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ACTIVITY 6: Dealing with Stress

ACTIVITY 6: Dealing with Stress

On the next page, you'll see a list of sources of stress and categories the might fit into:

  • This bothers me a lot.
  • This bothers me some.
  • This doesn't bother me ever or at all.

This is designed to give you a sense of where stress comes from in your life and how you deal with it.
These are examples—some may bother you and some may not.

 

ACTIVITY 6: Dealing with Stress

ACTIVITY 6: Dealing with Stress

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

Think about what's important to you. How does being nicotine free demonstrate what's important you

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

Now, write down ways in which you communicate to others how important the things on the previous page are to you. You may find that you communicate it verbally, or you may communicate it with actions. For instance, you may make a point of telling people, "Don't call me between 6:30 and 7:30 because that's when my family eats dinner." When you've finished typing your list, continue to the next page.

 

How I Communicate What's Important to Me

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

On this page, make a list of things that are important to you. It can be anything from people (girlfriend, boyfriend, sister, movie actor), to things (bracelet, bicycle, new clothes), to ideas (religion, respect, justice). Then, move on to the next page.

 

What's Important to Me:

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

So, how do you see yourself? What do you want others to see in you—or what kind of image do you want others to have of you? One way to think about it is to decide what’s important to you. How do your words and actions show what’s important to you? People often make decisions based on what’s important to them.

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

Many people would probably find the person on the phone to be inconsiderate. We may perceive the other person to be assertive and tactful. In both instances we learn not only something about each person’s character but also about his/her values—meaning what’s valuable, or important, to them. The person on the phone valued what he believed to be his right to talk on the phone wherever he wanted. The person who approached him values the quiet of the library.

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

ACTIVITY 7: Sending Signals

Type in the provided boxes to describe each person.

Boy

Girl

ACTIVITY 2: It’s Your Health

ACTIVITY 2: It’s Your Health

For the complete National Institute on Drug Abuse article, check out:

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/