Stress topic outline

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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Hunter Schauer Due: April 12, 2013 Informative Outline Topic: Stress General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience different types of stress and the different ways people cope with it. Thesis: From work stress to the stress of grieving there are different types of stress and different ways to cope with it. I. Introduction : Have you ever wanted to pull your hair out or just yell at someone because you have a lot of pressure on you? This is called stress. A. Reason to Listen: Stress can be a serious problem for people, it can even be deadly. B. Thesis Statement: From the disaster to the movie, the sinking of the Titanic remains one of…show more content…
c. Oxytocin is a hormone that not only suppresses adrenalin and cortisol but also inhibits social behavior and enhances relaxation. ( This is where gender begins to come into play.) d. Men produce much less oxytocin than women, they also produce more testosterone. e. So due to the larger amount to Oxytocin, women tend to deal stress in a more nurturing manner, they tend to befriend and talk to others around them when they are stressed. f.While men have a more fight or flight response, they tend to confront their stressors in an aggressive manner or they avoid them altogether. g. If men are put under too much negative stress for too long, they are at more risk for heart disease and cancer due to high blood pressure and cholesterol an weakened immune systems. Transition: Luckily there are ways to avoid and reduce stress. 3. There are different ways to cope and deal with stress some are negative and some are positive. a. Some ways are negative because it is either damaging to oneself or others. b.On Nov. 9th 2013 I had a interview with Jorge Garza, a nurse at the mental health wing at Alexian Brothers Medical Center about, negative ways people deal with stress. c.He said that when releasing stress involves hurting oneself or others it is negative. d. Some examples he gave me of negative stress that hurts oneself is drinking, self injury, doing drugs, smoking cigarettes,

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