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- Stressor is something in your life that causes stress.
- The Stress response is your physical, emotional, and behavioral response to stressors.
- Stressor + Stress Response = Stress
- The fight or flight response is the bodies physical response to stressors
- The fight or flight response is very important for escaping danger, however is elicited at any level of stress, either acute or long term.
- People have varying emotional and behavioral responses to stress.
- It is important to use productive behavioral responses rather than counter-productive responses.
- Some stress is good for you!
- Too much negative stress is associated with disease.
- You can take purposeful actions to reduce stress in your life.
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