Monday, 3 May 2021

Signs and Symptoms of Stress

Activity Monday May 3, 2021- ECDL2 Parttime Group

After reading your prescribed text (pages 13-18) use the comment section below to repsond to the following. Add your name before each comment. Do not rewrite the question/items just number your responses. 

Write your answers in your notebook as well. 

1. What is Acute stress?

2. What is episodic acute stress? 

3. What is chronic stress? 

4. List 4 signs of stress. 

5. What is the importance of identifying that someone is experiencing stress?

6. Define culture and state why culture affects an individuals response to stress. 

7. Define stressors and indicate 3 stressors. 

32 comments:

  1. Tamari:
    1. Acute Stress is the most common cause of stress which comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future. It is usually short term and its symptoms are recognized by most people. Most common symptoms are: Emotional distress, Muscular problems, Stomach, gut and bowel problems and Transient over arousal.

    2. Episodic Acute Stress occurs when one suffers from acute stress frequently. If you have episodic acute stress, you may feel like you are always under pressure or that things are always going wrong. This can be exhausting, both physically and mentally. Symptoms include: persistent tension headaches/migraines, hypertension, chest pain and heart disease.
    Often times individuals who suffer from this type of stress see nothing wrong with the way they conduct themselves and so sufferers can be fiercely resistant to change.

    3. Chronic stress is ongoing stress resulting from long-term emotional pressure. For example, a stressful job, unhappy family situation, or money problems.
    If one has chronic stress, the body experiences the fight or flight response too frequently to recover between episodes. This means the individuals nervous system is constantly aroused, which is not good where health is concerned.

    4. Four types of stress are:
    • Substance abuse
    • Loss of increased appetite
    • Feelings of anxiety or frustration
    • Headaches

    5. The importance of identifying that someone is experiencing stress will confirm whether or not they are suffering from stress as some signs are not easily observed and so a combination of signs is more reliable.

    6. Culture is the way of life (practices,customs, food, dress, language) of a particular people.In order to observe the signs of stress and acknowledging that an individual is experiencing stress, there must be consideration of the cultural background of the individual. In some cultures it is said to be normal when an individual reacts to a situation in a certain way. Some persons, for example will "use" (abuse) certain substances because is it apart of the culture or lifestyle .

    7. Stressors are external situations that leads to stress.
    Three stressors are:
    • inadequate skills/training
    • Poor work-relationship
    • Unmanageable work load

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    1. Miss Kelly: Well done Tamari
      That was quick and well presented.

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    2. Miss Kelly: Is acute stress a cause of stress or a type of stress?

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    4. sorry miss. its suppose to be type of stress.

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  2. Sherroy Reece
    1. Acute stress is one of the least damaging types of stress,it is an intense,unpleasant, and dysfunctional reaction beginning shortly after an overwhelming traumatic event and lasting less than a month.
    2. Episodic acute stress is the term used when someone experiences acute stress with some regularity or frequency. If you have episodic acute stress you may feel like you are always under pressure or that things are always going wrong.
    3. Chronic stress is a consistent sense of feeling pressured and overwhelmed over a long period of time.
    4. Four (4) signs of stress
    Drinking too much or too often
    Gambling
    Overeating or developing an eating disorder
    Chest pain or feeling like your heart is racing.
    5. Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life's biggest stressors. It can undermine a person's mental and physical health and become harmful. It is important to identify someone experiencing stress to help them manage new situations and maintain their physical health using various strategies example therapies(allow them to relax).
    6.Culture refers to a person's way of life. The ideas customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.Culture can affect the stress and coping process as cultural context shapes the type of stressors that an individual is likely to experience and so the negative feelings or reactions that we experience as we try to adjust to life in a new culture are often unclear to us, which may cause stress.
    7. Stressors are events or conditions in your surroundings that may trigger stress. Three stressors include:
    Death of a loved one
    Job loss
    Divorce

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    1. Good job Sherroy.
      #4 what substance are you referring to as it relates to drinking?

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    2. Thank you miss. Alcoholic Beverages

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  3. Kadia Hunt

    Accute stress- Is a long term stress that is most common and is exhited by indivuals from the demands and pressures recently occured.

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    1. Try to see if you can get all or most of your answers in 1 post.

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    2. Kadia Hunt

      Accute stress- Is a long term stress that is most common and is exhited by indivuals from the demands and pressures recently occured.

      Espisodic acute stress- This type of stress is experience by individuals who acute stress affects frequently.

      Chronic stress- This is a long term type of stress that negatively affects ones body, mind and lives.

      Four sings of stress are:

      1. change in sleep patterns
      2. headaches
      3. substance abuse
      4. conflict with other

      It is important to identify that an individual is experencing stress.The type of stress is also important.Having identified the type of stress and the signs that are exhiting by someone it is an opportunity to start the healing/treatment process.

      Culture- The way of life eg. food, language

      persons have different cultural background therefore one has to be knowledgeable of such. A cultural practice can be the norm but for an another is stress.

      Stressors-the external situation that lead to stress.

      Four stressors are:

      1. lack of resources
      2. harassment
      3. over-supervision

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  4. Latoya Samuels:

    Acute stress, according to Elizabeth Scott, is experienced as an immediate perceived threat, either physical, emotional or psychological. Acute stress is usually short term. For example, your phone ringing across the room while while you are relaxing on the couch or almost getting into a car accident.

    Episodic acute stress is a term used when someone experience regular or frequent acute stress.

    Chronic Stress is stress resulting form repeated exposure to situation that lead to the release of stress hormone. This type of stress can lead to wear and tear on your mind and body. This type of stress is linked to heart disease, high blood pressure and depression.

    Signs of stress includes
    - feeling anxious
    - poor work performance
    - loss of weight
    - changes in sleep pattern

    It is important to identify that someone is experiencing stress in order to get early intervention. Early intervention will prevent long term health related problem.


    Culture is the patterns of learned and shared behavior and beliefs of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. How a person is socialized will determine how they respond to stress. For example, individual from an inner cities will respond to police killing/brutality by blocking the road.

    A stressor is an event or situation that causes stress. Just about anything can be a stressor as long as it is perceived as danger. Three examples of stressors are:
    - abusive relationships
    - loss of job
    - child birth :)



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    1. Very good. Make sure to copy your response in your note book.

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    2. Thank you Miss, will do.

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  5. Tashna Wilson

    1. What is Acute stress?
    Acute stress is short term. It’s the body’s immediate reaction to a new and challenging situation. 

    2. What is episodic acute stress? 
    This is persistent and frequently occurring episodes of acute stress.

    3. What is chronic stress? 
    This is having high levels of stress for an extended period of time.

    4. List 4 signs of stress. 
        1. Changes in sleep pattern
        2. Changes in appetite
        3. Chronic pain eg headaches
        4. Emotional factors such as irritability, anxiety and depression

    5. What is the importance of identifying that someone is experiencing stress?
    Identifying that someone is experiencing stress is the first step in effective stress management. It is an opportunity to start tackling the problem in order to achieve a certain level of equilibrium in all aspects of one's life. By doing this, they are able to find out what is causing the problem and to come up with viable solutions on how to tackle this.

    6. Define culture and state why culture affects an individuals response to stress. 
    Culture is simply the way of life of people. Culture is a defining factor in how one reacts to stressors and how he/she decides to cope with them as culture shapes what we value. In a society where individuality is placed at the forefront one might be more callous in their decision making as opposed to a society where collectivism and social harmony is emphasized. In some cultures, too, people might see stress as a sign of bad luck. Therefore, it will in most cases be viewed as a result of one's actions and least likely to be attributed to external factors.

    7. Define stressors and indicate 3 stressors. 
    A stressors is  anything that causes a state of tension or strain.
    Three common stressors are:
    ●Oversupervison
    ●Lack of resources
    ●Harassment

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    1. Very good. Remember that if you number your responses you dont need to rewrite the questions.

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  6. 1) Sherrine.. acute stress is the most common form of stress and comes from the demands and pressures of recent past events or the anticipation of future demands and pressures. This type of stress is usually short term.

    2)Sherrine.. episodic acute stress occurs when individuals suffer frequently from acute stress, these individuals may suffer from frequent headaches , chest pain or hypertension.

    3) Sherrine ...chronic stress occurs when a person never a way out of a taxing situation and has given up hope of finding a solution. This type of stress is often times caused by a traumatic event that happened in the early stages of an individual's life and still remain painful even into adulthood.

    4) Sherrine .... Four signs of stress are
    1) Poor work performance.
    2) Substance Abuse.
    3) Headaches.
    4) Conflict With Others.


    5) Sherrine ... It is important to identify when someone is stressed so that the situation can be addressed and the healing and treatment process can take place.

    6) Sherrine .. Culture is the way of life of a people and includes our belief system, language, mode of dress or food. Culture may determine one's response to stress as someone's behaviour may be considered normal and acceptable in their culture.

    7) Sherrine ... Stressors are the outside situations that may lead up to stress.
    Three stressors can be
    1) Working long hours.
    2) Job insecurity.
    3) Lack of resources.

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    1. Well done.
      Pay attention to #3
      The first part is not clear.

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  7. Kadia Hunt

    Accute stress- Is a long term stress that is most common and is exhited by indivuals from the demands and pressures recently occured.

    Espisodic acute stress- This type of stress is experience by individuals who acute stress affects frequently.

    Chronic stress- This is a long term type of stress that negatively affects ones body, mind and lives.

    Four sings of stress are:

    1. change in sleep patterns
    2. headaches
    3. substance abuse
    4. conflict with other

    It is important to identify that an individual is experencing stress.The type of stress is also important.Having identified the type of stress and the signs that are exhiting by someone it is an opportunity to start the healing/treatment process.

    Culture- The way of life eg. food, language

    persons have different cultural background therefore one has to be knowledgeable of such. A cultural practice can be the norm but for an another is stress.

    Stressors-the external situation that lead to stress.

    Three stressors are:

    1. lack of resources
    2. harassment
    3. over-supervision

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    1. Good job. Review #1. Look closely again at acute stress.
      Also add more information to chronic stress.

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  8. Patrice Leachman
    Answers are as follows:

    1. Acute Stress:can be defined as an intense, unpleasant and dysfunctional reaction commencing shortly after an overwhelming traumatic event/s.

    2.Episodic Acute Stress: is when experiences acute stress frequently, you may feel like you are always under pressure or that things are always going wrong.

    3. Chronic Stress: can be defined as a prolonged and constant feeling of stress that can negatively affect your health if goes untreated. It can be caused by everyday pressures of Family, work and or by traumatic situations.

    4.Four (4)signs of stress are as follows :
    * Easily irritated with little or no effort
    *Change of Appetite
    *Feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated or.
    unfocused
    *Sleepimg too little or too much

    5.It is important to identify that some one is experiencing stress so that we can help them to alleviate their stress before it escalates and become worst and we can't assist them point them in the right direction to some one who is professional trained in that field of study to assist as the saying goes, '' There is no good health with out Good Mental Health ''

    6.Culture: can be defined as the ideas, customs and social behavior of a particular people or society in short their way of life. Every Culture is different and as such we respond to stress is different based on the culture we originate from.

    7.Stressors: can be defined as any external situation/s that lead to stress.
    Examples of stressors on the job are as follows:
    *Employer not treating employee fairly
    *Harassment
    *inadequate skills and our training
    *unmanageable work loads


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    1. Very good. Copy in your notebook

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    2. Patrice: Ok, Thank You Miss will definitely do that

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  9. Camille- 1.Acute Stress is the most common form of stress.This stress us usually short term.It's symptoms are recognized by most people,most of which are:
    -emotional distress eg-anger
    -muscular problems eg- left-back pain
    -stomach,gut & bowel problems eg- diarrhea,constipation
    -transient over arousal eg-elevated blood pressure

    2.Episidic acute stress is caused by self inflicting demands,when someone us always rushing but is still late.They tend to be abrupt and sometimes their irritability comes off as hostile.
    systems of this type of stress include:
    -hypertension
    -chest pains
    -heart disease
    Sufferers can be fiercely resistant to change.

    3.Chronic Stress is that type of grinding stress that wears people away day after day,year after year.
    Causes can be from dysfunctional homes,poverty,situations where persons feel hopeless.

    Four (4) signs of stress:
    1.irritability
    2.persistent tension headaches/migraines
    3.loss of or increased appetite
    4.substance abuse

    5.This is extremely important as identifying that someone is experiencing stress could literally save someone's life.You are also better able to understand these persons behavior and actions and seek to help in giving encouragement,advice or recommendation.

    6.Culture is the way of life,the practices,customs,food,dress and language of a particular people.
    *In their culture smoking of drugs would be seen as the norm but these habits are often formed from from stress triggers sometimes knowingly or unknowingly to the person.

    7. Stressors are the external situations that lead to stress.
    *Three (3) stressors
    1.unmanagable work load
    2.long hours
    3.lack of resources



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    1. Well done. Copy in your note and watch spelling for episodic.

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  10. Margaret- Acute Stress is the most common cause of stress which comes from demands and pressure oc recent demands and pressure ic the near future. It is usually short term and it's symptoms are
    Emotional distress
    Muscular problems
    Stomach problems
    Gut and bowel problems

    2. Episodic Acute Illnesd is when one suffers from acute stress very often.Symptoms are
    Persistent tension
    Headaches/migraines
    Hypertension
    Chest pain
    Cardiac diseases

    3. Chronic Stress is ongoing stress resulting from long-term emotional pressure
    Causes
    Divorced
    Stress from job
    Loss of loved obe

    4. Four tyoes of stress
    Acute
    Episodic
    Chronic
    Mental

    5. Importance of identifying that d someone is experiencing stress is whether or not they are aby sign so lpokibg cor other symptoms eill help.

    6. Culture is a wayof life of a grpup if people.
    The behaviour, beliefs, values abs symptoms rgat they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from obe generation to the next.

    Culture can affect stress and coping process as cultural context shapes the type ic stressors tgat an individual us likely to experience and so the negative feelings that we experience as we try to adjust our lifestyle to new culture are often unckwar to us which may cause more stress.

    7. Stressors are external situation that leads to stress.
    Three stressors are
    Inadequate skills
    Poor work relationship
    Unmanageable work loads.

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  11. Margaret- Acute Stress is the most common cause of stress which comes from demands and pressure oc recent demands and pressure ic the near future. It is usually short term and it's symptoms are
    Emotional distress
    Muscular problems
    Stomach problems
    Gut and bowel problems

    2. Episodic Acute Illnesd is when one suffers from acute stress very often.Symptoms are
    Persistent tension
    Headaches/migraines
    Hypertension
    Chest pain
    Cardiac diseases

    3. Chronic Stress is ongoing stress resulting from long-term emotional pressure
    Causes
    Divorced
    Stress from job
    Loss of loved obe

    4. Four tyoes of stress
    Acute
    Episodic
    Chronic
    Mental

    5. Importance of identifying that d someone is experiencing stress is whether or not they are aby sign so lpokibg cor other symptoms eill help.

    6. Culture is a wayof life of a grpup if people.
    The behaviour, beliefs, values abs symptoms rgat they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from obe generation to the next.

    Culture can affect stress and coping process as cultural context shapes the type ic stressors tgat an individual us likely to experience and so the negative feelings that we experience as we try to adjust our lifestyle to new culture are often unckwar to us which may cause more stress.

    7. Stressors are external situation that leads to stress.
    Three stressors are
    Inadequate skills
    Poor work relationship
    Unmanageable work loads.

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  12. Shanoya Rhule
    1) Acute stress is the most common form of stress its comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future.
    2) Episodic Stress is the term used when someone experience acute stress with some regularity or frequency.
    3) Chromic Stress Is a prolonged and constant feeling of stress that cab negatively affect your health if it goes untreated.
    4) 4 signs of stress are conflict with others, changes in sleep pattern, headaches and frequent absence from work.
    5)Importance of identifying that someone is experiencing stress its important to recognize how you respond so you identify when you're stressed as early as possible.
    6)Culture is define has the way of life individuals response to stress.
    Why culture affect an individual response to stress the cultural context shapes the type of steessors that an individual is likely to experience, cultural may also affect the appraisal of the stressfulness of a given event.
    7) Stressors are the external situation that leads to stress.
    Examples long hours, lack of resources and harassment.

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  13. Keneisha McDonald
    1. Acute stress is the most common form of stress. It comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future.
    2. Episodic acute stress is when a person experiences acute stress frequently. If you have episodic acute stress, you may feel like you are always going wrong.
    3. Chronic stress is a grinding stress that wears people away day after day, year after year. Chronic stress distroys bodies, minds and lives. It wreaks havoc through long-term attrition. It's the stress of poverty, of disfunctional families, of being trapped in an unhappy marriage or despise job or career.
    4. Headaces
    Feelings of anxiety or frustration
    Reduced ability to concentrate
    Poor/declining wor performance
    5. Itis important to identify when someone is experiencing stress so that we can help them get rid of it before it get worse. We can do so by talking to them, motivating them and giving them good advice.
    6. Culture is the way of life (practices customs, food, dress, language) of a particular people.
    Culture can affect the stress and coping process in four ways. First, the cultural context shapes the types of stressors that an individual is likely to experience. Cultural demands and resources affect both situational demands and individual resources, both of whih in turn affect the appraisal of stress.
    7. Stressor is the external situationa(s) that lead(s) to stress.
    Harassmnt
    Unmanageable work loads
    Lack of resources

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