To a scientist, stress is any action or situation that places special physical or psychological
demands upon a person, anything that can unbalance his individual equilibrium. And while the
physiological response to such demand is surprisingly uniform, the forms of stress are innumerable.
Stress may be even but unconscious like the noise of a city or the daily chore of driving the car.
Perhaps the one incontestable statement that can be made about stress is that it belongs to every one to
businessmen and professors, to mother and their children, to factory workers. Stress is a part of
fabric of life.
Nothing can isolate stress from human beings as is evident from various researches
and studies.Stress can be managed but not simply done away with. Today, widely accepted ideas
about stress are challenged by new research, and conclusions once firmly established may be turned
completely around. The latest evidence suggested (Ogden Tanner,1979): - - Some stress is
necessary to the well being and a lack can be harmful. - Stress definitely causes some serious
ailments. -Severe stress makes people accident-prone.
The concept of stress was first introduced in the life science by Hans Selye in 1936. It is a
concept borrowed from the natural sciences. Derived from the Latin word ‘Sringere’, stress was
popularly used in the seventeenth century to mean hardship, strain, adversity or affliction. It was
used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to denote force, pressure, strain or strong effort with
reference to an object or person.
Stress is a complex phenomenon. It is very subjective experience. What may be challenge
for one will be a stress or for another. It depends largely on background experiences, temperament
and environmental conditions. Stress is a part of life and is generated by constantly changing
situations that a person must face. The term stress refers to an internal state, which results from
frustrating or unsatisfying conditions. A certain level of stress is unavoidable. Because of its
complex nature stress has been studied for many years by researchers in psychology, sociology and
medicine.
Usually when people discuss stress, they are talking about bad stress. And of these two types, this
site also mainly focuses on management of the bad kind, but it’s also important to understand
that some stress is good for you. Good stress (also called "eustress") can get your blood flowing and help you through
situations when you need an extra push. An example of this is the extra strength and anxiety you
may feel before a big presentation or meeting.
The anxiety and excitement of it can be beneficial to
help you accomplish the things you need to accomplish in work and in many other parts of your
life. Good stress is generally under-discussed because many of us are too focused on the bad
stress in our lives to remember and fully experience the good. This is why it is so important to
recognize these two very different types of stress, and figure out how to distinguish between the
two, and utilize the good to motivate you.
Good stress is generally under-discussed because many of us are too focused on the bad
stress in our lives to remember and fully experience the good. This is why it is so important to
recognize these two very different types of stress, and figure out how to distinguish between the
two, and utilize the good to motivate you. We all experience both types. For obvious reasons,
we wouldn't want to eliminate the good,
and it's nearly impossible to completely eliminate the bad (also known as "dis-stress"). But it is
more than possible to get a handle on the bad stress and live a very happy, less-stressful life.
Like good stress, bad stress is also a physical and emotional feeling and reaction caused by
many different events or changes (real or imagined) in our lives. However, gone untreated, or
unmanaged, this type can lead to very serious mental and physical problems
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