Stress Management Vocab

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Across
  1. 8. Thoughts and behaviors used to manage stressful situations
  2. 10. The best way to relieve stress
  3. 11. One factor that affects your stress response system
  4. 12. A state of mental or emotional strain or tension
  5. 15. Stress that comes and goes each day
  6. 16. The normal balanced state of the body's internal systems
Down
  1. 1. Long-term stress
  2. 2. Responsible for setting off the body's stress response system; Part of the brain
  3. 3. Stress caused by positive events or situations
  4. 4. A natural chemical substance produced by the body
  5. 5. Stress caused by negative events or situations
  6. 6. The body's stress response system
  7. 7. The primary stress hormone; Increases blood sugar and slows nonessential body functions
  8. 9. Anything that causes a state of stress
  9. 13. Glands Release a surge of hormones; Rest on top of your kidneys
  10. 14. Stress hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure