems, Being too busy and
Children and family. Additionally, we have internal ones as Common internal causes of stress,
Chronic worry, Pessimism, Negative self-talk, Unrealistic expectations/Perfectionism, All-or-
nothing attitudeandRigid thinking, lack of flexibility
Identify consequences of stress.
Memory problems, seeing only the negative, irritability or short temper, depression or general
unhappiness, sense of loneliness and isolation, chest pain, rapid heartbeat, agitation, inability to
relax, poor judgment, using alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to relax, anxious or racing thoughts,
constant worrying, nervous habits, eating more or less, nausea, dizziness, loss of sex appetite,
moodiness, procrastinating or neglecting responsibilities, frequent colds, sleeping too much or
too little, feeling overwhelmed, aches and pains, diarrhea or constipation, isolating yourself from
others.
Describe alternative stress management strategies.
Practicing physical activity, to recover nervous system balance.

2. Feeding yourself well and healthy, to gain energy to the body and mind.
Sleeping enough, to rest and keep clear mind.
Activating social life, meeting friends, visiting family, spaces to other kind of experiences.
Scheduling relaxation time, to connect with yourself, praying, meditation, anything you prefer.