Stress Reponses and Health Promotion Behaviors

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Negative Stess Responses

  • Anger outbursts
  • Anxiety
  • Back pain
  • Crying spells
  • Compulsive behaviors
  • Conflicts with family or friends
  • Difficulty functioning at work
  • Dizziness
  • Easily frustrated
  • Excessive spending
  • Excessive sweating
  • Expression of feelings doesn’t match the situation
  • Extreme happiness and energy
  • Extreme sadness
  • Failure to buckle seatbelt
  • Fatigue
  • Fears
  • Feeling agitated or nervous
  • Feeling inadequate or worthless
  • Feeling of abandonment or rejection
  • Feeling oversensitive
  • Feeling unreal
  • Feeling worthless
  • Guilt
  • Headaches
  • Hopelessness
  • Impulsive behavior
  • Indecisiveness
  • Irrational responses to events or actions of others
  • Irrational thoughts
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Lack of expression and feeling
  • Lack of Motivation
  • Loss of interest in activities
  • Memory problems
  • Muscle cramping
  • Negative thoughts
  • No need for sleep
  • Not answering phone
  • Obsessions
  • Over eating
  • Over inflated sense of self
  • Passing exits on interstate
  • Passive aggressive behaviors
  • Poor appetite
  • Poor concentration
  • Racing thoughts
  • Risk taking
  • Secretiveness
  • Seeing or hearing things that others don’t see or hear
  • Self blame
  • Self criticism
  • Sleeping too much
  • Stomach aches
  • Substance use
  • Thoughts of self harm or death
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Under eating
  • Unreal thoughts
  • Withdrawing
  • Worrying

Health Promotion Behaviors

  • Avoiding caffeine
  • Avoiding saturated oils
  • Avoiding trans-fatty acids
  • Brushing teeth
  • Cardiac exercise daily
  • Drinking 8 glasses of water
  • Eating low fat dairy
  • products
  • Eating mono-saturated / poly-unsaturated oils (olive, canola, etc)
  • Eating 5-9 fruits or veggies daily
  • Eating low fat dairy products
  • Eating nuts and seeds
  • Eating whole grain products
  • Exercising 30+ minutes daily
  • Flossing daily
  • Getting regular medical care
  • Limiting sugar/sweets
  • Limiting red meat
  • Maintaining proper weight
  • No fried foods
  • Not skipping meals
  • Resistance exercise 2Xs per week
  • Seeing dentist every 6 months
  • Sleeping at least 7 hours nightly
  • Spending time with supports
  • Taking medications as prescribed
  • Taking a multi-vitamin
  • Talking out problems
  • Using alcohol in moderation

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