A lot of stress can be bad and harmful but small amount of stress can motivate people enough to make them do things they were holding it back or they were too lazy to do it at the beginning. Stress is a process like a system and what we decide to do, and the outcomes. The conclusion of Korkii’s article is that everyone goes through stress and coping to it is not hard. It simply just takes time and…
This quote helps support that stress has a major impact on the body that is unknown by many and has a large effect on the way that people live their…
Stress is necessary component to human life because it upsurges adrenalin excretion and supports optimal performance within mammals. Without adding stress to any equation, humans would not have the crucial motivation needed to perform a task. However, this tension is only beneficial in small amounts. Long term, neglected stress can adversely affect the nervous system, immune system, and even be the cause of abhorrent illnesses like heart disease, obesity, addiction, and depression (WebMD). Often times, humans find themselves under crippling amounts of pressure and will turn to harmful methods of dealing with their disturbances.…
In this essay I will be providing you with an understanding of how a person’s socioeconomic status and their personal stress can influence negatively on a person’s occupation, education, material resources, social support networks and social status. I will also be demonstrating how these factors can have an effect on a person’s health, as well as contribute to broader inequalities within the population. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare defined socio-economic status as “an indication of how ‘well off’ a person or group is” (AIHW, 2012). This also takes into account things like; a person’s work experience, the social and economic position of an individual, family or group, in comparison to others, based off of factors like; income, education and occupation.…
Most recently, especially in the 20th century, stress has been one of the leading complaints by employees in the workforce due to the complexity of most jobs. In a telephone poll done for the Marlin Company by Harris Interactive, 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help (Harris). This statistic is one of many that has called for increase awareness needing to be shared about known stress factors and ways in which to decrease stress in one’s life. The constant appearance of stress comes from the basic obstacles that the workplace offers which includes deadlines, repetitive tasks or menial jobs, basic responsibilities, and much more. I…
Disciplinary Foundation Early studies on stress focused on physiological reactions to stressful stimuli. The term stress is borrowed from physics (Hobfoll, 1989). Conceptualization of health, stress, and coping are derived from many branches of research including biology and psychophysiology (e.g, Cannon, 1932). Diverse health and behavioral science disciplines including epidemiology, personality psychology, cognitive and social psychology and medicine, have contributed to understanding stress and coping (Glanz & Schwartz, 2008).…
I have never put much thought into stress, but as time went on I realized how stress genuinely decide our future. There were various points I was interested in, but there are three main points I personally found intriguing: stress can sometimes be manipulated to a greater extent, the amount of stress varies depending on what rank you are associated with in a society, and also how stress can extensively affect a person’s health. Stress can sometimes be manipulated to a greater extent.…
We all have felt stressed at least once in our life times whether it be for a speech, for an exam, or in your relationships with those around you. Not only have I felt stressed, but I have also read some articles that I’m willing to share with you about all the things there are to stress. I will inform you about what stress is, the good side of stress and the bad side of stress.…
Since stress is inevitable in life, identifying it and coming up with effective coping ways is critical.…
During times of stress I do tend to have negative thoughts. When I am stressed I have very high anxiety and this leads to thought of anger, sadness, loneliness, and often jump to the worst conclusion. My negative thought tend to differ depending on what I am stressed about. Lately I have been very stressed about my future wand I am going to do after I graduate. This type of stress gives my many feelings of self-doubt.…
In a mental health setting, stress refers to a person feeling that they are not able to deal with the situation with which they are faced (Mindful Employer 2011). A small amount of stress, often called pressure, can be helpful to increase motivation and production, and produce a feeling of achievement when a task is completed. However, extreme stress may impair a person’s decision making and their ability to carry out normal chores, and may even cause emotional or physical symptoms such as anger, despair, stiff muscles, or frequent headaches (Department of Labour and Occupational Safety and Health 2003). Excessive stress may also contribute to or worsen mental health problems such as anxiety or depression (Department of Labour and Occupational Safety and Health 2003;…
The stressors I encounter on a daily basis are inevitable, but the way I perceive them is up to me. Without actively choosing to cope, stress can build up in my life and deleteriously impact my perspective. While coping mechanisms vary, the most effective of these, I’ve found, is to acknowledge a stressor without allowing it to evolve into stress. Recognizing and accepting stressors is the first step to handling them.…
Nothing bad will come of trying to rethink your thought process of stress, but not rethinking the effects of stress can cause negative effects to your life. Transition: Stress is an important part of our daily lives as individuals and stress can affect our health but we change the results of stress. CONCLUSION (action): Remind audience of the relevance: Stress effects each one of us and by deciding to change the thought process we have towards those effects can benefit us.…
In the year 2013, Kelly McGonigal, a Stanford health psychologist and a bestselling author, gave a speech on stress in Edinburgh, Scotland. The audience spans from teens in the early years of high school to middle aged adults living a simple life to grandparents having health problems. McGonigal’s goal in her presentation is to persuade the audience. She wants the audience to think of stress as your friend instead of your enemy. She wants to convince them that stress is only harmful if they think it’s harmful.…
The concept of stress has been around for many years. One concept of stress was recognized by Walter Cannon. Walter cannon proposed the phrase “flight or fight response,” when faced with a situation we can automatically determine how we feel. As said in the journal of traditional medicine society, “feeling annoyed, overwhelmed, upset, excited or threatened determines what we can do about it. If we decide that the demands of a situation outweigh our coping skills, we are likely to unconsciously label it stressful.”…