What Is Stress?
Stress is a state of mental or physical tension that occurs when an individual must adjust or adapt to their environment but they do not feel they have the capacity to do so. Stress is thought to occur when the demands on an individual exceed the perceived ability of that individual to cope. Stress is the state experienced when an individual is exposed to a stressor (the object or the event that causes a feeling of stress).
When you first think about stress, you probably consider it to be a negative experience.
Distress is a bad type of stress that has a negative effect on an individual and their performance, for example, overly stressing over an exam that is coming up, that you become sick and are unable to perform at an optimal level.
Eustress is a good type of stress that helps the body perform at an optimal level, for example, building up the adrenaline before you are about to bungee jump to create the right mind set enabling you to go through with the jump.
Stress is a common health issue that arises in majority of the seven billion people living on earth. Being exposed to an great amount of stressors can intoxicate you in the dark world of stress, affecting your physical, social and mental health significantly.
When you first think about stress, you probably consider it to be a negative experience.
Distress is a bad type of stress that has a negative effect on an individual and their performance, for example, overly stressing over an exam that is coming up, that you become sick and are unable to perform at an optimal level.
Eustress is a good type of stress that helps the body perform at an optimal level, for example, building up the adrenaline before you are about to bungee jump to create the right mind set enabling you to go through with the jump.
Stress is a common health issue that arises in majority of the seven billion people living on earth. Being exposed to an great amount of stressors can intoxicate you in the dark world of stress, affecting your physical, social and mental health significantly.
- 45% of workers report that job insecurity has a significant impact on stress levels.
- 61% of workers list heavy workloads as a significant impact on stress levels.
- 25% of workers have taken a mental health day to cope with stress.
- 54% of workers are concerned about health problems due to stress
- 75% of the general population experiences at least some stress every two weeks.
- According to a 2011 survey conducted by Prevention magazine, 73% of Americans experience great stress on a weekly basis.