Stress is a conditional of bodily or mental unrest which occurs as a result of any physical emotional or chemical imbalance in our body. when the person experiences a constraint and biting the accomplishment, at least two potential stresses. Every individual experiences stress at some or other time.
Definitions
The word stress has its origin in the Latin word ‘strictus’ meaning tight or narrow and stringere, the verb meaning to tighten.
These root words reflect the internal feelings of tightness and construction of the muscles and breathing reported by many people under stress.
Thus, stress is the pattern of responses an organism makes to stimulus event that disturbs the equilibrium and exceeds a person’s ability to cope
Stress is not a factor that resides in the individual or the environment, instead it is embedded in an ongoing process that involves individuals transacting with their social and cultural environment.
The perception of stress is dependent upon the individual’s cognitive appraisal of events and the resources available to deal with them.
They are all kinds of factors that can cause stress. They range from physical illness to financial problems, to change of work, to strain relations, to loss of a loved one, to social situations.
All these stressors can be listed under
The stresses which people experience also vary in terms of:
Intensity- low intensity vs high intensity
Duration- short term vs long time
Complexity- less Complex vs more complex
predictability- unexpected vs predictable
physical spaces are demands that change the state of our body. We feel strained when we overexert ourselves physically, lack a nutritious diet, suffer an injury or fail to get enough sleep.
Environmental stresses are aspects of our surroundings that are often unavoidable such as air pollution, crowd in common noise heat of summer and winter cold affect our another group of environmental stresses are catastrophic events for disasters such as fire earthquake, floods, etc.
These are stresses that we generate ourselves in our minds and are unique to the person experiencing them. These are internal sources of stress.
Frustration results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. There could be a number of cores of frustration such a social discrimination, interpersonal hurt, low grades in school, etc
Conflicts may occur between two or more incompatible needs or motives, for example whether to study, dance or psychology. There may be a conflict of values when you are pressurized to take any action that may be against the value held by you.
Internal pressures is time from belief based upon expectations from inside us to ourselves such as ‘I must do everything perfectly”. Such expectations can only lead to disappointment.
Social pressures may be brought about from people who make excessive demands on us. this can cause even greater pressure when we have to work with them to stop also, there are people with whom we face interpersonal difficulties ‘a personality clash’ of sort
These are included externally and result from our interaction with other people. Social events like death or illness in the family, strained relationships, trouble with neighbours are some examples of social stresses. These social stresses vary widely from person to person. attending parties may be stressful for a person who likes to spend quiet evenings at home while an outgoing person may find staying at home in the evening stressful.
can be generated because of a wide range of events and conditions
Each individual has their own personality traits. Some people are sensitive, emotional, competitive in nature others may be relaxed, carefree, patient and less serious. individuals belonging to first type of personality are more respectable to stress while that of second type will less (no) stress.Thus, individual basic dispositions can also be the reason for potential stress
The origin of stress can be any variation in physical surrounding conditions like high temperature, absence of comfortable sitting arrangement in office, noise, etc
An individual experiences stress through psychological emotion and is disseminated through psychological breakdown or biological changes will stop however stress is not negative always stress has also positive consequences. The positive form of stress is known as Eustress.
It is the term used to describe the level of stress that is good for you and is one of a person’s best Assets of achieving peak performance and managing minor crises. Eutress however has the potential of turning into a distress. distress is the manifestation of stare that causes our body wear and tear.
Few of the eustress effect includes
The stress experience will be determined by the resource of the person, searches money Social Skill, popping style, support network, etc.
The perception or interpretation of stress is dependent upon the individual’s cognitive appraisal of the event and the resources available to deal with them. an individual response to a stressful situation largely depends upon the perceived event and how they are interpreted or appraised
The way one response to stress varies, depending upon his / her personality, early upbringing and life experiences. Everyone has their own pattern of a stress response. hence both the symptoms and their intensity varies from individual to individual. individuals responses can be divided into three categories that are physical, emotional and behavioral.
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