Personal Development Lesson 5 & 6: Coping with Stress and The Powers of the Mind PDF

UNIT 2 ASPECT OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  LESSON 5: COPING WITH STRESS IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENCE Topic 1: STRESS MANAGEMENT  STRESS  is the body’s response to anything that makes us feel threatened or pressured. It is caused by any kind of demand, to which we mus...

UNIT 2 ASPECT OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  LESSON 5: COPING WITH STRESS IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENCE Topic 1: STRESS MANAGEMENT  STRESS  is the body’s response to anything that makes us feel threatened or pressured. It is caused by any kind of demand, to which we must adapt, adjust, or respond. It is the body’s automatic way of reacting to changes, challenges, and demands placed on us.  STRESS  Emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension.  EUSTRESS  Stress that has a positive effect on you.  DISTRESS  Stress that negatively affects you. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS  Anxiety Tension  Pressure  Anger  Desperation  Panic  Rejection STRESS SIGNALS  Physical  Emotional  Behavioral  PHYSICAL Headaches/ Weakness Stomach aches Nausea Dizziness Indigestion Back/Chest pain Excessive Neck stiffness sleeping/inability Ulcer sores on to sleep mouth  PHYSICAL Jaws pain Overeating/loss of Weight loss/gain appetite Skin problems Rapid of difficult Excessive in breathing sweating Colds hands or High blood feet pressure  EMOTIONAL Mood changes Anger Lack of Irritability concentration Crying Thoughts of Nightmares suicide Panic attacks Depression Anxiety Confusion  EMOTIONAL Feelings of helplessness Restlessness Racing thoughts Aggressiveness  BEHAVIORAL Smoking Use of medication Nail Biting Compulsive dieting Tapping Hair chewing Pulling hair Nervous laughter Grinding hair Pacing Use of alcohol Lateness  BEHAVIORAL Putting things off Not caring about physical appearance Compulsive overeating STRESS RESPONSE/STRESSORS  is the collection of physiological changes that occur when you face a perceived threat – when you face situations where you feel the demand outweigh your resources to successfully cope. These situations are known as stressors. TYPES OF STRESSORS  Physical  Social  Psychological  Physical Weather Violence Illness Fire Noise Poor Traffic living/working students)  Social Social, economic and political situations Family relationship and situation Job and Career Interpersonal relation Environmental  Psychological FRUSTRATION – occurs when one’s strivings are thwarted by obstacles that blocked progress toward a goal. CONFLICTS – simultaneous occurrence of two or more important but incompatible needs or motives. PRESSURES – force that compel the person to achieve goals or behave in particular ways. Activity 4: STRESS BINGO Cause and Effect of Stress Stress Signals Stressors LESSON 6: THE POWERS OF THE MIND Topic 1: THE POWER TO ACT  BRAIN  a wrinkled, pinkish-gray, three- pound organ that is primarily composed of fat and water. 3 MAJOR PARTS OF THE BRAIN Brain stem Cerebellum Cerebrum  BRAIN STEM  It connects the spinal cord and the brain. Controls the functions that keeps people alive such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and food digestion. Brain Stem  CEREBELLUM  It controls voluntary movement. It translates your will to action. Brain Stem  CEREBRUM  Largest of the three brain sections, accounts for 85% of the brains weight and has four lobes. Brain Stem 4 LOBES OF CEREBRUM Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital  Frontal Lobe  determines personality and emotions. Brain Stem  Parietal Lobe  helps people to understand what they see and feel. Brain Stem Brain Stem  Temporal Lobe  hearing and word recognition abilities. Brain Stem Brain Stem  Occipital Lobe  Vision functions Brain Stem Brain Stem Topic 2: THE DOMINANT SIDE OF THE BRAIN LEFT BRAIN DOMINANCE  Language  Logic  Critical thinking  Numbers  Reasoning  RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE  Recognizing faces  Expressing/reading emotions  Music  Intuition  Color/images  Creativity  A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. Upon his return, however, he can only travel halfway up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way - unless it's raining. What is the explanation for this? You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus: a. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die b. An old friend who once saved your life c. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about Knowing that there can only be one  A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be?  Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?  Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man? Performance Task No. 3: MIND MAPPING  RUBRICS: Originality (15 points) Creativity (15 points) Cleanliness (10 points) Timeliness (10 points) Total of 50 points.  Be ready for a quiz no. 3