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Definition Essay On Stress

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People handle stress in a myriad of ways. It is a love-hate relationship in every sense. Many laugh, cry, become catatonic or frenzied, gamble, hoard, act out or become structured. Stress, and it's perception, can be motivating- or literally a killer. Birth itself is a contradiction in stresses. While the mother's body fights pain and fear to give life, the child being expelled from the safety of the womb, protests; moments later when the mother enfolds the child within her arms, the physical stress washes away on a tide of oxytocin and endorphins, bringing joy and love, a different set of emotional stresses. Growing up, our personality becomes shaped by our collective experiences with stress, and our DNA's reaction to it. How much? What type? What age? Are those around us stoic in the face of stress? Or Abusive? …show more content…

Anxious, exhausted, desperate people are going to react, whether rightly or wrongly, and our past election was this reaction. The next four years we are going to have to be resilient and strong. We need to learn how to deal with the fear and uncertainty, to adapt to the new stresses of a different administration. Hopefully with love and tolerance informing us along the way. Consequently, we need to decide how we want the world to define us? Are we a benevolent, inclusive Nation? Just and merciful in our vigilance for peace? Or will we be oppressive and militarized, in a feverish quest for more power and control of resources? How we as a Nation are perceived, starts within us, the individual. "We the People" are the heart of America! The government, our elected representatives work for US. Think about this through these times, and what example you want yourself, and them, to set. First for your family, and second for your community, and its people. Hold yourself and your representatives accountable, the future depends on it. "United we stand. Divided we

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