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Stress is a response to pressure or threat.
Stress is a response to pressure or threat.
The stress response is also called the fight-or-flight-response.
It's an automatic response that prepares us to deal with danger.
Under stress we may feel tense, nervous, or on edge.
The stress response is physical, too.
Stress triggers a surge of a hormone called adrenaline that temporarily affects the nervous system.
But a situation doesn't have to be physically dangerous to activate the stress response.
Everyday pressures can activate it, too.
As a result, when you're nervous or stressed you might feel:
Your heartbeat or breathing get faster
Your palms get sweaty
Your knees get shaky
The stress response is also called the fight-or-flight-response.
It's an automatic response that prepares us to deal with danger.
Think about a warrior running down the battlefield with a sword in hand yelling and screaming at the enemy.
The kind of scream that makes the enemy question whether or not they should mess with this guy.
There is so much adrenaline pumping through their body that they can do things that seem super-human.
He (or she) takes the sword, swings it and knocks down several people
This is an example of stress causing the necessary adrenaline to do something about the problem in front of us.
But a situation doesn't have to be physically dangerous to activate the stress response.
Everyday pressures can activate it, too.
Parents - when the person that cares for us, tell us to do chores in the house
Siblings - when your brother or sister takes your things for the millionth time
Classmates - when that classmate can’t stop making jokes about your clothes
Catalyst Leaders - what the Catalyst leader tells you to put your phone away and pay attention… (oh snap)
We experience stress in many different areas of our lives and we don’t even realize it.
Even in these situations (which are hardly life-or-death), the stress response activates to help you perform well under pressure.
It can help you rise to a challenge and meet it with alertness, focus, and strength.
Facing these challenges — rather than backing away from them — is a part of learning and growing.
When the challenge is over, the stress response lets up.
You can relax and recharge, and be ready for a new challenge.
Pressure
We experience stress and anxiety in many different areas of our lives and we don’t even realize it.
Psalm 56
We are pressured to do well in sports, school, extra curricular activities
We are pressured be accepted by friends
Do well in sports, school, extra curricular activities
Fight or Flight Response
sports
We are pressured to compare on social media
school
extra curricular activities
We are pressured about what comes next
We are pressured to compare on social media
Stress is based in fear… fear that we’ll never measure up.
Never measure up
Stress for a prolonged period will turn into anxiety.
Stress and anxiety are two different things.
Stress for a prolonged period will turn into anxiety.
Stress goes away when the thing stressing us out is no longer present.
Stress and anxiety are two different things.
Anxiety doesn’t normally go away.
Stress goes away when the thing stressing us out is no longer present.
Stress is meant to help us respond to danger or things that threaten us.
Anxiety doesn’t normally go away.
Its the constant reintroduction of the thing that stresses you out.
What are the warning signs?
How do we know when we’re experiencing anxiety?
How do we know that we’re experiencing anxiety?
A pressure in your chest that makes it hard to breathe
Inability to turn your mind off and get some sleep
Knots in your stomach that make it hard to focus on anything else
Tough time relaxing and feeling like you’re always “on edge”
The stress response is also called the fight-or-flight-response.
It's an automatic response that prepares us to deal with danger.
But a situation doesn't have to be physically dangerous to activate the stress response.
Everyday pressures can activate it, too.
But a situation doesn't have to be physically dangerous to activate the stress response.
Everyday pressures can activate it, too.
In short, God created us to rise above the pressures of life and do the things we’re called to do.
Anxiety can be a problem if it sticks around for too long.
What can we do about it?
David faced more stress and fear then most of us ever will.
Not all Psalms are poems.
Some are more like journal entries or blog posts.
David was captured by the Philistines.
At the time, David didn’t know what would happen next.
He wrote:
Psalm
There are several different types of literature in the Bible.
The book of Psalms is like a book of poetry.
But in some places, it’s more than poetry.
It’s like a journal, written by real people who gave us specific insight into what they were feeling.
David names the thing that is stressing him out.
is a poem written by David, who was probably the most famous king of Israel.
We’re told that this psalm was written when David was captured in Gath by the Philistines.
David starts by getting specific.
At the time, David didn’t know how the situation would work out and this is what he wrote:
Notice what David does here.
He names the thing that is stressing him out.
David starts by getting specific.
o Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.
My adversaries pursue me all day long ( NIV).
But David doesn’t end there . . .
Notice what David does here.
He names the thing that is stressing him out.
David starts by getting specific.
• But David doesn’t end there . . .
o When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
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