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What is Stress?
For the past one
hundred years there has been much debate and theory offered
about what stress is and what stress is not. We each know
intuitively what stress is to us because we all experience
it. Defining stress, however, is not so easy.
Hans Selye is
one of the founding fathers in stress research. In 1956,
Mr. Selye argued that “stress is not necessarily something
bad – it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating,
creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure,
humiliation or infection is detrimental.”
Selye’s position
was that the biochemical effects of stress would be experienced
irrespective of whether the situation was positive or negative.
Since that time,
much more research has been conducted, and new ideas have
evolved. Stress is now widely perceived as a "negative," producing
a range of harmful biochemical and long-term effects. These
same effects have rarely been observed in positive situations.
Richard S Lazarus
is attributed with our most commonly accepted definition
of stress: Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when
a person perceives that “demands exceed the personal and
social resources the individual is able to mobilize.”
Everyone
responds differently to stressful events. That stress response is
part instinct and part to do with how we think. We can train
our minds how to best respond to the stressors in our lives.
Stress does not need to be all bad. Some stress in our daily
lives is good and challenges us to reach even higher heights.
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