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(04.06 MC)Which оf the fоllоwing options cаn be аdded to а national climate plan to help protect communities from sea level rise?
Directiоns: Tаke nоtes in yоur notebook аs you reаd the following article carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow. How to Deal With Stress, Even Without Meditation ByFrancine Tone. GPSolo. Mar/Apr2021, Vol. 38, Issue 2, p45-48. Glossary: Mogul-skiing (noun) = skiing on mounds of snow Boogeyman (noun) = an imaginary monster Wear and tear (noun) =damage tosomething when used over time Came at the heels (verb) = followed or came after Coined (verb) = invented Fight-or-flight response (noun) = facing a problem vs. running away from it To-do-list (noun) = a list of things that a person needs to do Self-perception (noun) = how we see or think about ourselves INTRODUCTION 1 On July 29, 2002, as I was preparing to go on a mountain bike ride, the phone rang. I answered it, and the voice on the other side said, "I'm sorry, but there has been an accident. Your son is on a helicopter heading for the hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand." The caller could not tell me if he were dead or alive. My son, an Air Force pilot, had gone to New Zealand for his dream vacation to spend three weeks training with mogul-skiing Olympic hopefuls. They found him unconscious at the bottom of a ski hill. I rushed to New Zealand. When I arrived at the hospital, the doctors told me he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life because he had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. 2 I am no stranger to stress. My son's traumatic brain injury was one of the longest ordeals, but it came at the heels of childhood trauma, a near-fatal car accident, divorce, hurricanes, earthquakes, and even cancer. If the only time you suffered stress were extreme situations such as these, when the stressful event subsided, your body would calm, and all would be well.Stress is inevitable. Some stress is good for us. As with any prevention or treatment, awareness is step one. NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD FOR YOU 3 Eustress (a word coined by Hans Selye, pioneer of modern stress study) is beneficial stress. A person experiences this type of stress when their car suddenly swerves on an icy road. This stress triggers the "fight-or-flight" response, and the person responds instantly. Our primitive brain provides the chemical boost necessary to deal with sudden, unpredictable events. Without this response, our species would have died off thousands of years ago.Eustress is the stress that a person may feel right before they begin closing arguments or an athletic performance. This stress can help a person "rise" to the performance. However, when the event is over, this stress dissipates (or, rather, it should dissipate). STRESS BECOMES PROBLEMATIC WHEN IT BECOMES CHRONIC 4 The fundamental problem with the brain's reaction to stress is that it does not distinguish the difference between real (saber-toothed tiger attacking), perceived (possible unhappy client), and imaginary (boogeyman under the bed) threats. When multiple events that the brain perceives as threats occur all day, everyday, chronic stress begins. 5 Chronic stress results from repeated and/or constant exposure to situations that lead to the release of stress chemicals, particularly cortisol. Our bodies were not designed by evolution to deal with these stress chemicals on a consistent basis. Release of these chemicals on a regular basis causes wear and tear on the brain and body. Imagine a faucet being turned on when a person begins to suffer from stress (good or bad), pouring cortisol into the body’s system. When living in chronic stress, even when the major stressor dissipates, the faucet does not shut down completely, and the person suffers from a "cortisol drip." When living in chronic stress, their brain and body never get a break from this cortisol drip. 6 According to several studies, high levels of cortisol wear down the brain's ability to function properly, kill brain cells, and reduce the size of the brain. Additionally, one of the most significant effects of stress is that bodily functions unnecessary to dealing with a fight-or-flight response become temporarily paralyzed. This interruption to bodily functions such as the immune system and digestive system contribute to the multitude of diseases and illnesses of modern times. Our executive functions, also, are not necessary to deal with a fight-or-flight response. When suffering from chronic stress, the high-level brain functions are also impaired, as if the person has had a couple of drinks. 7 In order to effectively manage stress, the cortisol tap must be shut down completely to stop the infusion of cortisol into the body’s system. When the tap is completely shut down, the body releases chemicals to counteract the cortisol that is in the system. So long as cortisol is dripping, the counteracting chemicals never get released. This is why so many modern-day medical conditions can be linked to stress (cardiovascular, immune, reproductive, digestive, and neurological problems; diabetes; Parkinson's disease; Alzheimer's disease; etc.). 8 Reducing and effectively managing stress are not that difficult. It's just difficult to get ourselves to do something simple. Yes, it does take a certain amount of time and a willingness to give focused attention to learning more about ourselves and adjusting our behavior. However, the alternative -- living in chronic stress with cortisol shrinking the brain -- should be enough reason to start making some changes. ALTERNATIVES TO MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION PRACTICES 9 We experience, on average, about 100 emotions each day. We ignore most of them, and sometimes we ignore all of them. Learning to accurately identify our emotions is a critical first step toward managing emotions and ultimately managing our reactions. We cannot manage what we know does not exist. One simple activity is to set aside four to five times a day when we stop for one minute and ask ourselves how we are feeling and identify the emotion. The simple act of paying attention can calm the brain. A Mood Meter (designed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence) is a tool that includes the names of a multitude of emotions to help identify emotions. 10 Elevating our emotional intelligence will improve how we manage stress. The EQ-i 2.0 assessment measures 15 competencies ranging from self-perception to decision-making to stress management. When these competencies are out of balance, a person is more likely to be susceptible to the negative impacts of stress. Identifying weaknesses and working to balance the 15 competencies not only increase our awareness of stress causers but also help us develop tools to manage stress more effectively. 11 The Eisenhower Principle will help us get our to-do list under control so that it stops being a source of stress. Based on this principle, we classify everything on our list according to two sets of variables: important/unimportant and urgent/not urgent. Then, we tackle tasks that are both important and urgent, and then schedule tasks that are important but not urgent. Anything that is unimportant needs to be given to someone else or eliminated entirely, and definitively removed from the to-do list. 12Finally, one simple and easy stress reducer is to spend six minutes each day reading fiction. Studies have shown that this simple activity will reduce stress by 68 percent in those six minutes. This is a substantial stress reduction and, according to some studies, greater than what we can get from meditation.
Whаt dоes the wоrd cоmpetencies meаn in the context of pаragraph 10? 10 Elevating our emotional intelligence will improve how we manage stress. The EQ-i 2.0 assessment measures 15 competencies ranging from self-perception to decision-making to stress management. When these competencies are out of balance, a person is more likely to be susceptible to the negative impacts of stress. Identifying weaknesses and working to balance the 15 competencies not only increase our awareness of stress causers but also help us develop tools to manage stress more effectively.
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