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| specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person's well-being |
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| the physical and psychological response to internal or external stressors |
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| sources of stress that occur continuously or repeatedly |
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| even though a solution is available, the person can not see it |
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| an emotional and psychological reaction to an emergency that increases readiness for action |
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| general adaptation syndrome |
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| a three-stage physiological response that appears regardless of the stressor that is encountered |
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| post traumatic stress disorder |
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| characterized by chronic physical arousal, recurrent unwanted thoughts or images of the trauma, and avoidance of things that call to mind the traumatic event |
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| a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation and accompanied by lowered performance and motivation |
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| avoiding situations or thoughts that are reminders of a stressor and maintaining an artificially positive viewpoint |
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| facing a stressor and working to overcome it |
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| finding a new or creative way to think about a stressor that reduces its threat |
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| stress inoculation training |
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| a therapy that helps people to cope with stressful situations by developing positive ways to think about the situaion |
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| a technique for reducing tension by consciously relaxing muscles of the body |
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| the use of an external monitoring device to obtain information about a bodily function and possibly gain control over that function |
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| nurturing activities to protect oneself or one's kids to reduce stress |
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| creation and maintenance of social networks |
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| an interaction between mind and body that can produce illness |
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| the set of psychological disorders in which the person displays physical symptoms not fully explained by a general medical condition |
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| a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with minor symptoms and develops an exaggerated belief that the symptoms signify a life-threatening illness |
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| a psychological disorder involving combinations of multiple physical complaints with no medical explanation |
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| a disorder characterized by apparently debilitating physical symptoms that appear to be voluntary-but that the person experiences as involuntary |
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