The Body's Response to Stress

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 described as a psychological and psychological and physical strain or tension generated by physical, emotional, social, economical or occupation circumstances, events, or experience that are difficult to manage or endure (Andrew M. Colman, 2015). Stress can affect all aspects of your life, which include your emotional, behaviours thinking ability, and psychical health (webmd, 2016). More than one in five Australian have reported mental health issue as a source of stress (psychology, 2014).

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).

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Acute stress causes the arousal of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS comprises of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) which prepares the individual for ‘fight or flight’ and the parasympathetic branch, which returns the individual to their original state of relaxation. Part of the SNS response is the sympathetic adrenal system (SAM), this system along with the SNS is collectively called the sympathomedullary pathway. The SNS is activated when the neurotransmitter noradrenaline is released and travels to the organs of the body preparing them for rapid action. Common responses to this would be increased heart rate, increased pupil size and metabolic changes such as a release of

Stress is a common health issue for the body and mind, but it can be managed if not avoid.

Stress is not a new issue. However, in recent years it has become more apparent. It can be defined as ‘environmental factors which exert undue strain or pressure on a person’ and can be caused by numerous factors either at home or in the workplace.

The human body is intended to experience stress and respond to it. Anxiety can be certain which implies eustress, for example, a landing a promotion position or being given more prominent duties. Stress gets to be adverse which implies trouble, when a person faces continuous challenges without relief or relaxation between challenges. Therefore, the individual gets to be exhausted and push related pressure manufactures. Misery can prompt physical side effects including cerebral pains, upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, mid-section pain, and issues sleeping. Research proposes that anxiety additionally can bring on or exacerbate certain manifestations or illnesses. Stress additionally gets to be hurtful when individuals use liquor, tobacco,

If there is one thing that humanity is not immune from, it is stress. “Hans Selye (1979) defined stress as the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it” (Kalat, 2013, p. 380). Initially, changes in the biological responses occurring in the body during times of stress allowed for evolutionary advantages across populations. In the fight-or-flight response, for example, the parasympathetic nervous system initiates the body’s preparedness

“Stress can be defined as any event or environmental stimulus (stressor) that we respond to because we perceive it as challenging or threatening.” (Pastorino, 2013). Stress is common and occurs when someone is experiencing a certain standard of pressure toward a situation or event that seems hard to cope with. Stress is classified and divided into four major categories: major life events, catastrophes, daily hassles, and conflict. Stress levels vary from person to person and from situation to situation. Stress cannot caused an illness on its own but research has shown that stress can make us more susceptible to illness because stress can caused our immune system to be less effective. Therefore, under stress our bodies become more prone to devolving

Coping styles appears in response to psychological stress, which is commonly prompted by changes in one’s life while trying to make sure that you are mentally and emotionally okay. There are positives and negatives stressors in life. These stressors require coping skills in order to adapt to the new changes. A stressor, which can be seen as positive, is moving to university for Louise. She had to cope with moving to a new environment and making new friends. She had to cope with knowing when it is time to socialize and time to study “…Yeah, yeah, quite a lot, recently because of exams we haven’t, but then Wednesday night we had quite a big night out, so it was really good“… (lines 63-64). Also shazia explained how she coped when she had not

When it comes to the factors that influence our response to stress, there are many and it involves many and multiple organs and glands controlling both the endocrine and nervous system. These two systems coordinate and communicate to make sure that our bodies know how to effectively deal with challenges, but not so much to the point of hyper-arousal or otherwise incapacitating anxiety. However the act of balancing the two is tricky and both our brain and body do not always get it right. This arousal though is necessary to ready our bodies for taking action. As we become more aware in response to our stressors, our attention sharpens and our alertness increases. Meanwhile other aspects fade into the background, such as the environment. The narrowed

. Stress is not always necessarily harmful (especially in small amounts), sometimes it helps us stay motivated and determined toward our goal. Nowadays, stress has become a common problem in the modern life. Everybody seems to be stressed out since the modern life is fast paced and competitive. Stress is either physical or mental, and is generally caused by external stimuli called stressor. Many research have been conducted on the cause, response, consequences and remedies of stress. However, there is still a controversy regarding the exact process of stress. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate these queries related to stress and explain about the ways to tackle with it including advantage and disadvantage.

What is stress? Stress is defined as the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are viewed as threatening or challenging (Ciccarelli and White 2009). Stress differs from person to person and can be experienced in many difference ways. Also, what may be stressful to me may not be stressful to someone else. In this paper I plan on discussing how people can be affected by stress positively and negatively. I will go specifically go over a few ways people are affected by stress; aches and pains you may feel from stress, effects of prenatal stress, and positive stress.

What is stress ? Stress can be expressed as a butterflies in the tummy, worry, or anxiety(1). Stress may have a good effect on the individuals' lives as it boosts the performance and help to concentrate; However, the human body cannot always restates itself to normal after being under long term stress resulting in major health issues(2).