Weekly assignment 2: Stress

Complete the weekly assignment to help you practise what you learned in the Stress module of the iCanCope with Sickle Cell Pain program.

Key points

In this module, you learned techniques for managing stress and replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts.
Try the techniques this week, then return to this page to review how they worked for you.

Pay attention to your body and try to become aware of how it feels in different upsetting, irritating or stressful situations. When you come back to review your assignment, you will be asked to identify at least three ways that your body reacted to stress during the week.
Identify at least two stressful situations during the week. Practise trying to catch your negative thoughts and using the technique of replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts.

Try the technique at least a few times each this week. You will be asked about how the technique worked for you in the assignment review.

1. What were some situations during the week that were stressful?

2. What were three ways that your body reacted to stress during the week?

3. Did you use any thinking strategies like replacing negative thoughts this week? If so, describe what you did:

4. Which one do you think worked best?

5. How much did it help, from 0 (did not help) to 10 (helped a lot)?

Last updated: November 22nd 2023