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Activity 1.2
Solve the challenge
To limit the negative affect that stress can have on you, personal interventions are very important as you cannot just “run away” from stressful situations. Apart from the coping mechanisms to be able to intentionally put actions in place to manage your stress, you may have school stress influencing your social and family life or vice versa. To manage your stress, you have to work out ways to alleviate stress and also develop social support. Being in the presence of others to help you cope, has been proven to be a very effective way to avoid stress. Changing your behavioural, physical and eating patterns may also help reduce some stress.
In order to solve the overarching unit challenge, you have to do the following activity:
Activity 1.2
Consult relevant books and articles in the library and/or use the internet (e.g. www. fosteringresilience.com/pdf/stress_management_plan.pdf and www.rawfoodnature.com/ food-combining.html) and search for: • At least ONE stress management plan and write down the steps suggested in that plan and map what YOU intend doing during each step. • Identify at least eight foods that fights stress and then explain why these foods can assist your body in combating stress. • Discuss what you have learnt from your friends, classmates or facilitator in an attempt to identify a number of feasible steps that can be followed to manage your stress.
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Include the following important elements in your solution: • The concept of stressors – in order to understand what causes stress in your life, you should list the most important stressors that you experience. • Your interpretation of these stressors. • The various effects that stressors can have on your body, emotions, behaviour or thinking. • An indication of the level of stress in your life. • The causes of stress/stressors. • Your personal stress management plan.
Reflect and apply
Use this lesson to apply the knowledge that you have acquired during this unit to address the requirements of the unit challenge to your own benefit. This task contributes to your School-based Assessment marks.
