OBJECTIVES

At the end of this module, you will be

able to:
discuss that understanding
stress and its sources during
adolescence may help in identifying
ways to cope and have a healthful
life,
 OBJECTIVES
 identify the sources of your
stress and illustrate the effect of
stress on your system, and
 demonstrate personal ways of
coping with stress for healthful
living.
 What
is
STRES
S?
 DEFINITION
 STRESS is simply a reaction
to a stimulus that disturbs our
physical or mental
equilibrium. It is an
omnipresent part of life.
 DEFINITION
 Stress as a response is the way the
body reacts to challenging situations.
This involves the interactions between
the hormones, glands and nervous
system where the adrenal gland
drives the production of cortisol or
better known as “Stress hormone”.
 DEFINITION

• STRESS is the feeling one

gets from prolonged, pent-up
emotions.
 DEFINITION
 Emotions may be classified
as:

1. Positive
2. Negative
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS
Positive emotions
comes from our experiences
that are pleasant and
desirable like joy, elation,
ecstasy, delight. They are
not difficult to show and are
not usually suppressed.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS

Positive
emotions
do not usually
cause stress.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS

Negative emotions
are unpleasant and
undesirable and they are
often held inside.
They are hidden. The
person suffers quietly
and experiences stress.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS
The person with
negative
emotions
suffers quietly
and experiences
stress.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS

POSITIVE SITUATIONS
should not be
equated to
POSITIVE EMOTIONS.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMOTIONS
A school competition
is a positive situation
that often brings
about the negative
emotions of anxiety
and tension. So
stress can exist even
in great situations.
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS
• Emotions that are associated (as cause
and effect) with stress:
1.Anxiety 6. Anger
2.Pressure 7. Panic
3.Misery 8. Dejection
4.Desperation
5.Tension
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS

1. Anxiety – apprehensive uneasiness or

nervousness usually over an impending
or anticipated ill.
2. Pressure – the burden of physical or
mental distress.
3. Misery – a state of great unhappiness
and emotional distress.
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS
4. Desperation – a state of
hopelessness
5. Tension – inner striving, unrest or
imbalance often with physiological
indication of emotion.
6. Anger – a strong feeling of
displeasure
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS
7. Panic – a sudden overpowering
fright
8. Dejection – lowness of spirit.
Prolonged stress
can be
devastating.