Health and Wellness

1. Name: __________________________
HW410: Unit 3 Journal Writing Assignment
EXERCISE 4.1 The Psychology of Your Stress
The following questions are based on several theories from Chapter 4 to help you become
more aware of your perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors during episodes of stress:
1. In hindsight (because Freud said people are not aware at the time that they are doing it), do you
find that you use one or more defense mechanisms to protect your ego? Reflecting on your behavior,
which of the following do you see as common behaviors in your psychology of stress profile?
a. Defensiveness (I didn’t do it) Yes No
b. Projection (She did it) Yes No
c. Repression (I don’t remember doing it) Yes No
d. Displacement (He made me do it) Yes No
e. Rationalization (Everyone does it) Yes No
f. Humor (I can laugh about this now) Yes No
g. Other _______________________________________________________
2. Carl Jung was adamant that we need to listen to the wisdom of our dreams. Please answer the
following questions based on Jung’s theories related to stress.
a. Do you often remember your dreams? Yes No
b. Do you make it a habit to try to understand your
dreams and dream symbols? Yes No
c. Do you have any recurring dreams? Yes No
d. Have you ever had a dream of an event that later
came to pass? Yes No
3. Kübler-Ross’s stages of grieving are not just for cancer patients. These same stages occur for the
death of every unmet expectation. What recent expectation was unmet that brought you to the door of
the grieving process? What stage of Kübler-Ross’s progression have you currently reached with this
stressor?
_______I recently was romantically involved with someone and it did not work out. He is someone I
have known for over 20 years and had always had a hope that one day we would get together. We
finally did, at the wrong time and it did not work out. I had high hopes that this relationship was what
I had been looking for through many other relationships. Unfortunately, it ended fairly badly, because
of this, I think I went through every stage of grieving. I am sort of in the acceptance stage. I have
accepted what has happened and the fact that the timing is really off, but am still hopeful that when
circumstances are better for both of us then we may give it another chance. That is TBD I suppose.
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2. 4. Refer to your Unit 1 Journal Writing Assignment, Exercise 1.5 (“Personal Stress Inventory: Top Ten
Stressors”). Please list your stressors as predominantly anger-based or fear-based stressors.
Anger-Based Stressors
a. __Stressor – Men – Anger Based_
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b. Stressor__Alcoholic and Drug Addicted Parents – Anger Based
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c. ________________________________________________________________________
Fear-Based Stressors
a. _Stressor – Being a single mom – Fear Based
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b. _Stressor –Starting a new business – Fear Based
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c. ________________________________________________________________________