Stress
STRESS Stress, what a word. ... Stress is not always bad, it can be good, it can help make you better at work. ... To prepare for the stress your body increases its heart rate and blood pressure; more blood is sent to your heart and muscles, and your respiration increases. Your bodys response to events in your life uses stress as a response to the event. Hans Selye defined stress as "the non specific response of the body to any demand made upon it to adapt whether that demand produces pain or pleasure". Selye thought that the bodys response to stress is non-specific that the body reacts as a whole. He also believed "that it is not just the bad things in life that cause stress, but the good things as well". Major causes of stress include illness, job changes, moving, separations and divorces, deaths in the family, and financial difficulties. However, even a joyous event like a marriage can bring about stress- especially if you are the one paying for it! ... To deal with stress effectively, individuals use coping strategies. Coping strategies are the mechanisms by which you try to control the causative problem or the stress related feeling that arises. ... When the stress is mastered, changed or accepted adaptation occurs. Adaptation is the sense of equilibrium restored to the person who experienced the stress.