effects of stress has on the body. In his work‚ Selye - ’the father of stress research‚’ developed the theory that stress is a major cause of disease because chronic stress causes long-term chemical changes. He observed that the body would respond to any external biological source of stress with a predictable biological pattern in an attempt to restore the body’s internal homeostasis. This initial hormonal reaction is your fight or flight stress response - and its purpose is for handling stress very
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4/19/2010 Stress is the ‘wear and tear’ our bodies experience as we adjust to our continual changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and it can create negative feelings. As a positive influence‚ stress can help compel us to action; result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective. As a negative influence stress can result in feeling of distrust‚ rejection anger‚ and depression‚ which in turn can cause health problems such as headaches‚ upset stomach
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Perspectives Historical keywords Stress Stress will be a familiar concept to most modern medical workers. Its widespread use reflects the ambiguity of the term: stress can refer to mental or physical states‚ minor irritants‚ life crises‚ verbal emphases‚ or problematic forces in engineering and dentistry. These many meanings‚ moreover‚ support a rich range of metaphorical associations. Doctors and patients complain of being under pressure; of having workloads that place them at breaking point; of
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Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the ever-increasing demands of life. Surveys show that many Americans experience challenges with stress at some point during the year. In looking at the causes of stress‚ remember that your brain comes hard-wired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat‚ it signals your body to release a burst of hormones to fuel your capacity for a response. This has been labeled the "fight-or-flight" response. Once
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Definition of Stress Stress may be defined as "a state of psychological and / or physiological imbalance resulting from the disparity between situational demand and the individual’s ability and / or motivation to meet those demands." Dr. Hans Selye‚ one of the leading authorities on the concept of stress‚ described stress as "the rate of all wear and tear caused by life." Stress can be positive or negative. Stress can be positive when the situation offers an opportunity for a person to gain
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2/19/2014 What is Stress? Meaning‚ Definition and Causes of Stress SUBSCRIBE RSS FEED ARTICLES COMMENTS KALYAN CITY LIFE Search Sharing Wisdom and Vivid Memories of Life ABOUT TEAM Kalyan City is a fast emerging residential township in the Thane district of Maharashtra state‚ India. It is a central suburban town and resides 54 kms northeast of Mumbai. This blog regularly shares quality academic materials. Here we also document our unique experiences and vivid memories
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Title: High living standard causes stressful lifestyle Stress is a term which describes a person who could not cope with the tension (or pressure) in its lifestyle. Despite the fact that there are several reasons which may cause an individual to have a stressful lifestyle including high standard of living in some countries. In this essay it will describe how high standard of living could cause a stressful lifestyle. What does the word ‘stressful lifestyle’ means in general? In spite the
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Stress by Ashley Strawder I. What Is Stress? Stress is the combination of psychological‚ physiological‚ and behavioral reactions that people have in response to events that threaten or challenge them. Stress can be good or bad. Sometimes‚ stress is helpful‚ providing people with the extra energy or alertness they need. Stress could give a runner the edge he or she needs to persevere in a marathon‚ for example. This good kind of stress is called eustress. Unfortunately‚ stress is often not
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Understand why communication is important in the work place • Identify different reasons why people communicate - There are so many reasons why people communicate in a work place but the main reason is that‚ so they can understand each other and they should interact with one another to get the job done as quickly as possible or to get the job done perfectly. E.g. you cleaned the service users’ room during your shift and when the other staff came he cleans the room again. In this case without
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF STRESS IN EDUCATION “59-year-old mother from Malacca urged youngsters not to be like her son‚ who chose to commit suicide when under pressure” (Isabellel‚ Ng & Raman‚ 2013‚ para. 1). Recently‚ there have been some news report about college students committed suicide all over the world. These issues had aroused much public attention. The factors of these incidents is stress faced by students in education. Most of the students will go through three stages of education which
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