Informative Speech Outline
Speech 101 Maria Nunez
Assignment: Informative speech June 27th, 2013
General Topic: Stress
Specific Topic: The effects of stress on the human body
Purpose Statement:
The purpose of my speech is to inform the class what stress is and how it affects your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. It is Important to know how stress effects the human body because stress can happen daily.
Attention Getting Device: We’ve all had the feeling before. Your stomach is in knots. Your muscles are tense. You feel defeated. You feel low and unhappy. When you try to think of a solution, or of a way out, you go blank. You’re stressed.
Visual Aid: Specific Topic Slide
(Pause)
Visual Aid: Picture of Hans Selye
Introduction:
We’ve all had the feeling before. Your stomach is in knots. Your muscles are tense. You feel defeated. You feel low and unhappy and when you try to think of a solution, or of a way out, your mind goes blank.(Pause for nonverbal reaction) You, my friend are stressed. Hans Selye coined the word, “stress,” back in 1936. Selye defined stress as the “non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.” We also know stress as a result of demands placed on physical or mental energy. Today …show more content…
I am going to tell how stress affects; your body, your thoughts, feelings and behavior, because stress is common to everyone. I myself have experienced stressed being a full time employee, mom & student.
Transition: Stress affects your body in many different ways you would not think of
Visual Aid: Figure, Chart
Body:
I. How stress affects your body?
A. According to Lila Havens a writer of the Optum Health news section, stress has a huge impact on your, Digestive system, Heart, Immune system and Weight.
B. In your Digestion system-
1. Stress hormones slow the release of stomach acid and interfere with how well the stomach can empty itself. This can cause stomachaches. These same hormones cause the colon to work faster and may lead to diarrhea.
C. Heart
2. High levels of the stress hormone cortisol increase your heart rate and your blood pressure. Cortisol can also raise your cholesterol levels. These factors raise your risk for heart attacks and strokes.
D. Immune system because
3. Normally, your immune system responds to infections by releasing chemicals that aid in the healing process. The stress response weakens your immune system, slowing wound healing and making you more likely to get colds and infections.
E. How it affects your weight
4. Cortisol makes you crave fats and carbohydrates, which can cause you to gain weight. Cortisol also makes you more likely to put on weight in your abdominal area. Weight gain in this area raises your risk for heart disease and diabetes.
(Pause)
Transition Phrase: If you’re seen with toilet paper attached to the bottom of your shoe as you leave the bathroom and feel it is the most humiliating experience of your life and that you have to be absent from school for the next three weeks to recover, then you will feel stress because of the way you thought and felt about the situation.
Visual Aid: Picture of heads
II. Stress affects your thoughts and feelings
F. Your thoughts dictate how you feel about something.
G. Thoughts include:
1. Self-criticism
2. difficulty concentrating or making decisions,
3. Forgetfulness
4. preoccupation with the future
5. repetitive thoughts
6. fear of failure.
H. Feelings include:
1. Anxiety
2. Fear
3. Moodiness
4. and embarrassment.
Transition: Stress also affects our behavior
Visual Aid: Lady
III. How stress affects your behavior?
A. Some common stress behaviors include :
5. crying
6. increased or decreased appetite,
7. “snapping” at friends or boyfriends which is more common for me
8. Being more accident-prone
9. nervous laughter
10. teeth grinding or jaw clenching
11. stuttering or other speech difficulties, like me now (pause for nonverbal response)
12. and acting impulsively
Transition Phrase: It 's almost impossible to live without some stress and it is important to be informed about how it affects your body
Conclusion:
We generally use the word “stress” when we feel that everything seems to have become too much, we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us.
The stomach pain, the sweaty palms the headaches and lack of sleep are all signs of stress. Being informed about how stress affects your body is important because you will experience stress at any time anywhere. I definitely do not have it easy, I have experience stress myself working 40 hours a week, being a mom & a student is overwhelming. However knowing how stress affects your body, your thoughts, feelings and behavior will help you understand why you feel the way you do and act the way you do. I hope this information helps you the way it helped
me.
(Pause)
Thank you Work Cited
Nordqvist, Christian. “What Is Stress? How To Deal With Stress” . Medical News Today Original article date: 11th April 2009. Article updated: 14th November 2012, 6/25/2013http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145855.php
Elaine Pomfrey.,Natural Health and Meditation Resource Pages, ” What is stress ?” © 2013 Maharishi Foundation US,6/25/2013, http://www.tm.org/resource-pages/60-what-is-stress
By Lila Havens, Contributing Writer. © 2013 myOptumHealth. “How Stress Affects Your Health”
Updated on 08/02/2012. 6/25/2013, https://client.myoptumhealth.com/myoptumhealth/guest/page.esync?view=prelogin.learn.learnLanding&command=article&article=8b229dcada579110VgnVCM1000005220720a____
Paul Kelly PhD. Cpsych, Brian Shaw PhD, Guy Slowik FRCS, EhealthMD Last updated on: 17/04/2013, 6/26/2013, http://ehealthmd.com/content/what-stress#axzz2XND1s3Bu
Assignment: Informative speech June 27th, 2013
General Topic: Stress
Specific Topic: The effects of stress on the human body
Purpose Statement:
The purpose of my speech is to inform the class what stress is and how it affects your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. It is Important to know how stress effects the human body because stress can happen daily.
Attention Getting Device: We’ve all had the feeling before. Your stomach is in knots. Your muscles are tense. You feel defeated. You feel low and unhappy. When you try to think of a solution, or of a way out, you go blank. You’re stressed.
Visual Aid: Specific Topic Slide
(Pause)
Visual Aid: Picture of Hans Selye
Introduction:
We’ve all had the feeling before. Your stomach is in knots. Your muscles are tense. You feel defeated. You feel low and unhappy and when you try to think of a solution, or of a way out, your mind goes blank.(Pause for nonverbal reaction) You, my friend are stressed. Hans Selye coined the word, “stress,” back in 1936. Selye defined stress as the “non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.” We also know stress as a result of demands placed on physical or mental energy. Today …show more content…
I am going to tell how stress affects; your body, your thoughts, feelings and behavior, because stress is common to everyone. I myself have experienced stressed being a full time employee, mom & student.
Transition: Stress affects your body in many different ways you would not think of
Visual Aid: Figure, Chart
Body:
I. How stress affects your body?
A. According to Lila Havens a writer of the Optum Health news section, stress has a huge impact on your, Digestive system, Heart, Immune system and Weight.
B. In your Digestion system-
1. Stress hormones slow the release of stomach acid and interfere with how well the stomach can empty itself. This can cause stomachaches. These same hormones cause the colon to work faster and may lead to diarrhea.
C. Heart
2. High levels of the stress hormone cortisol increase your heart rate and your blood pressure. Cortisol can also raise your cholesterol levels. These factors raise your risk for heart attacks and strokes.
D. Immune system because
3. Normally, your immune system responds to infections by releasing chemicals that aid in the healing process. The stress response weakens your immune system, slowing wound healing and making you more likely to get colds and infections.
E. How it affects your weight
4. Cortisol makes you crave fats and carbohydrates, which can cause you to gain weight. Cortisol also makes you more likely to put on weight in your abdominal area. Weight gain in this area raises your risk for heart disease and diabetes.
(Pause)
Transition Phrase: If you’re seen with toilet paper attached to the bottom of your shoe as you leave the bathroom and feel it is the most humiliating experience of your life and that you have to be absent from school for the next three weeks to recover, then you will feel stress because of the way you thought and felt about the situation.
Visual Aid: Picture of heads
II. Stress affects your thoughts and feelings
F. Your thoughts dictate how you feel about something.
G. Thoughts include:
1. Self-criticism
2. difficulty concentrating or making decisions,
3. Forgetfulness
4. preoccupation with the future
5. repetitive thoughts
6. fear of failure.
H. Feelings include:
1. Anxiety
2. Fear
3. Moodiness
4. and embarrassment.
Transition: Stress also affects our behavior
Visual Aid: Lady
III. How stress affects your behavior?
A. Some common stress behaviors include :
5. crying
6. increased or decreased appetite,
7. “snapping” at friends or boyfriends which is more common for me
8. Being more accident-prone
9. nervous laughter
10. teeth grinding or jaw clenching
11. stuttering or other speech difficulties, like me now (pause for nonverbal response)
12. and acting impulsively
Transition Phrase: It 's almost impossible to live without some stress and it is important to be informed about how it affects your body
Conclusion:
We generally use the word “stress” when we feel that everything seems to have become too much, we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us.
The stomach pain, the sweaty palms the headaches and lack of sleep are all signs of stress. Being informed about how stress affects your body is important because you will experience stress at any time anywhere. I definitely do not have it easy, I have experience stress myself working 40 hours a week, being a mom & a student is overwhelming. However knowing how stress affects your body, your thoughts, feelings and behavior will help you understand why you feel the way you do and act the way you do. I hope this information helps you the way it helped
me.
(Pause)
Thank you Work Cited
Nordqvist, Christian. “What Is Stress? How To Deal With Stress” . Medical News Today Original article date: 11th April 2009. Article updated: 14th November 2012, 6/25/2013http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145855.php
Elaine Pomfrey.,Natural Health and Meditation Resource Pages, ” What is stress ?” © 2013 Maharishi Foundation US,6/25/2013, http://www.tm.org/resource-pages/60-what-is-stress
By Lila Havens, Contributing Writer. © 2013 myOptumHealth. “How Stress Affects Your Health”
Updated on 08/02/2012. 6/25/2013, https://client.myoptumhealth.com/myoptumhealth/guest/page.esync?view=prelogin.learn.learnLanding&command=article&article=8b229dcada579110VgnVCM1000005220720a____
Paul Kelly PhD. Cpsych, Brian Shaw PhD, Guy Slowik FRCS, EhealthMD Last updated on: 17/04/2013, 6/26/2013, http://ehealthmd.com/content/what-stress#axzz2XND1s3Bu