1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:04,290 Stress when life's challenges demand a response from us. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,280 We can feel a sense of pressure caused by stress. 3 00:00:07,710 --> 00:00:14,430 It could be from a family illness, a work deadline, conflict with another person or any other difficulty 4 00:00:14,430 --> 00:00:15,240 we have to face. 5 00:00:15,750 --> 00:00:19,800 As with an anxiety, a certain amount of stress is helpful. 6 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:27,870 Stress provokes a full body response as stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline flowed our system 7 00:00:27,870 --> 00:00:30,330 and set off a wide range of reactions. 8 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:37,230 Acute stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, preparing our bodies to respond to a threat 9 00:00:37,230 --> 00:00:40,230 by fighting, fleeing or sometimes freezing. 10 00:00:40,620 --> 00:00:45,570 Our bodies and minds are well equipped to handle beef spikes in stress. 11 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:53,790 However, when the stressors are chronic, like a traffic feel, two hour commute, five days a week, 12 00:00:54,630 --> 00:01:02,940 abusive work environment or a protracted divorce, our coping resources get depleted. 13 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:12,020 We may start to get sick more often, become depressed or other mental and physical signs of being overwhelmed. 14 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:18,840 CBT offers tools for calming the nervous system, like specific breathing techniques that dial down 15 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,610 or fight or flight system. 16 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:28,740 We can also address ways of thinking that amplify stress, such as seeing challenges at work as opportunities 17 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:30,780 to fail rather than to succeed. 18 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:38,280 CBT can encourage us to take our self care more seriously as well to increase our ability to process 19 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:39,390 frequent stress. 20 00:01:42,730 --> 00:01:50,860 Under as with an anxiety and stress, anger can be very useful, anger energizes us to right or wrong, 21 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:52,770 like dealing with injustice. 22 00:01:53,080 --> 00:02:01,780 Our anger becomes a problem when we express it so much that it starts to damage our health and our relationships. 23 00:02:03,820 --> 00:02:08,740 Oftentimes, our anger arises from beliefs that may or may not be true. 24 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:14,010 CBT offers ways to fix thoughts that drive excessive anger. 25 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:21,100 It can also help find ways to structure your life to reduce anger like starting your morning commute 26 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:26,590 15 minutes earlier so you're less stressed and impatient behind the wheel. 27 00:02:26,860 --> 00:02:32,740 CBT can also help us find ways to express anger constructively rather than destructively.