Stress can be defined as the way a person feels while being under abnormal pressure. According to S. Lazarus and S. Folkman, stress can be specified as Stimulus or Response. Stimulus focus on events in the environment such as natural disasters, harmful conditions, illness, or being laid off from work. This approach assumes that certain situations are normatively stressful but does not allow for individual differences in the evaluation of events. Response definitions, which have been prevalent in biology and medicine, refer to a state of stress; the person is spoken of as reacting with stress, being under stress, and so on (Stress, Appraisal and Coping, 1984)
Stress is what our bodies and minds experience as we accommodate to changing surroundings. …show more content…
The total number of working days lost due to stress, depression or anxiety was 11.3 million in 2013/14, an average of 23 days per case of stress, depression or anxiety.The industries that reported the highest rates of total cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety (three-year average) were human health and social work, education and public administration and defence. The occupations that reported the highest rates of total cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety (three-year average) were health professionals (in particular nurses), teaching and educational professionals, and health and social care associate professionals (in particular welfare and housing associate professionals). Causes of work stress include being unhappy in our position, having too much responsibility or working long hours. Also having to give speeches or presentations in front of the crowd, discrimination or harassment at work …show more content…
They can also reduce blood flow to our skin and reduce stomach activity. As well produces more cortisol which releases fat and sugar into our system and reduces the efficiency of immune system.
We may start to experience headaches, nausea and indigestion. We may breathe more quickly, perspire more, have palpitations or suffer from various aches and pains. Prolonged stress might put us at risk from heart attacks and strokes.
When we are stressed we may experience some emotional changes like feeling of anxiety, fear, anger, frustration and depression. When these feelings build up it can make us feel even worse.. Extreme anxiety can cause giddiness, heart palpitations, headaches or stomach disorders.
When we are stressed we may behave in a different way than usual. We may not to be able to sleep properly, be irritable or tearful all the time. We may also change our sexual habits or become verbally or physically aggressive.
People’s tolerance of stress varies. A situation that is intolerable to one person may be stimulating to another. What we feel is determined not just by events and changes in the outside world, but how we perceive and respond to
Stress is what our bodies and minds experience as we accommodate to changing surroundings. …show more content…
The total number of working days lost due to stress, depression or anxiety was 11.3 million in 2013/14, an average of 23 days per case of stress, depression or anxiety.The industries that reported the highest rates of total cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety (three-year average) were human health and social work, education and public administration and defence. The occupations that reported the highest rates of total cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety (three-year average) were health professionals (in particular nurses), teaching and educational professionals, and health and social care associate professionals (in particular welfare and housing associate professionals). Causes of work stress include being unhappy in our position, having too much responsibility or working long hours. Also having to give speeches or presentations in front of the crowd, discrimination or harassment at work …show more content…
They can also reduce blood flow to our skin and reduce stomach activity. As well produces more cortisol which releases fat and sugar into our system and reduces the efficiency of immune system.
We may start to experience headaches, nausea and indigestion. We may breathe more quickly, perspire more, have palpitations or suffer from various aches and pains. Prolonged stress might put us at risk from heart attacks and strokes.
When we are stressed we may experience some emotional changes like feeling of anxiety, fear, anger, frustration and depression. When these feelings build up it can make us feel even worse.. Extreme anxiety can cause giddiness, heart palpitations, headaches or stomach disorders.
When we are stressed we may behave in a different way than usual. We may not to be able to sleep properly, be irritable or tearful all the time. We may also change our sexual habits or become verbally or physically aggressive.
People’s tolerance of stress varies. A situation that is intolerable to one person may be stimulating to another. What we feel is determined not just by events and changes in the outside world, but how we perceive and respond to