Question

PSY101
Introduction to Psychology

Lesson 12

Respond to the prompt below in a single, cohesive essay of a minimum of 300 words. Use complete sentences and correct grammar and spelling. Use APA formatting to cite resources appropriately.

Identify a present or past stressor that you have experienced. Describe your physiological and emotional responses to the stressor. How did your responses affect other aspects of your life? Discuss strategies you used or could have used to cope with the stressors. How would you apply the strategies that you have learned in this lesson in the future?

Answer 1

Hello!

Stressors is all around and every one in some or the other way,the stressor that I have and still experiencing is high frequency of sound , I cannot remain calm when the sound irritates me , i literally feel anxious and I can feel my anxiety levels raising and I cannot focus on what I'm doing and my physiological and emotional response always comes across as very strange to people around me and some times they don't get it because when there is high frequencies of sound I literally feel the sound piercing my right shoulder blade and I drop everything that is in my hand. For instance when i was learning driving and that particular day my trial was not on a track but in high traffic flow as anyways my anxiety levels were rising I tried being focused and just then there was a loud honk on my side from another vehicle and I did not even have a second to think I released my hands off the steering wheel and was just about to hit a boy and literally my car would go down the cliff and the roads here in India are structured a lot different and after that every time in had high anxiety levels when ever i drove and off course when I heard loud sounds my heart literally stops and I feel anxiety in my palms and I feel it to this day when this happens sometimes in upset or otherwise I'm very aggressive various types of sound triggers my anxiety levels and it doesnot stop here because of the changing environment and places and sounds I literally get distracted from what I'm doing , I avoid gatherings because suddenly when in heat someone eat I become very aggressive almost feel like throwing the cutlery away and hitting the person and it's only particular kind of sounds that trigger my stress and anxiety and this gets me into trouble often and there was nothing much I could do to reduce this until recently the first thing I did was to talk about this to my family and I follow the 5 second rule and take multiple deep breaths so it gives me time to know what is happening around me because I seem to forget my surroundings when this happens and them come back to sense and them try being calm and carry on with what I do even in the future I would follow the same and u some times will do selftalking and telling myself that I need to be calm and yeah it kind of helps me from my stress and anxiety .

Thankyou, hope this helped!