Unit 3- Stress

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Across
  1. 2. Defense mechanism where a person deals with stress by behaving in an immature or age-in appropriate way
  2. 3. Ignoring the reality of a situation to avoid anxiety
  3. 5. Chronic long-term condition that affects the airways in the lungs
  4. 7. A feeling of fatigue caused by things such as lack of exercise, boredom, or mental stress that results in lack of energy and depression
  5. 9. Strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weakness, frustrations, desires or feelings of inadequacy
  6. 10. Psychological defense mechanism in which a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a less threatening recipient
  7. 15. The tendency to escape from the real world to the safety and comfort of a fantasy world
  8. 16. Process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object
  9. 17. The exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind
  10. 19. A state of tiredness and diminished functioning
  11. 20. A defense mechanism in which people justify difficult or unacceptable feelings with seemingly logical reasons and explanations
  12. 22. A broad range of mental experiences, mediated the faculty of imagination in the human brain
  13. 24. Defense mechanism that involves channeling unwanted or unacceptable urges into an admissible or productive outlet
  14. 25. A condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure
  15. 26. Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
  16. 27. A general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels
Down
  1. 1. An unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors
  2. 4. A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances
  3. 6. A small area in the center of the brain that helps produce hormones that regulate heart rate, body temperature, hunger, and the sleep-wake cycle
  4. 8. A psychological condition involving the occurrence of physical symptoms, usually lacking a medical explanation
  5. 11. A situation or event that causes one to feel stressed
  6. 12. An open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucus membrane that fails to heal
  7. 13. An ego defense or mental mechanism through which an individual, in varying degree, makes himself or herself like someone else
  8. 14. Causes extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months; symptoms worsen with physical or mental activity but don’t fully improve with rest
  9. 18. A feeling of constant exhausting, burnout, or lack of energy
  10. 21. A stress hormone known as epinephrine; part of the “fight or flight” response
  11. 23. Positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being