Introduction. Stress Affects Everyone Differently. For

Stress is very well known for just what it means: STRESS. Its effect on human beings from a local and a global standpoint is far greater than any of us imagine. Stress can overtake one’s body physically, mentally, emotionally, as well as behavioral aspects. This is not something to take lightly. This is actually very serious. If you notice, it’s not just older people that die this day and time with heart attacks, suicide, and things of this nature. People of all ages. Older people, younger people, and even really young people. Children, yes, I said children. Don’t automatically think that stress only affects older people that have lived a longer

Stress is defined as “a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism” (Dictionary.com, n.d.). Stress is part of the health and illness continuum and it can cause illness through physical changes or behavioral changes. The role of stress and pain experienced by an individual can affect their psychological well-being as well as their physical well-being. The psychological factors of stress determine whether or not stress develops into an illness. There are different types of psychological factors or moderators that can be used to alleviate stress and relieve pain. In 2011, a research study showed that blogging may have health benefits in treating chronic pain and illness. (Ressler, et al., 2012) I will attempt to identify and describe the positive and negative effects of blogging in regards to stress and illness.

outside of the classroom. Incoming freshman should balance their time, by not procrastinating to meet

Students in nursing school often face higher levels of stress and health consequences than other students in college programs, even other health-related areas of study. Stress can put a strain on education and impede learning which is an integral part of nursing school, along with the clinical practice aspect. Clinical practice can put even more stress on nursing students because of the demand of work from practical skills rather than book knowledge. As a student in the last year of nursing school, facing the NCLEX in the spring, over the last four years there have been many ups and downs with stress and related symptoms of anxiety from the pressures of this major and career choice. In the classroom and the clinical setting, students can become

As secretary, I was given the task to troubleshoot the lack of participation and share the results with the rest of the cabinet; after analyzing the information, we decided to better promote our group by emailing students and distributing flyers to advertise our upcoming events. We also decided to conduct fundraisers more frequently in order to excite the rest of the high schoolers. Therefore, by applying these tactics, the ASB planned to resonate its purpose throughout the school and attract passionate high schoolers to contribute, despite foreseen numerous disagreements to be encountered along the way. We were so close to unification.

Stress affects everyone regardless of their background, ethnicity, gender or personality. These factors can be important to detect how vulnerable a person is to stress. Williams and Cooper use the four-way model to describe how stress works (2002, 6). In this model, coping mechanisms, sources of pressure, personality and positive/negative effects are all connected to each other. Personality is the main block that faces both the pressure and the coping mechanisms. From there, a person could either get affected negatively and be stressed, or get positive effects out of the situation and reach to the growth phase (Williams & Cooper, 2002, 7).

Higher stress levels have a negative impact on a student’s mental health and development. Our nations teens stress levels have skyrocketed over the years, surpassing the levels of adults, a study done by NBC News found that “on average, teens reported their stress level was 5.8 on 10-point scale, compared with 5.1 for adults.” Stress is affecting all age groups of students, “Even the

Nontraditional student numbers continue to rise on college campuses and few institutions meet the mental health needs for this special group of students (Carney-Crompton & Tan, 2002). It is the purpose of this study to examine both the stressors (i.e. triggers of the stress response) and perceived stress levels between traditional and nontraditional students.

Personal Stress is something that everyone experiences at some point time in their lives, and for the most part, most people experience high levels of stress. As we experience stress, there are some basics responses that apply to each person. “Each individual exhibits the same basic response to similarly perceived acute stress exposure, although the immediate and long-term consequences of the stress response vary greatly among individuals” (Quick et al., 2013, p. 43). This is a direct connect to our own personal cognitive appraisal, and according to Quick (2013), the process of cognitive appraisal that includes perception and interpretation (p. 44). Cognitive Appraisal, is defined as the process by which the physiological

This group was to help create equity for those students who may be less knowledgeable about the college process. I was able to give a group of five students extra support, who otherwise may have gone under the radar and missed their opportunity to apply. The group met seven times as we worked through the process together. We used a free period once a week to meet and complete parts of the process while in school. This group needed

Stress, the thing that everyone has experienced. However, there are two types of stress. Eustress is when it is a good type of stress whereas distress is the negative for of stress. Stressing over something can bring many downfalls to a person. Stress can bring health problems such as heart attacks, sleeping problems, and more. Stress can lead to having anxiety, making you worried. Stress can go as far as causing someone to become depressed. Although people can be prescribed antidepressants, some can go as far out as choosing to commit suicide.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! That is your alarm clock that has been going off for an hour and you have over slept. You get ready in less than 5 minutes and you storm out the house. You enter your vehicle and your car will not start. Suddenly, you receive a phone call, and your mother has--- well you do not know what happened to her because your phone dies due to forgetting to pay your phone bill. Heart is racing, palms are sweating, the room feels like it its getting smaller and smaller by the second and its spinning, it is getting harder to breathe and your body begins to tremble. What is this feeling attack every inch of your body? It is stress. Everyday people are overwhelmed and bombarded with the stresses of just living. Most of the time, people

Stress, in one form or another, is a universal affliction. It does not discriminate based on age, race, income or culture. While not everyone experiences the same type or intensity, no one is immune from stress or its consequences.

by Suzanne M. Crampton , John W. Hodge , Jitendra M. Mishra , Steve Price

As I peered through the window of opportunity, which I thought would be an easy adventure, time and dedication surely proved me mistaken. One average senior-high day, I walk into the Human Services classroom and sit down at my desk. The class writes the daily five minute prompt about the service we are hoping to be involved in for FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) called, STAR (Student Taking Action with Recognition) events. After the prompt, the class sets up the desks to have our monthly FCCLA meeting. I, being the President, began the meeting with any house-keepings that needs to be discussed. Next, we progress the discussion to our chapter’s current funds and finally begin to go into detail about STAR events. In an organized manner, we list the events and information pertaining to which people are planning on working in each group.