Conversation 42: Stress

Conversation class on stress with challenging questions for English students to have a discussion

Round Table Activity on Stress

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  1. How can you reduce your anxiety?
  2. What might happen if you do not control your tensions and worries?
  3. Is anxiety/worry always negative and destructive?
  4. Look at the picture on top of this page. Mention the signs of apprehension reflected in the man.
  5. Discuss some ineffective ways that might overcome your anxiety just for a short period of time.
  6. What might happen if you do not do anything about your anxiety, worries, anger, etc.?
  7. Do you know how meditation can help you to control your mind and thoughts?
  8. What specific hormones are secreted into your blood vessels when you are tensed for a long time?
  9. It is believed that the function of worry and anxiety in you is like the function of pain in your body in the sense that it forces you to find a remedy for the source of troubles. Do you agree or disagree with this phrase. Please discuss it in more depth.
  10. Do you know which parts of your brain become more active when you are anxious?

Relevant Idioms, Expressions and Quotations on Stress

2 thoughts on “Conversation 42: Stress”

  1. Stress is sometimes a good thing because you have much experience you can learn on but stress can also make someone really unhappy above all when it comes to a point to endure these specific type of stress. To summarise it short stress ist also a really good learning load which isn’t always easy to endure. – Robina Paragraph

    • Thank you for writing a paragraph on stress.
      As you wisely mentioned, a normal amount of stress is a positive stimulus. However, an extreme level of stress could turn out to be counter-productive.
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