I have two questions that i need help answering.
1. Can someone compare and contrast daily pressures and life events please?
2. Describe, using lock and key model, how medication acting as a GABA agonist might allow someone to feel less stressed and anxious. (4 Marks)
Hello
1. Daily pressures are
everyday problems and usually small things, like forgetting to charge your laptop or forgetting your keys inside the house. They often make us feel angry, irritated and annoyed. Daily pressures happen to most people, and people with adequate supportive networks will be able to overcome these minor stresses, however those that do not, often have a 'pile-up' of daily pressures and have a cumulative effect on a persons wellbeing.
In contrast Life Events are
'occurrences in our lives that force us to adjust and adapt to new situations and circumstances that we have not dealt with before'. Because we are often unfamiliar with these new circumstances, it makes us feel as if we are unable to cope, leading to a stress response. Some examples of life events may be, getting married, sitting your first VCE exam, going for your first ever job interview.
2. GABA is the nervous systems
main inhibitory neurotransmitter. In regards to the lock and key model, GABA neurotransmitters will act as the key and will bind to their complementary GABA receptors which act as a lock, on the dendrites of the postsynaptic neuron. The binding will then
decrease activity in the postsynaptic neuron, meaning a person who was initially feeling stressed and anxious, with high levels of activities in neurons to have a decrease in the level of activity, and feel much more relaxed and calmful.
summary: 'GABA agonists work by reducing physiological arousal and promoting relaxation, by decreasing the excessive neural firing that occurs in times of high anxiety and stressful situations.'
hope this helps.