Stress& Coping (UPdated) MRO
Stress& Coping (UPdated) MRO
Stress& Coping (UPdated) MRO
What is stress?
• Stress is people’s response to
events that threaten or challenge
them.
• If the stressor persists, people move into the second response stage: resistance-
• The body is actively fighting the stressor on a biological level.
• During resistance, people use a variety of means to cope with the stressor—
• Sometimes successfully but at a cost of some degree of physical or psychological
well-being.
The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) Model: The Course of Stress
• It releases a lower amount of cortisol, and your heart rate and blood pressure begin
to normalize.
• Although your body enters this recovery phase, it remains on high alert for a while.
• If you overcome stress and the situation is no longer an issue, your body continues
to repair itself until your hormone levels, heart rate, and blood pressure reach a
pre-stress state.
• If resistance is inadequate, people enter the last stage of the GAS: exhaustion.
The General Adaptation Syndrome Model: The Course Of Stress
• However, too much stress can take a toll on physical and psychological
health.
• Positive ways of coping with stress, which fall into two main categories
: