Daniel K. John N.

Professor CherryNov 28th Hpe 12

Kingsborogh Community College

Psychological Health and Stress Management

Psycholgical Health

• Psychological Health has 3 compnents :

• Emotional health which refers to feelings and moods

• Mental health which describes our ability to perceive reality as it is

• Spirtual health which is our ability to identify with our purpose in life

What Leads to stress:

• Stress : is non specfic response of the body to any demand made upon it

• Distress: negative effects that can deplete or even destroy life energy

• Homeostasis : is our bodies constantly strive to maintain a stable and consistent psychological state

Stress can be handled in a few ways:

Deep Breathing: Relaxes the body and mind

Refocusing :Force your mind on other objects

Progressive Relaxation : Is the phyical and mental state oppisite that of stress

    

Rehabilation from stress

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Stress

How Nate dealt with stress using drugs :

• Nate would relive stress by smoking marjuana

• Nate took acid o get away from his problems with the women he is with

Major Depression

• Feeling Depressed • Loss of interest• Eating more or less• Having trouble sleeping• Feeling slowed down • Lack of energy • Feeling helpless• Difficulty concentrating• Diffculty thinking clearly • Persistent thoughts of death

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Anxieties

• Anxiety disorders : May involve inordinate fears of certain situations or subjects such as:

• Phobias

• Panic attacks

• General anxiety disorder

• Obsessive compulsive disorder

How they both were affected by Nates sexuality

• Nate :

• Trains on women

• Chronic stress

• Stressful event sequences

• Girls:

• Got trained

• Distant stress

• Depression

• Chronic stress

Bibliography

• psych.fullerton.edu/mentors/computing_stress.jpg

• anxiety.psy.ohio-state.edu/images/GAD.ht1.gif

• www.natvanbooks.com/cat/655.gif

• Graph :www.med.umich.edu/.../images/depressiongrap

• Graph : www.tcd.ie/.../assets/images/stress_curve.jpg

• Invitation to health Kingsbourgh communtiy college 4th edition

• http://www.121hypnosis.com/images/121depression2.jpg