Understanding Your Stress Response

Everyone gets stressed at times, and in fact, without stress we could not build resiliency. It is important to understand how stress typically shows up for you—physically, mentally, emotionally and behaviorally. This is called your Stress Response. Understanding your Stress Response can inform present-moment awareness, like an internal barometer, as well as influence targeted self-care measures that may be most beneficial to you.

Some examples of a Stress Response:

Reflection

Let’s put together what we've learned so far and complete the following sentences for your situation.

• My main risk factors for Secondary Traumatic Stress are…
• My typical symptoms of Secondary Traumatic Stress or Compassion Fatigue are…
• My usual Stress Response shows up as …