In 1936 an endocrinologist, Hans Sdye, discovered stress. Stress is present in everybody. It occurs daily in people’s lives. Stress is a body condition that occurs in response to actual or anticipated difficulties in life. Stress can also be defined as the sum of physical and mental responses our bodies experience in relationship to any change. There are many causes of stress and many different ways to handle stress.
Stress can also be harmful to one’s health, both physically and mentally. There are two main types of stress, which are distress and eustress. “Unfortunately, stress and distress are used all too often as though they are interchangeable terms. Perhaps this is because the commonsense view of stress is weighted to the negative side. In fact, Selye introduced the terms distress and eustress in order to avoid this dilemma.
Distress is the bad stress. It is much the same as a state of anxiety, fear, worry, or agitation. Distress is a negative, painful experience and is something to avoid. On the other hand, there is a good stress, eutress. Eustress is pleasurable and satisfying experiences that people encounter. “Participation in a wedding ceremony, anticipation of competing in a major sports event, or performing in a theatrical production are examples of eustress” (Davis,2000).
Eustress can heighten awareness, increase mental alertness, and can sometimes lead to superior cognitive and behavioral performances.
Stressors are present in external stress, and are the situations or events that cause stress as an external stimulus. For example, stressors may be linked to too much work, too little money, too many creditors, the arrival of a baby, or the excitement of a new job. The factor in internal stress is the emotional part of stress which occurs inside the body. Internal stress is usually the psychological part of stress.....
