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| stress | is the body's responce to the demands or pressure of our daily life |
| stressors | the physical and mental demands |
| Eurstress | positive stress |
| Distress | negitive stress |
| Pattern in our responce to stress | alarm,resistence,exhaustion stages |
| Alarm Stage | adrenaline kicks in, "Fight or Flight" |
| Resistense Stage | defence mechinisms and coping skills |
| Exhaustion Stage | feedback |
| Feedback | dr y mouth, tight throat,sweating |
| Pyschosomatic Disorder | migraine, ulcer, hives |
| Ways of dealing with stress | good health, relax, preperation,support,help |
| Mental disorder | mind problems effecting emotions, thinking, and personality |
| organic disorder | result from biological, chemical or gentic abnormalities |
| functional disorders | situations in our upbring, early childhood, environment |
| Three categories of mental disorders | Neurosis, Phychosis, Sociopathic |
| Neurosis def. | The person appears to ok as long as you don't rock the boat. |
| Examples of Neurosis | Clinical depression, Manic depression, Anxiety disorders |
| Examples of Anxiety disorders | Hypochondria, Obsession-Compulsive disorder, Phobias |
| Psychosis def. | A disorder where the personality of the individual begins to deteriorate to the point where they have lost touch with reality. |
| Examples of Psychosis | Paranoia, Delusions, Hallucinations, Schizophrenia |
| Sociopathic personality disorder | The main characteristics of this disorder are their lack of judgement in right and wrong. They seem to lack a moral conscience. |
| Three types of treatment for mental disorders | Psycotherapy, Chemotherapy, Shock therapy. |
| Freudian Method def. | Gets to the root of the problem. |
| Behavioral Method def. | Attempts to modify your behavior so that you may deal with your problem using various techniques. |
| Chemotherapy def. | Use of chemical medicines to treat the disease. ( ex. tranquilizers, antidepressants). |
| Shock therapy | Stimulates the brain. |
| Emotions def. | Feelings that express our basic needs and urges. |
| Three fundamental emotions. | Love, fear, anger. |
| 5 steps of the love maturing process. | Self love, love of parent, love of a friend, heterosexual love, and love for humanity. |
| Fear def. | A protective emotion that safeguards us from harm. Most fears are learned. (ex. superstitions, anxieties, phobias). |
| Anger def. | The feeling we express when our urges and desires are not accomplished. |
| 3 ways to deal with anger. | Passive ( keep it in), Aggressive (outbursts), Assertive (nice and easy talking). |
| Types of fear. | Jealousy, envy, guilt, anxiety, and panic. |
| A type of anger. | Frustration. |
| A type of Love. | Grief (loss of something). |
