Coping_with_Stress_interactive presentation

1. Coping with Stress in
Adolescence
EsP-PD11/12CS-If-5.1 to 5.3
Interactive Lesson Presentation

2. Learning Objectives - Part 1
• ✔ Define stress and differentiate between
positive and negative stress.
• ✔ Recognize common sources of stress among
adolescents.
• ✔ Understand the importance of identifying
stress in promoting mental and emotional
well-being.

3. Learning Objectives - Part 2
• ✔ Identify physical, mental, and emotional
effects of stress.
• ✔ Reflect on one’s personal stress symptoms.

4. Learning Objectives - Part 3
• ✔ Identify healthy vs. unhealthy coping
strategies.
• ✔ Practice and demonstrate coping
techniques.
• ✔ Create a personal self-care plan.

5. Understanding Stress
• • Stress: a natural response to a challenge or
demand.
• • Eustress (positive): motivates and enhances
performance.
• • Distress (negative): causes anxiety and
decreases performance.
• • Common sources: academic pressure, family
issues, peer pressure, personal expectations.

6. How Stress Affects the Body and
Mind
• • Fight-or-flight response (cortisol, adrenaline)
• • Short-term effects: headaches, fatigue, panic
• • Long-term effects: anxiety, weak immune
system, chronic diseases

7. Types of Stressors
• • Internal Stressors: self-esteem, body image,
fear of failure
• • External Stressors: school demands, family
rules, social media

8. Activity: Word Splash
• Group words like grades, curfew, relationships
• Classify them as internal or external stressors
• Discuss impact and personal relevance

9. Activity: Body Map
• Draw and label where you feel stress
• (e.g., headache = forehead, stomach pain =
abdomen)
• Encourages body awareness and emotional
connection

10. Activity: Breathing Break
• Practice 4-4-4 Breathing:
• Inhale 4 sec – Hold 4 sec – Exhale 4 sec
• Reflect: 'How do you feel now?'

11. Coping Strategies
• • Healthy (adaptive): journaling, exercise,
deep breathing
• • Unhealthy (maladaptive): substance use,
isolation, aggression
• • Two approaches: Problem-focused &
Emotion-focused

12. Activity: Coping Skills Card Sort
• Match real-life situations to effective coping
techniques
• Discuss why strategies are helpful or harmful

13. Activity: Journaling
• Write a letter (not to be sent) to someone
with high expectations
• Express your feelings honestly and respectfully

14. Self-Care Wheel
• Fill in 6 areas: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual,
Mental, Social, Practical
• Reflect on current habits and missing pieces

15. Activity: Stress Thermometer
• Rate your current stress level (1–10)
• Describe symptoms you're currently
experiencing

16. Activity: Coping Checklist
• List 3 stressors and coping strategies for each
• Create a personalized checklist for daily use

17. Reflection Prompts
• • 'How can ignoring stress harm you in the
long run?'
• • 'What happens when we choose healthy
coping strategies?'
• • 'Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our
response to it.'

18. Wrap Up
• ✔ Recognizing stress is the first step to
managing it.
• ✔ Coping is your responsibility to protect your
well-being.
• ✔ Embrace honesty, empathy, and self-respect
in your journey.