Having Knowing what Having a Knowing when makes you feel supportive to ask for help good family Negative Influences on Emotional Wellbeing Bullying The death of a Exam stress Peer pressure family member Loneliness Feeling like you Sibling rivalry Low don’t fit in Feeling Parents arguing Having no one Having no worthless to talk to hobbies Worksheet 2 Stress Activity: Read Sarina’s story below. Think about the feelings she might be experiencing and some of the thoughts that might be triggering these feelings. How are these affecting the way she behaves? Imagine you are in Sarina’s position. Think of at least one thought, one feeling and one behaviour and complete the stress circle below. See 6.1 for full details. Discuss: Once the class have created Sarina’s stress circle ask them to feedback some of their ideas for the different stages. Ask them to think about ways that Sarina might work to break down the stress circle they have created by tackling particular thoughts or feelings before these affect her behaviour. Teaching tip: As this is the first time that you are introducing the concept of a stress circle, it may be difficult for the class to know how to break it down to prevent behaviour from escalating. If they
Having Knowing what makes you feel good Having a supportive family Knowing when to ask for help Negative Influences on Emotional Wellbeing Bullying The death of a family member Exam stress Peer pressure Loneliness Feeling like you don’t fit in Sibling rivalry Low Feeling worthless Parents arguing Having no one to talk to Having no hobbies Worksheet 2 Stress Activity: Read Sarina’s story below. Think about the feelings she might be experiencing and some of the thoughts that might be triggering these feelings. How are these affecting the way she behaves? Imagine you are in Sarina’s position. Think of at least one thought, one feeling and one behaviour and complete the stress circle below. See 6.1 for full details. Discuss: Once the class have created Sarina’s stress circle ask them to feedback some of their ideas for the different stages. Ask them to think about ways that Sarina might work to break down the stress circle they have created by tackling particular thoughts or feelings before these affect her behaviour. Teaching tip: As this is the first time that you are introducing the concept of a stress circle, it may be difficult for the class to know how to break it down to prevent behaviour from escalating. If they
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