Date:10/04/2013
Stress
Introduction
I. Introduction (Open with Impact): Everyone has been stressed out at some point in his or her life, right?
II. Focus on the Thesis Statement: Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way.
III. Connect with the Audience: Well guess what, it’s natural because we’re only human. Now I don’t know about you guys, but when I get stressed out I feel like ripping every single strand of hair out my head. I stop whatever I’m doing and I begin to cry.
IV. Preview of Main Points: So for the next few minutes, I will inform you of some facts about stress, an important stress management, and the forms and affects that stress can come in.
Transition: First I will discuss facts about stress.
Body
I. Main Point 1: Facts on stress
a. Sub Point 1: Stress is a normal part of life that can either help us learn and grow or can cause us significant problems.
b. Sub Point 2: Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body according to medicine net website
Sign Post: Here are stress managements facts
II. Main Point 2: An important step in stress management is exercise.
a. Sub Point 1: Exercise on a regular basis helps to turn down the production of stress hormones and associated neurochemicals.
b. Sub Point 2: Stress can be managed by seeking support from loved ones, regular exercise, meditation or other relaxation techniques, structured timeouts, and learning new coping strategies to create predictability in our lives according to medicine net website
Sign Post: Finally here are forms that stress can appear
III. Main Point 3: Stress comes in many forms and affects people of all ages and all walks of life.
a. Sub Point 1: Some stressors are particularly associated with certain age groups or life stages. Children, teens, newly married, working parents, single parents, and seniors