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What is Stress ?

"We are always looking to the future: the present does not satisfy us
- Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on." - Gillett

“Pressure or worry caused in someone’s life due to prevailing circumstances or problems is termed as stress.”

Stress can also be understand as physiological and psychological response of the body to a situation that is perceived to be harmful. Being stressed means too anxious and tired to be able to relax.

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Stress occurs when pressure is greater than resource.

TYPES OF STRESS

POSITIVE STRESS- Eustress: Provides sense of urgency and alertness to cope with threatening situations. Also helps in spurring motivation and awareness and provides stimulation to cope with threatening situations.

NEGATIVE STRESS- Distress: Excessive, prolonged and unrelieved stress can have a harmful effect on mental, physical and spiritual health. It can be a contributory factor in problems like headaches, digestive problems, skin complaints, insomnia and ulcers.

STRESS RESPONSES

SOMATIC

Disturbance in sleep and appetite
Difficulty in digestion
Loss of weight
Aches and Pains
Palpitation
Easy fatigability

COGNITIVE

Difficulty in concentration
Indecisiveness
Low Productivity
Ruminative patterns of thinking

EMOTIONAL

Irritability
Anger
Apprehension
Fear
Sadness

BEHAVIORAL

Decreased performance
Impaired Motivation
Avoidance of situations
Absenteeism\ Presenteeism
Increase in use of Caffeine, Smoking, Alcohol, and other Drugs\ party rave drugs

Long Term effects of stress

Heart Attacks
Depression
Peptic Ulcer
Irritable Bowel
Chronic Fatigue
Tension
Headache
Chronic Backache
Migraine
High Bloodpressure
Recurrent Cold and Cough

“You may not be able to avoid stress, but you can learn to cope with it”.


Live Punjab News Service

stress and depression

this is realy a gud article. i just wanted to know that stress is also caled depression or it is different from depression. if someone hving these feeling then hw one can differentiate between the two

abhishek, panipat

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