Personal development

1. UNIT 2
ASPECT OF
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMET

2. LESSON 5:
COPING WITH
STRESS IN MIDDLE
AND LATE
ADOLESCENCE

3. STRESS
• Body’s way of reaction to any kind of demand
or challenges
EUSTRESS
• Good stress that motivates you to continue
working
DISTRESS
• Bad stress
• Occurs when the good stress becomes too much
to bear or cope with

4. STRESSORS
•Something that
makes you
worried/anxious
•Source of stress

5. a.State of overload- we
can no longer adapt
them
b.Incompatible
tendencies
c.uncontrollable

6. TYPES
a.Physical
-crowding and
isolation
-presence of pollutants
or toxic elements

7. b. Psychological
-one’s own mental and
emotional reactivity
-own inner cognitions
and emotions

8. c. Catalysmic events
•Stress suddenly occur that affects many
people
•Example
Natural disasters- typhoon, global
warming effects, earth quakes
Man-made troubles-terrorist attacks,
bombings, war, plane crash car crash , fire

9. d. Personal stressors
• Anything that causes stress to an
individual
• Positive or negative
Example- death of loved ones, going to
school, left by a friend, new environment

10. e. Background stressors
•Daily hassles
•We encounter it
everyday such as
waking up early, noise
you hear everyday

11. Mental
Health
Problems

12. 1. Depression
•Disorder of emotion or
mood
• negative conditions
about self

13. •Self-image
•Body images
•Separation of parents
•Emotionally unavailable
parents
•Peer rejection

14. 2. Eating Disorder
•Extraordinary
weight loss
•Feeling negative
about their bodies

15. a. Anorexia Nervosa
•Persistent of
becoming thin
•Intense fear of
gaining weight

16. b. Bulimia Nervosa
•Binge eating
•Self-inducing vomiting
•Using laxative

17. 3. Anxiety
•Over worrying
about future
events

18. TYPES OF ANXIETY
A.Separation Anxiety Disorder
-felt by children when their
parents leave them
-they worry that something bad
will happen to their parents

19. B. GENERALIZED ANXIETY
DISORDER (GAD)
•Physical symptoms
•Tense muscles
•Restless feeling
•Becoming tired easily
•Trouble sleeping

20. C. SOCIAL PHOBIA
•Sweating
•Blushing
•Muscle tension
•Sensitive to criticism
•Easily embarrassed

21. D. Obsessive compulsive
disorder (OCD)
•Thoughts –”obsessions”
•They need to perform
rituals and routines –
”compulsions”

22. E. Panic Disorder
•When they feel very
scared or have a hard
time breathing
•Shaky and dizzy

23. F. Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD)
•Hypervigilance
•nightmares

24. COMMON EFFECTS OF STRESS

26. SOURCES OF TEENAGE
STRESS
• School pressure and career decisions
• Dating and friendship
• Pressure to wear certain types
• Family and peer conflicts
• Crammed schedules
• After school activities
• Social life
• Family obligations

27. DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRESS
1. ACUTE STRESS
•Most common forms of stress
•Short term
COMMON SYMPTOMS
•Emotional distress
•Muscular problems
•Stomach, gut and bowel problems

28. 2. EPISODIC ACUTE STRESS
•Suffer acute stress frequently
•Always in rush but always late
•Short tempered, irritable,
anxious, tensed
•Tend to be abrupt
•“Worry Warts”

29. 3. Chronic Stress
•Destroys bodies, minds and lives
•Feeling of no hope
•Traumatic or early childhood
experiences
•Chronic stress kills through
suicide, violence, heart attack
and stroke

30. SIGNS an ADOLESCENT is
OVERLOAD
• Increased complaints of headache, stomachache, muscle pain
and tiredness
• Shutting down and withdrawing from people and activities
• Increased in anger or irritability
• Crying more often and appearing teary-eyed
• Feelings of hopelessness
• Changes in sleeping and eating habits (too busy to eat)
• Difficulty concentrating

31. HOW CAN YOU COPE WITH YOUR
STRESS?
COPING
-making efforts to control, reduce or tolerate the
threats and challenges that lead to stress
a. problem-focused coping
-attempt to manage a stressful situation/problem by
changing the situation to make it less stressful.
Example. Your failing grade in MATH. What will you
do to change the situation?

32. b. Emotion-focused coping
-conscious regulation of emotion, looking at the
brighter side
Example: You know your friends/peers are just
getting along with you because you are always
buying snacks for them.
c. Defensive coping
-distort or deny the nature of situation
Example: Denying it to yourself that failure on a
series of tests is unimportant

34. HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS
HEALTHILY
a. Talk through it.
-let others lend a hand
-talk to a parent, teacher or other trusted adult
b. Use positive self-talk
-help you calm down and control stress
c. Strike a balance
-school is important, but it is not everything
-schedule time to have fun

35. d. Engage in daily physical activity
-physical activity can be a great of pleasure
e. Embrace the things you are able to change
-learn a new skill, love and help others
f. Take control of what you can
-never stop by saying that ALL things are
out of control

36. g. Do not commit yourself to
the things you cannot do or
do not want to do.
-if you are busy, do not
promise to do something
-learn to say no