| A | B |
|---|
| adaptation | one's attempt to maintain balance |
| adrenaline | (emergency hormone) this causes the heart to speed up and breathing to increase in order to provide more oxygen to the body |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | a type of fatigue that last for a long time and seems to have no identifiable cause |
| defense mechanism | unconscious ways one protects oneself from stress |
| distress | the body's response to negative stressors |
| eustress | the body's response to positive stressors |
| fatigue | your body's way of warning you that something is wrong (tired feeling that lowers your level of activity) |
| "flight or fight" | the immediate psychological response to stress |
| frustration | an inability to do or get what you want because of circumstances beyond your control |
| general adaptation syndrome | the three stage pattern of response to stressors |
| alarm-resistance-exhaustion | 3 stage pattern of response to stress |
| alarm | heart and breathing increases and adrenaline is released |
| resistance | your initial response to the alarm settles down - goes from physical to mental |
| exhaustion | the energy needed to deal with stress can be depleated |
| homeostasis | to keep your body in balance |
| hypothalamus | a nerve center in the brain that initiates physical changes associated with stress (endocrine system) |
| overload | stress that results from excessive stimulation |
| pathological fatigue | a fatigue brought on by over working of the body's defense for fighting disease (common cold) |
| personality stress | stress that arises from your perception of yourself |
| physical fatigue | a general fatigue of the body (being tired at the end of the day or after exercising) |
| priorities | the things that are most important to you |
| psychological fatigue | (most common type of fatigue) this is brought about by mental stress (depression, anxiety) |
| psychological stress | this arises from mininterpreting the feedback from society |
| relaxation response | any relaxation technique used to relieve stress (yoga, meditation) |
| stress | mental and bodily responses to day-by-day demands |
| stressor | a physical, social, or psychological factor that triggers a stress response (people, event, places, objects) |
| support | people that you can count on for help and understanding |
| time management skills | effective ways of scheduling your time so that you can use your time wisely |
| Type A Personality | competitive, always trying to stay active and busy |
| Type B Personality | a flexible and easy going attitude towards life |
| denial | refusing to accept reality |
| escape / fantasy | running away from a problem through daydreaming or excessive sleep |
| rationalization | an attempt to justify one's actions with an excuse rather than admitting one's failure or mistake |
| projection | an attempt to protect one's self-esteem by blaming unpleasant feelings or inappropriate actions on others |
| repression | blocking out pleasant thoughts or experiences (forgetting on purpose) |
| identification | modeling yourself after your hero |
| displacement | expressing feelings towards someone (something) not associated with the initial problem |
| regression | reverting to an earlier time in life that was less threatening and required less responsibility |
| compensation | substitute what you perceive to be a flaw or weakness with an act more acceptable to you |
| sublimation | transforming unacceptable behavior into acceptable behavior |
