Page 8 - Unit 7 Brain Stress

When our needs are not met so well …

▪ There will always be times when our needs are not

met brilliantly. This is an inevitable part of life.

▪ When needs are not met well, stress chemicals

are released into the body. Cortisol

▪ This may result in a physical feeling. We may feel

hot, get a prickly feeling inside or our heart may

flutter. * See other changes that happen in our

body on the next page.

▪ In a healthy environment, the cause of the

stress is only temporary and the stress

levels go back down again in the body.