Personal Stress Analysis

Obviously, whether we want or not, stresses are happening everyday in our life. They can come from the external impact like an exam is coming, to the internal impact as pressure from yourself to achieve an A score; or from a small problem with low intensity like a traffic jam on the street, to a big issue with high intensity like being in a huge terrorism. It seems that we cannot run away from stress, it is something irresistible that we have to accept. Because stress is unavoidable, we need to learn how to deal with them efficiently. Some kinds of stresses can bring to us positive effects that motivate us to handle things better, but majority of them give us bad feelings and negative effects to our general health. As my personal hardly to find the balance between study, work, and family, I am right now struggling of dealing with stresses, that are caused by the pressure from assignments and exams in studying, workloads of my job and the responsibility to take care my family. Reading the article “ How Stress Affects Your Health” on the American Psychological Association website, I can get more valuable understandings about stress, have connected to some knowledges that I learnt in my Psychology class until now and draw some beneficial learnings to apply in my practical life.

You must try to change the situation or change your reaction to the situation. At times stress can be avoided. You must know your limits and stick to them. You must try to avoid people who stress you out. You must look at your daily work and decide between the “should” and the “must”. If you can’t avoid a stressful situation you would change things to avoid the problem in the future. You must focus on the positive things in life more than negative because by keep thinking about the negative things u will be more stressed. You must share your feelings with others and learn to forgive. You must also make time for fun activates and relaxation.

Stress is how the brain and body respond to any change that requires an adjustment or response. Throughout our lives we have been told by our friends and family that we need to minimize our stress and manage it before it gets too out of hand. This leads to us looking at stress as a terrible thing that will ruin our lives. Everyone is affected by stress and it is something that is a part of our daily lives. The key thing to remember is that stress is not always a bad thing. It has been proven that looking at stress as a good thing rather than a bad thing can actually make you stress less. There are two main types of stress. Eustress, which is the good stress, and distress which is the bad stress. Dealing with the eustress is what most people will think is relatively easy as you don’t have to do anything about it and don’t have to get rid of it., it’s the distress that people tend to have issues controlling. Being stressed for a long period of time can lead to a number of different problems such as anxiety. It is important to recognize that you are stressed, figure out exactly what is stressing you out, and then act according to what your stressor is. In order to minimize or even get rid of your stress and anxiety, you will need to know the symptoms, common stressors, and when, where, and how to seek professional help.

My life is fairly stress-free, which makes it difficult for me to give a good detailed example. However, like other students, school work is a main stressor. I tend to complete work the day it becomes available to me, I view it as a challenge, rather than a hindrance. So, my need to complete work right away; rather than relaxing and completing it over time is my main source of stress. I would consider this a challenge stressor since I start with an elevated level of stress, and relax later after completion. Once I am finished, I often experience positive emotions, from knowing I no longer need to worry. In conclusion, I would say I have pretty good control over my stress, which leads me to believe I do not poses the Type A behavior

In contemporary U.S.A, it can be very challenging keeping up with our fast pace society. Since we are a nation where everything is expected to get done as quickly as possible, and everything seems to have deadlines that must be met especially in the work field; it’s no surprise when we must stare stress right in the face at one point or another. For some of us, it’s as frequent as every day that stress arises and luckily for others, it’s not as much. However, whatever the case maybe we all have had and will go through stressful events in our lifetime. How one chooses to cope with stress is solely up to them. Although, there is one thing that is for certain and that is high levels of stress can be detrimental to one 's health, but there are a variety of precautionary coping methods in which one can defeat this ongoing battle with the evil entity—stress.

People develop the misconception that stress is uncontrollable: however, according to this article, you have more control over stress than you may think. It is important to identify the sources of stress in your life and attempt to manage or diminish them. Until you decide to accept responsibility for the role you play in creating or maintaining stress, it will remain outside of your control. There are many methods provided from this source that explains how to manage stress. There are varieties of stress that are unnecessary and avoidable; however, we do not attempt the simple tasks that are required to avoid stress. The author is highly descriptive and thoroughly explains methods that can used to maintain

There are many ways to reduce or handle stress in your life. The easiest and one of the healthiest antidotes for stress is laughter. Just smiling helps because it releases blood flow to the brain and endorphins are released. (4.) This gives a sense of well being. Some other simple techniques are doing uninterrupted breathing. Another stressor is lack of sleep. Therefore break the stress-sleeplessness cycle. You can help relieve your sleep problem by developing a daily sleep routine and don’t drink alcohol or caffeine before bed. Another thing is to reserve your bedroom for sleeping and sex only. (4.) Writing down your feeling in a diary may help relieve emotional stress. (4.)

When I was gathering resources for my first stress portfolio, one picture left a deep impression. It says: “there are only two times I feel stress: day and night.” Yes, stress exists along with our whole life; it may seem that there is nothing that we can do about stress. The homework and exams will keep coming, there is endless study and work in the day, and our career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. However, the good news is that stress can be managed. The simple realization that you are in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about taking charge of your thoughts, emotions, schedules, and the way you deal with problems.

Our book describes stress as “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s coping ability” (Weiten, 2014). Stress is not necessarily a traumatic, life destroying event. It can be as simple a small change in one’s daily schedule. People will have multiple stresses throughout their lifetime. Some will be little and daily, but overtime these add up and can affect you in many ways. Stress can be positive or negative and can take many forms; a few being frustration, internal conflict, change, and pressure. All of which make almost a daily appearance in my life (Weiten, 2014).

Another way one can manage stress is through breathing control and meditation. Breathing control includes the “take ten deep breaths” attempt to managing stress. Breathing helps one to calm themselves, and to think more

A major risk factor for poor physical health is experiencing high levels of stress (Farrell, Carlson, Englund, & Sooyeon,2017). Chronic stress can lead to adverse effects. Stress can affect the immune system, the heart, and can contribute to obesity.

To manage stress students need to understand the factors that could trigger stress. For incoming freshmen there are things that they need to understand before entering college. First, they need to know the reason why they need to go to college. Knowing your reason will help students to achieve their goals and more dedicated with their studies. Second, create a plan. Planning and scheduling is essential in setting up goals. Students need to consider what schedule they prefer and their availability. Try not to enroll in multiple classes just to finish your course. It is advisable to have a handful to understand the subject rather than getting multiple subjects and dropped or failed some of them. In addition, some are not full time students, so

If you are reading this, you most likely experiencing stress and are wondering how or if there is a way to relieve it. Well, good news, I'm here to give you accurate information on how exactly you can do that. In this article, you will be informed what stress is and how it affects you. Stress, in psychology, is a demand, threat, or event that requires an individual to cope with a situation that has changed. Stress is an unavoidable thing in life and it comes in many different forms. It can be caused by may life situations like being late, taking a test, or even an argument with your family. Most people are able to deal with the everyday stress but there are a few people that have problems that keep happening before the last one can be solved. If this happens, it could overload the persons adaptive capacity, which could result in chronic illness, anxiety, or depression.

Every day we should try to lessen our stress in order to alleviate its dreadful effects on our emotional, mental, physical and social aspects. Taking your time to assess the amount of stress that you have experienced allows you to know where and how you should. The most prominent source of stress nowadays includes a toxic workplace, constant worrying about certain deadlines, personal or family issues, and the like. We all have our fair share of stressful experiences, no one is exempted. Nevertheless, we all have a choice to minimize it and its effect.

      Stress is an ongoing dilemma that occurs in each and everyone’s life. It is a factor that is undoubtedly a part of daily living. Due to the trivial problems that occur in people’s daily lives massive amounts of stress can arise. People perceive and manage stress in many different ways. The causes and effects of stress are numerous and one’s ability to manage stress is vital in maintaining healthy living.