Module 39: stress and illness

Stress

The process by which we perceived and respond to certain events called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging

Approach and avoidance motives

The drive to move toward approach or away from or avoid a stimulus

Fight or flight response

an emergency response, including activation of the sympathetic nervous system, the mobilizes, energy and activity for attacking or escaping of threat

General Adaptation syndrome GAS

Concept of the bodies, adaptive response to stress and three phases – alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

Phase 1, you have an alarm reaction as your sympathetic nervous system is suddenly acting out your heart race zooms

Phase 2, resistance your temperature blood pressure and respiration remain high, your adrenal gland, pumps, epinephrine, and non-Ephron into your bloodstream you are fully engaged, summoning all your resources to meet The challenge

Phase 3 exhaustion, with exhaustion you become more vulnerable to illness, or an extreme cases collapse and even death

Tend And befriend response

Under stress, people, especially women often provide support to others, tend, and bond with and seek support from others friend

Health psychology

A field of psychology that contributes to behavioral medicine

Psychoneuroimmunology

The study of psychological, neural, and endocrine processes affect our system and resulting health

Coronary heart disease

The clogging of the vessels, the nourish the heart muscle; a leading cause of death and many developed countries

Type a

Friedmans and rosenmans term for competitive, hard driving, impatient, verbally, aggressive, and Anger and prone people

Type B

Friedmans and Rosenman term for easy-going Relaxed people

Your adrenal glands release the stress, molecules, cortisol, and epinephrine , Also known as, adrenaline adrenaline overtime raises your blood pressure and causes hypertension, making your heart go faster

throughout your adult life stress decreases

Those who are stressed are two times more likely to get sick