Module Content

Segment One – Introduction

• The benefits of understanding the stress response
• How the stress response is a ‘built in’ human response
• The concept of the Fight, Flight or Freeze response
• A modern day example of the freeze response

Segment Two – The Fight or Flight response and associated symptoms (Part one)

• Why heart rate and blood pressure increase
• How and why skin color often pales when people get stressed
• Why people experience a loss of memory and logic when they get stressed
• Understanding the changes to what we see and hear when the fight or flight process is triggered
• The process of ‘Channelized Attention’
• Why people become more emotional when they are stressed (E.g. crying, giggling, etc.)
• The ‘Reptile Mode’ and why people are so dangerous when they are in it

Segment Three – The Fight or Flight response and associated symptoms (Part two)

• Why muscles tense when stressed and the symptoms that occur because of this process
• Why blood clots faster under stress and the implications for heart attacks
• Changes to our breathing pattern and the symptoms that flow from this
• The impact of changes to body temperature
• Why sleep difficulties are common when people get stressed
• The bodies natural ‘pain killers’ and the changes people experience when they are released

Segment Four – Why people are more prone to sickness if they stay stressed

• Why the efficiency of our immune system drops when people are stressed for long periods
• The link between stress and sick leave and our research that demonstrates this
• Why understanding the changes that occur when people get stressed is often the starting point for overcoming stress problems