Stress Disscussion

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Stress defined within medical terms is “… a physical, mental, or emotional factor that

causes bodily or mental tension. Stresses can be external (from the environment,

psychological, or social situations) or internal (illness, or from a medical procedure).

Stress can initiate the "fight or flight" response, a complex reaction of neurologic and

endocrinologic systems according to !edicineet.com

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stress could be primarily caused by circumstances one would reason has the

prospect that could lead to anxiety and the body then reacts to this thought process.

-herefore one could determine that stress could either have a psychological and$or

physiological response to the situation, whether it is actual or imaginable that

troubles ones individual e/uilibrium (e/uipoise). 0s afore mentioned these events or

demands also &nown as stressors could be influenced by external or internal

conditions, however, these conditions could have a eustress (positive) or distress

(negative) reaction. 1ositive stress in necessary for one to feel driven to achieve

success in life and in existences challenges, this occurs when the level of stress is

2ust great enough to encourage one into action. egative stress occurs when the

level of stress is either too high or too low and the body responds negatively,

deviating from healthy psychological, physiological and behavioural reaction.

3arious conceptualisations of stress response theories have been formed throughout

the eras4 fundamentally most of these contributions were formed as a result of

psychobiology, sociology, psychiatry, and anthropology. -he earliest theory was

based on a connection between physiology and emotional stress conducted by a

psychobiologist, 5alter 6annon (*77). 8is experiments showed that any incentives

connected by means of emotional stimulation headed to changes in an individuals

physiological processes. -he medulla of the adrenal glands release adrenaline and

norepinephrine that causes definite physiological actions in the sympathetic nervous

system as well as acetylcholine released from the preganglionic sympathetic nerves.

-hese hormones enables instantaneous physical responses by increasing the

individuals breathing and heartrate by narrowing blood vessels and contracting

muscles, 6annon described this as 9fight or flight. 0n abundance of hormones are

released and enables us to do things faster and harder than one would normally

enabling us to 9survive. :y increasing our heartrate our blood pressure increases

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this distributing more oxygen and blood sugar to control and enhance muscles. ;n

turn intensifying sweating an attempt to cool these muscles to assist them in staying

-hey increase heart rate and blood pressure < delivering more oxygen and blood

sugar to power important muscles. -hey increase sweating in an effort to cool these

muscles, and help them stay effective. -he heart wor&s harder to supply the body

with more nutrients and oxygen and should one ac/uire any wounds the immune

system has been activated. -he individuals responsiveness and sight is heightened,

with our brain lessening pain as the body releases analgesic hormones. 5hether the

individual decides to 9fight or flight, the body will disburse the energy thus preventing

the buildabour ?orce Survey (>?S) by the 8S they derived the following#

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5ith all the above figures indication stress statistics within the FG, the illustration

below indicates some international statistics.

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people often have reduced creativity, lac& of concentration, diminished productivity,

negative selfaHarus and ?ol&man (*7B+) suggested there are two types of coping responses

emotion focused and problem focused#

• 1roblem focused strategies aim to remove or reduce the cause of the

stressor. 1roblem


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the child is better I a tic&le, song, amaHement even

toys, or a snac& < but losing your temper or patience

could ma&e it worse.

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including 3itamin 6, pantothenic acid, calcium and magnesium. ?urther herbal and

holistic approaches might also be beneficial to support stress responses.

;f ; had to summarise stress in one word, it would be F60S and ; &now most of my

fellow students will agree with me.


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Jeferences

Jichard S. >aHarus 1hE, Susan ?ol&man 1hE (*7B+). Stress, Appraisal, and

Coping . ew Lor Springer 1ublishing 6ompany.

Stress at 5or& < 0 report prepared for -he 5or& ?oundations 1rincipal 1artners

available at

http#$$www.thewor&foundation.com$downloadpublication$report$M7=M7=stress=at=wor

&.pdf accessed on ?ebruary *N

!c>eod, S. 0. (*). Stress !anagement < 1roblem ?ocused 6oping with Stress.

0vailable from http#$$www.simplypsychology.org$problem


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Stress control I available at

http#$$www.brightimages.com$life=extension$stress=control.htm accessed on

?ebruary *N

5or& related stress statistics I available at http#$$www.meettheboss.tv$blog$wor&<

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