____ refers to state of mental or physical ____ that occurs when a person a person must adjust or adapt to their environment but feel they do not have the capacity to do so. Stress is experienced when the demands on a person ____ that person’s perceived ability to ____. Stress is a ____ experience, which means it is a person’s interpretation of the object, situation or event that determines the extent of stress experienced. Some people ____ certain events as more stressful than others. The very same situation can be ____ differently depending on the person. Although stress can be ____, such as when it helps you avoid danger or perform at your best, if it lasts for a long time, it may harm your health. Repetitive, recurrent and ____ stress can sometimes lead to the development of a psychological disorder such as anxiety. ____ refers to feelings of ____, dread or uneasiness and is a response to an ____ or ambiguous threat. Anxiety is a common experience. It can be helpful in preparing for ____ that lie ahead. However, when the symptoms of anxiety include excessive or irrational worry and interfere with a person's daily ____, this may indicate the presence of a psychological disorder. When anxiety is out of proportion to a situation, it may be detrimental to a person's ____ and result in an anxiety disorder. A problem exists when intense or persistent anxiety prevents people from doing what they want or need to do. Just as there are varying degrees of ____ health, a person’s level of anxiety can be presented on a continuum from normal feelings of being nervous to extreme feelings that can be diagnosed as symptoms of a mental disorder, such as a phobia. A ____ is a ____, irrational and intense ____ of a ____, activity or situation. Frequently, a person can identify the factor that triggers their phobia and understand that their reaction is ____. However, they feel powerless to control their fear and may not know why it started. A ____ phobia is an intense, irrational ____ and ____ of a particular object (such as needles, spiders or snakes), activity (such as swimming) or situation (such as enclosed spaces). People affected by phobias recognise that their fears are unreasonable and ____, but they cannot control them. A phobia is considered to be a mental ____ because it interferes with a person’s ability to function normally in everyday situations.

Mental Wellbeing Continuum

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