Stress triggers A stress trigger is something that really makes you feel upset mad sad frustrated annoyed etc Each of us have different stress triggers Once we are triggered we can ID: 569851
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Reaching your breaking pointSlide2
Stress triggers
A “
stress trigger
” is something that really makes you feel upset- mad, sad, frustrated, annoyed, etc.Each of us have different stress triggers.Once we are triggered, we can cope appropriately to calm down or we might experience a crisis.Slide3
Reaching Your breaking point
Stress triggers “add up” over time in us.
When we have too many stress triggers, we can reach our
breaking point– the point at which we are so upset that we act in irrational, unsafe, or unpredictable ways.Our stress level can reset after a short period of time, but some people don’t always go back to a “zero” level.
We can use strategies to increase our
tolerance
of stressors and avoid our breaking point!Slide4
Increasing Tolerance
“Tolerance” is our ability to deal with stress triggers and still feel calm.
Lots of things in life are outside of our control. We can’t stop them or fix them. We can learn to
tolerate them.We should increase our tolerance to be more predictable, easier to be around (make and keep friends!), and to be more successful
at school, home, and workSlide5
Increasing tolerance
We can
predict
when we are likely to encounter our stress triggers and prepare to tolerate them.When we know or think a trigger is coming, we can:Avoid: Sometime, we can avoid a stress trigger by sitting in a different seat or politely asking someone to stop doing a frustrating action. When this isn’t an option, we can ask for help and cope.
Ask for help: Make a plan with a teacher or your family to deal with situations in a positive way. Adults can support you as you learn to cope!
Cope
: Use coping strategies to help us “let it go” and feel calm again