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    Week 3

    1. identifies physical responses of the body to stress H7PH-IIIc-33


    2. identifies people who can provide support in stressful situations H7PH-IIIc-34

    A. REVIEW
     STRESS defined
     Stressor
     Eustress (cite example)
     Distress (cite example)
    ACTIVITY: EUSTRESS & DISTRESS
    1-10 items

    Let’s process (let studets find their pair)


    Ask students the following:
    1. Which situations bring eustress to both of you? Why?
    2. Did you have situations with different answers? What could be the reason/s why you have
    different answers?
    3. What are your other sources of eustress and distress?

    “Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for
    its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.”

    Hans Selye (1907-1982)

    This quotation clearly summarizes his belief on how stress affects the human body through
    aging and other natural body processes that occur as we encounter various stressors in our
    daily lives.

    In 1936 Hans Selye created the stress model "General Adaptation Syndrome", which thoroughly
    explains the stress response and how aging and disease are caused by chronic exposure to
    stress

    János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye CC, a pioneering


    Hungarian- Canadian endocrinologist, conducted
    important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific
    response of an organism to stressors.
    .

    1. Alarm Stage

    In this phase, the initial reaction of the body to stress is that it labels the stressor as a threat or
    danger to balance,that is why it immediately activates its fight or flight response system, and
    releases the “stress” hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol. These hormones
    enable you to perform activities that you don’t usually do.
    For instance, when one’s house is on fire, his body shifts to the alarm stage, his stress hormones
    released (particularly adrenaline) and then he lifts a very heavy appliance outside the burning house.
    But there’s a catch – your blood pressure starts to rise after a minute or less, which can predispose
    you to damage of the brain and heart’s blood vessels, putting you at risk to stroke or heart attack.
    The muscles you’ve utilized might also become painful due to tissue damage.

    2. Resistance Stage

    After the body has responded to the stressor, it is more likely that the stress level has been
    eradicated, or simply reduced. What happens next to the fight or flight response is that your body’s
    defenses become weaker, as it needs to allocate energy to the repair of damaged muscle tissues
    and lower the production of the stress hormones.

    Although the body has shifted to this second phase of stress response, it remains on-guard,
    particularly when the stressors persist and the body is required to fight them continuously, although
    not as stronger as it could during the initial response.

    3. Exhaustion Stage

    During this phase, the stress has been persistent for a longer period. The body starts to lose its
    ability to combat the stressors and reduce their harmful impact because the adaptive energy is all
    drained out. The exhaustion stage can be referred to as the gate towards burnout or stress overload,
    which can lead to health problems if not resolved immediately.

    All in all, the General Adaptation Syndrome model by Hans Selye presents a clear biological
    explanation of how the body responds and adapts to stress.

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