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- 1. You Think You’reStressed! Let’s talk about teens, stress, and anxiety AG
- 2. What Stresses YourTeen Out? What Stresses Your Teen Out? AG
- 3. Negative ways teensdeal with Negative ways teens deal with stress stress • Self-medicating • Using drugs or alcohol • Self-injury • Avoidance • Procrastination • Over preforming AG
- 4. Stress is Realand it’s Here to Stay Stress is Real and it’s Here to Stay • Stress comes from a primitive part of our brain that tells us to be afraid. So, some fears are worthy and some are not. • Stress looks forward and backwards to the what if's and I should have's. BF
- 5. Types of Stress Typesof Stress • There are two types of stress: – Eustress (good, motivating) – Distress (bad, hard to cope with) • It is important to identify causes of stress and manage them with either changes of behavior or attitude. How do you know when your teen is stressed? BF
- 6. The Science ofStress The Science of Stress Stress is regulated by the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal gland. SS
- 7. What About Anxiety? WhatAbout Anxiety? Anxiety is a normal part of childhood, and every child goes through phases. A phase is temporary and usually harmless. Warning signs: •Panic attacks •Avoidance of places or situations •Obsessions or compulsions •Re-experiencing of traumatic events and avoidance of stimuli •Persistent and excessive anxiety and worry SS
- 8. Other Mood Disorders OtherMood Disorders • Major depression • Cyclothymia • Dysthymia • Bipolar I • Bipolar II SS
- 9. Signs and Symptoms Signsand Symptoms • Disinterest in favorite extracurricular activities • Problems at school and losing interest in school • Substance abuse, including alcohol and drug (illegal and legal drugs) use • Behavioral problems • Withdrawing from family and friends • Sleep changes • Changes in eating habits • Begins to neglect hygiene and other matters of personal appearance • Emotional distress brings on physical complaints (aches, fatigues, migraines) • Hard time concentrating and paying attention • Declining grades in school • Loss of interest in schoolwork • Risk taking behaviors • Complains more frequently of boredom • Does not respond as before to praise • Changing friend groups • Isolating from friends and family SS
- 10. How To Deal HowTo Deal • Validation – I hear you saying you feel really sad. – That sounds very painful. • Ask open-ended questions – Have you ever felt really depressed? – How long have you felt that way? – Has this happened before? How long did it last? • Be in contact with your child’s therapist and psychiatrist • Get therapy for yourself – Sending only the kid gives them the message: “I am broken, and they want this therapist to fix me.” – It is hard to watch your kids struggle! SS
- 11. Stress Management Tools StressManagement Tools • Sleep • Eat right • Avoid caffeine • Exercise • Music • Relaxation techniques • Prayer/spirituality • Set priorities • Study smarter, not harder • Planning/organization • Compartmentalizing BF
- 12. Coping With Stress CopingWith Stress 1. Identify causes – What stresses you or your children? 2. Change what you can – Attitude…listen to negative messages, listen carefully to your child's negative messages – Gratitude…count your blessings, but recognize some things are just simply hard 3. Learn to let go 4. Teach your children these lessons as you go by talking to them about your process BF
- 13. Jesus' instructions fromthe Sermon on Mount Mt 6:25: ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? AG
- 14. The Message? The Message? “Don’tworry”… That’s easy for him to say! AG
Editor's Notes
- #6 When the brain senses stress, the brain stem alerts the adrenal glands to send out sugar into your bloodstream, giving you that hyperactive feeling when stress kicks in. Additionally, your hypothalamus sends signals to your pituitary gland, telling it to release a hormone called cortisol in order to keep up the high amounts of sugar in your body, prolonging your stress time. Although the injection of these hormones into our bodies helps us overcome whatever causes our stress, there are, in fact, long term negative effects to prolonged periods of stress.
- #12 Beth to do guided relaxation