Oxidative stress

Eastern philosophies believe that stress is the state of lacking inner peace whereas, in early western culture, stress can be considered as a loss of emotion control. Stress can be defined as the inability to cope with a perceived real or imagined threat to individual mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well – being, which results in a series of physiological responses and adaptations (Chopra, 2000; Dossey, 2004). Some people believe that not all stress is bad in fact, there are many who…

In the 1980s, Richard Lazarus formed the "Theory of Cognitive Appraisal" in efforts to explain the mental process that is brought on by stressors. Cognitive appraisal occurs when a person evaluates how an emotional situation effects them, and then comes to a conclusion based on their interpretation of the situation. Cognitive appraisal is used in instances where it isn't obvious as to how the situation would be interpreted initially. In an event that it isn’t clear how you should respond, your…

Just a heads up, this paper may not be that good. You see, I waited untill the last minute to write it. I am a pro at procrastinating. To be a good procrastinator you must be easily distracted, an excuse-maker and someone who avoids work. I am able to wait until the last minute to do my work, finish it with plenty of time and manage to make it okay. Procrastinating is the way to go. You don’t feel any worry until the moment comes that you remember, panic and realize that you have to do your…

How to avoid procrastination. TRANSITION- Raise your hand if you procrastinated while doing the speech outline? I know for sure I did! II.MAINPOINT 1- Procrastination is not good for us. A. As a procrastinator I stress a lot trying to get my assignments done the night before. But, I never turned my homework in complete or did but always got poor grades, which reflected off of my 1.5 GPA. My parents were enraged when they my low grades and told me to stop procrastinating…

Stress is a very complex topic. To my understanding it is an emotion felt not only mentally but physically as well. A large straining that you endure from being under immense pressure, at times you feel there is no way out. It can come from the negativity of your peers, and almost always from your very own self-doubt. Stress to me as a student and as a worker are very separate functions. From my student side I worry about not doing well on not only one but a series of demanding tasks from all of…

my reality. According to Sapolsky, a neuroscientist of great renown, a “Stressor” is an event in the outside world that knocks you out of balance. For this paper, I will be discussing my encounters with stress after keeping a 10-day stress journal. I have recorded the time, date, stressor, stress responses, coping strategies, and the effectiveness of these methods. Throughout this process,…

not had the time to do yoga recently, but I have read of multiple benefits that yoga can bring to one’s life. Ultimately, my main reason for conducting an experiment about yoga is to gain full understanding of the stress reduction exercise. This experiment…

continued existence and evolutionary advantage over those less equipped. Physiologists and psychologists use the term fight-flight reaction in orientation to this loosely defined constellation of functions. Basically, fight-flight response is a prototype stress response. It is an energetically intense set of behavioural and physiological changes, undertaken in the interest of maintaining life in the most acutely threatening circumstances. The fight-flight response includes powerful emotional…

indulge in unhealthy behaviours such as regularly eating fast food. The result is that she collasped and was diagnosed with hypertension. This paper will argue that her social circumstances were the defining factor in her eventual illness, through stress that indirectly lead to her illness, beliefs and hopes that substituted proper and qualified health care, and a variety…

In this situation Madam Chong had experienced too much stress at her workplace. This is due to the workload that she has to handle. Stress often described as an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to the person well-being (McShane & Von Glinow, 2010). For Madam Chong case, workplace support specific towork–family issues in particularmay spill over and cross over to the employee’s life outside of work (Hammer et al., 2009). Tendency of employees to…