Stress & Relaxation Response

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Stress_&_Relaxation_Response_Assessment

Please answer any one of the following in the Forum:

  1. Explain how the nervous system responds when experiencing stress and give examples of positive triggers for the Stress Response.
  2. Describe what happens when stress is perceived to be excessive or threatening.
  3. Give examples of conditions that activate the Fight or Flight Response.
  4. Explain how the Fight or Flight Response is helpful and under what circumstance it’s harmful.
  5. Describe the Relaxation Response and practices that have been shown to initiate it.

Sympathetic & Parasympathetic SystemsLesson Overview

In this lesson, we introduce the physiology of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activation.

Objective

Understand the functioning of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and the workings of the Stress Response, Fight or Flight Response and Relaxation Response.

Description

Explain how the nervous system responds when experiencing stress and give examples of positive triggers for the Stress Response. Describe what happens when stress is perceived to be excessive or threatening. Give examples of conditions that activate the Fight or Flight Response. Explain how the Fight or Flight Response is helpful and under what circumstance it’s harmful. Describe the Relaxation Response and practices that have been shown to initiate it.