| A | B |
|---|
| Optimist | Someone who looks on the positive side of things |
| Depression | "sad and blue" feeling |
| Type B personality | Someone who is calm and more patient |
| Distress | A level of negative stress |
| Positive Stress | Challenges a person to meet responsibilities |
| Pessimist | Someone who looks on the negative side of things |
| Stress | The body's response to external or internal changes |
| Type A personality | "Hurried Sickness" |
| Bible | positive prescription for living a healthy life |
| "fight or flight" | occurs when your body sends out certain hormones to either face your stress or run from it |
| Happiness | by-product of responding to life from God's perspective |
| Happiness | not determined by your circumstances but by your attitudes and responses to them |
| Romans 8:28 | And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose |
| Results of Negative stress (physical) | loss of appetite, high blood pressure, stroke, headache, anorexia etc. |
| Results of Negative stress (mental) | irritability, low self esteem, depression, lack of creativity, poor grades, etc. |
| Results of negative stress (social) | uninvolved with friends, angry outbursts, lack of communication, etc. |
| Results of negative stress (spiritual) | no time to pray or read the Bible, feelings of guilt and depression, etc. |
| Eat, sleep, laugh, relax, talk with someone, etc. | a few ways to deal with stress |
| Attitude | determines our action |
