Stress and Mental Health

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Across
  1. 7. Using conscious thoughts and actions to manage, reduce, or tolerate the emotional and physical consequences of challenging situations
  2. 8. The stage when your body recognizes a ‘threat’
  3. 9. A survival mechanism triggered by the brain when perceived with a threat by either fleeing or fighting.
  4. 10. A severe mark (label) of disapproval, shame, or disgrace attached to a person, group, or circumstance based on perceived negative traits, behaviors, or characteristics
  5. 12. Any event, situation, or external stimulus that causes a stress response in the body
  6. 14. Short term stress with clear endpoints
  7. 17. A disorder where a person has unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and feels driven to perform repeated behaviors (compulsions).
  8. 18. A disorder with extreme mood swings between emotional highs (mania, 7 days) and lows (depression, 2 weeks or more).
  9. 19. A cycle of overeating (bingeing) followed by behaviors to “get rid of” the food (purging). Purging includes forcefully vomiting to reverse the overeating.
  10. 20. A disorder involving extreme restriction of food due to intense fear of gaining weight.
  11. 22. a licensed professional trained to provide treatment for physical or mental health conditions, disorders, or injuries
  12. 24. situations or challenges that you do not have the ability to change- leading to higher feelings of stress.
  13. 27. Canadian endocrinologist that created the General Adaptation Syndrome
Down
  1. 1. a certified, trained educator and mental health professional who supports students' academic, career, and social-emotional development
  2. 2. Hormone that increases your heart rate, blood pressure, and alertness to deal with immediate stress
  3. 3. intentionally calming your body and mind by slowing down and reducing tension.
  4. 4. Negative stress, negative response toward stress
  5. 5. A severe disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and perceives reality.
  6. 6. Consisting of a wide range of techniques, behaviors, and tools designed to help individuals cope with, reduce, or alter stressful situations, ultimately improving emotional and physical health
  7. 11. Long term or ongoing stressors
  8. 13. The natural physical, mental, or emotional reaction your body has when changes or challenges occur in one’s life
  9. 15. Hormone that delivers glucose for energy, increases alertness, suppresses systems not needed during stress response. Acts slower to manage long-term stress
  10. 16. The stage when your body attempts to recover and return to homeostasis after the alarm stage.
  11. 21. The stage when your body feels depleted from chronic or prolonged stress
  12. 23. A condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, and not being able to recover.
  13. 25. A serious mental health condition where a person feels persistent sadness or loses interest in activities they once enjoyed.
  14. 26. Good stress, positive response toward stress