what is stress and why do people have to have stress in there lives??
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Stress is tension or pressures that are a natural part of living our lives.  Changes and events in our lives (getting married, illness, changing jobs) are a major source of stress.  Pressures and tension from both good and bad changes can trigger our Stress Alarm System making us feel that we want to either fight the stress or run away from it.  \n\nPreventing Stress:\nEating Right Helps:  Foods high in preotein, Vitamin C, B vitamins and Vitamin A protect us from the effects of stress.  These are found in whole grain products, fruits and veggies, expecially citrus fruits, dark green veggies, meat and dairy products.  Caffeine, refined sugars, starches and junk food create false energy and stress the body even more.\nManage Time Better:  Take five minutes at the beginning of each day and make a "things to do" list.  Converty this list into a priority list of primary tasks, secondary tasks and miscellaneous tasks.  Do Primary tasks first and continue until the list is completed.  Don't over schedule - leave time for unexpected events.  Reward yourself for a job well done.\nExercise your tension away:  You feel healthier and less stressed when you develop an exercise plan that meets your life style, needs and ability.  Yoga and stretching exercises are good for developing flexibility and relaxation.  \nIn a nut shell:  everyone will get stressed.. but how to manage your stress and keep it from occuring as often just takes a few little changes throughout your day to make it much easier to get through the bad parts!
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It means that you have a lot of things to do and/or that you are under a lot of stress at the moment
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Stress usually causes these things!!\nget some Zovorax!!!
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Stress is the way our body and mind deals with a stimuli.  Increased levels of stress affect us by limiting the number of hours of sleep we get per night, mainly due to the fact that our mind isn't calm enough to sleep.\n\nIn the long run, stress can weaken the immune syste, can shorten  your life span, and can severly inhibit your ability to get a full REM sleep.\n\nThe best way to deal with this issue, is to simply find an outlet for your stress.  Once found, simply practicie letting go of the stress and sleeping in a dimly lit room, without any outside stimuli.
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Some people might criticize the way I handle stress, but I think it's very healthy.  Rather than playing it cool and denying that I am under stress, I yell, curse, and throw things.  I don't do this around others though.  The point is that I acknowledge my feelings.  If times get really hard, then I find that a nice drink helps, LOL.
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well it is impossible because you can't control what the future holds.  and there are different types of stress, not just negative stress.  stress can be a happy one, when i got married, it was stressful, one of the happiest days of my life, but still stress.  but when we are able to control our lives paths then "stress" will be avoidable because we can avoid bad situations.
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Its basically when you have to much stress on your hands an you freak out. Its nothing to be ashamed of but when someone have one they need there space an help to get through it. They may not exactly know what is going on at that point of time. An they may be confused in their role in life.
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A famous person once said "2% of life is what happens to you and 98% of life is how you react to it."\n\nI work as a cardiac nurse, and some people might think that would be a very stressful job because one minute everything is fine and the next someone might be having a cardiac arrest.  I used to get really stressed out, but I've now been a RN for over 10 years and I know what to do in an emergency, so I really don't get stressed out about these things anymore.  Sure, sometimes it is sad, but I do my best when I am calm, so stressing out is just a negative reaction.\n\nA lot of people comment that it's hard to ruffle my feathers or suggest that I'm holding my stress on the inside........whereas the truth is that I'm not really stressed out at all.  I've learned over the years to be in the middle of a hurricane and remain calm.\n\nOne other suggestion is to keep your body fit by exercising regularly and eating healthy foods.  You would be amazed how much less you get stressed when your body is functioning at it's peak.\n\nIf you can learn to remain calm as I have, I would say to take the higher paying job and enjoy spending the money.  If not, I would stick with the lower paying one.\n\n\nGood luck to you!  Be happy\nRobin_In_Tennessee
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Research has shown stress can be a cause of sickness and decaying health disorders. Stress comes to everyone and each person has various ways of holding on to stress and it also effects everyone differently. Science has found a few ways to help people deal with stress, despite the many differences, that can help reduce the bad effects on health. The scientific designed methods are typically referred to as "Stress Management."
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honey your stressed big time you have alot on your mind relax and take it easy everything will be fine for ya thats all you need and thats the only thing wrong with you!
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Stress is the result of perceived lack of control of a situation or event.
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Exercise is wonderful for releasing stress and relaxing....I love to run when I am stressed. Also just taking the time to breathe in and out deeply, can really make a big diffrence in your stress levels. ( try it the next time your are feeling stressed and overwhelmed)
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Its normal if you're under alot of stress.  You need to remove the stress, not your head.  Some people call it quiting but if you need to quit to keep your life or sanity then do it.  You're worth it.
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Stress is bad because it not only effects your emotional health, but your physical health as well. unchecked stress can lead to depression. It can also lead to high blood pressure, strokes, heart problems,ect. While it is impossible to completly eliminate stress altogether, there are ways to alleviate it. Prayer and meditation are great ways to manage stress. It's also helpful to talk things out with a close friend. Take walks in nature, exercize, do a hobby you enjoy, take a long hot bubble bath and listen to soothing music. Take deep breaths. There are lots of things you can do, but the most important thing to remember is this.... God grant me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.   Godspeed and prayers
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This could actually be an illness and they need psychological help.  I have had problems in the past with worrying and it was anxiety that needed treatment.  Stress can hurt a person physically.
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Stress\nEveryday we are confronted with problems. When we are confronted with a problem we must determine the seriousness of the problem and determine whether or not we have the resources (e.g., emotional resources) necessary in order to cope with problem. If we believe that the problem is serious and we also believe that we do not have the resources necessary to cope with the problem, we will perceive ourselves as being under stress (Cohen et. al., 1995). Stress can be defined as a process in which environmental demands strain an organisms adaptive capacity, resulting in both psychological as well as biological changes that could place a person at risk for illness (Cohen et. al., 1995). Things that cause us stress are called stressors (Rubin, Paplau, & Salovey, 1993). Many events can be thought of as stressors. These include disasters, life crises, life changes, and daily hassles (Rubin, Paplau, & Salovey, 1993). Examples of stressors include: hurricanes, earthquakes, disease, divorce, unemployment, marriage, and traffic jams. Stressors are things that interfere with an important personal goal (Rubin, Paplau & Salovey, 1993). The more important the goal is, the more stress a person will feel when that goal is threatened (Rubin, Paplau & Salovey, 1993). So for example, if it's important to a person to get to class on time, the person will feel stress if he gets caught in traffic. The goal is to get to class on time and the stressor is the traffic jam. The more important it is for the person to be on time, the more stressful the traffic jam will be. So, a person is likely to feel more stress on the day when an exam is given and there is a traffic jam, than he will feel when no exam is given and there is a traffic jam. \nThree Theories of Stress. Stress affects everyone, young and old, rich and poor. Life is full of stress. There is work stress, school stress, financial stress, and emotional stress, to name a few. There are three theories or perspectives regarding stress. There is the environmental stress perspective, the psychological stress perspective, and the biological stress perspective. The environmental stress perspective emphasizes assessment of environmental situations or experiences that are objectively related to substantial adaptive demands (Cohen et. al., 1995). The psychological stress perspective emphasizes people's subjective evaluations of their ability to cope with the demands presented to them by certain situations and experiences (Cohen et. al., 1995). Finally, the biological stress perspective emphasizes the activation of certain physiological systems in the body that have been shown time and time again to be regulated by both psychologically and physically demanding conditions (Cohen et. al., 1995). \n\nStress and Biology. Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. A certain amount of stress is natural. None of us live stress free lives. However, while a certain amount of stress is normal, chronic negative stress may be harmful to our health. Thomas Holmes asserted that any and all change is stressful because it forces individuals to adapt to new, unfamiliar circumstances (Brehm & Kassin, 1993). Holmes acknowledged that some changes require more of an adjustment than other changes (Brehm & Kassin, 1993). Holmes believes that the change resulting from both positive (e.g., marriage, promotion, graduation) and negative (e.g., divorce, unemployment) life events are stressful and may possibly do harm to an individual's health (Brehm & Kassin, 1993). When an individual is faced with stress, his body mobilizes for action in what is called a fight or flight reaction (Rubin, Paplau, & Salovey, 1993). During a fight or flight reaction, the heart rate increases, breathing is accelerated, and the muscles tense up as if in preparation to throw something like a rock (fight) or to run away (flight) (Rubin, Paplau, & Salovey, 1993). For example, when approached by a thief, you can either fight him or you can try t
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Summary of The Ways or Means by which Stress is Developed \nIf psychologists completely understood how stress and fears developed, we would know how to produce and reduce a phobia or an anxiety state. We don't. There seems to be a wide variety of life experiences which result in some form of stress, fear, anxiety, or psychosomatic illness. It would be convenient if life were simpler but it isn't. Perhaps a summary will help you review the ways you might become stressed and anxious \n\nEnvironmental factors and processes \n\nChanges, such as sudden trauma, several big crises, or many small daily hassles, cause stress. Intense stress years earlier, especially in childhood, can predispose us to over-react to current stress. \nEvents, such as barriers and conflicts that prevent the changes and goals we want, create stress. Having little control over our lives, e.g. being "on the assembly line" instead of the boss, contrary to popular belief, often increases stress and illness. \nMany environmental factors, including excessive or impossible demands, noise, boring or lonely work, stupid rules, unpleasant people, etc., cause stress. \nConflicts in our interpersonal relationships cause stress directly and can eventually cause anxieties and emotional disorders. \nConstitutional or physiological processes \n\nThe human body has different ways of responding to stress; one quick responding nerve-hormonal system involving adrenaline, another long-lasting system involving cortisol, and perhaps others. These systems not only determine the intensity of our anxiety reactions but also our attitudes, energy level, depression, and physical health after the stressful events are over. As individuals, our nervous systems differ; however, according to Richard Dienstbier at the University of Nebraska, we may be able to modify our unique physiological reactions by learning coping skills. \nThe genetic, constitutional, and intrauterine factors influence stress. Some of us may have been born "nervous" and "grouches." Almost certainly we are by nature prone to be shy or outgoing, and we inherit a propensity for certain serious psychological disorders. We don't know yet if different treatments are required for genetically determined problems than for learned problems. \nLearning processes \n\nHaving a "bad experience" causes us to later be stressed in that situation, i.e. pairing a neutral stimulus (situation) with a painful, scary experience will condition a fear response to the previously neutral stimulus. (classical conditioning) \nFears and other weaknesses may yield payoffs; the payoffs (like attention or dependency) cause the fear to grow. (operant conditioning) \nAvoiding frightening situations may reinforce and build fears and stress. (operant conditioning--negative reinforcement) \nCognitive learning processes \n\nSeeing others afraid and being warned of real or nonexistent dangers can make us afraid under certain conditions. (modeling) This can include seeing a movie or TV or reading a book or perhaps just fantasizing a danger. \nSome people have learned to see things negatively; they have a mental set that causes them to see threats and personal failure when others do not. Of course, seeing the situation as negative ("terrible"), unpredictable, uncontrollable, or ambiguous is stressful. \nMany long-lasting personality factors (neuroticism, pessimism, distrust, lack of flexibility and confidence) are related to stress, decision-making, and physiological responses. \nHaving a negative self-concept--expecting to be nervous and a loser--generates stress. \nIrrational ideas about how things "should be" or "must be" can cause stress when we perceive that life is not unfolding as we think it should. \nBelieving that we are helpless, that we can't handle the situation causes stress. \nDrawing faulty conclusions from our observations, such as scary ideas, like "the