Stress ("stress", in English the "pressure") - is the response of the organism to physical or psychological effects violating the peace of mind and emotional balance of rights.
Hans Selye, a physician and physiologist from Canada, the first time in 1936 coined the term "stress" and developed a theory of stress and distress .
Stress - is not only nervous stress, but also any impact, unusual for an organism, whether the emotions: joy, anger, fear, hate, love or extreme cold, heat, infection. We can say that the stress - is a strong reaction to the feeling or sensation. Seve felt that it is impossible to avoid stressful situations and should not be because of stress - it is life, and his absence means death. Due to stress, a person develops, both physically and emotionally.
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The concept of distress also belongs to the Canadian scientist. If the stress - strain or pressure, distress - a pathological stress, manifesting itself in painful symptoms, ie grief, unhappiness. It is a concept we use in everyday life.
Thus, according to the teachings of Selye, a person can not fully live and work, if his senses are not acting right amount of relevant stimuli. The body reacts to this stress condition, which mobilizes the "shakes" of man, that is, had a positive role. But, on the other hand, excessive stimuli may cause distress , which will entail physical illness or mental strain.
Selye explains this in detail: the body, when confronted with stimuli, responds to his first reaction to anxiety, then there is the phase of resistance to stressors (stressors). But if they continue to keep its influence, then the third phase - the phase of exhaustion of combat stressors. This means that resources are depleted defenses, and the body becomes ill.
All people are different and they react differently to the same problem: someone in a stressful situation does not lose peace of mind, and someone is nervous, even for a minor issue. Everything depends on the individual's capacity to deal with stress.
Types of stress: physical and psychological
Physical stress is not only traumatic, that is, reaction to pain, but in most it is a reaction to hunger, cold, heat, thirst (vital reaction).
Psychological stress - this is again not only to stress that destroys the human psyche and leads to depression, but also the stress that develops personality, character, and helps to gain experience.
If you look at stress from a medical point of view, we can say that long-term effects of stress increases blood cholesterol levels, reduces the body's defensive response, increases the risk of cancer, hypertension and peptic ulcer disease, coronary heart disease, as well as colds and viral illnesses, migraine.
The earliest manifestations of stress are:
Irritability, fatigue and general weakness.
Often there is such a thing as post-traumatic stress . They suffer as people who are victims of violence, a car accident, accident, fire or other natural disaster, and people - witnesses to the tragedy.
It is believed that post-traumatic stress in physically healthy person - a physiological and emotional reaction, which seeks to protect itself from future injuries.
Symptoms of PTSD:
A. Intrusive recollections, the victim and the witness repeatedly Accident "scroll" event again and again recalled their experiences, most often expressed in nightmares.
Two. Emotional barriers - thus the brain is protected and the victim is unable to discuss their tragedy.
Three. The surrounding world is rapidly losing color, and the future seems hopeless. The victim is in a constant state of depression.
4. The state of excitability, because the body produces an increased amount of adrenaline and the person becomes very razdrazhitelenym.
Post-traumatic stress should not be confused with a state of shock after an injury, it will soon pass by itself, but the symptoms of such stress are observed for at least several months.
Causes of stress
A. pathological hereditary factors;
Two. personality traits;
Three. age (juvenile, late);
4. specific periods of life (pregnancy, postpartum, menopausal status);
Five. severe physical illness;
6. negative shocks (death or severe illness of close, divorce, financial ruin, job loss, etc.);
7. natural disasters, catastrophes;
Eight. failure or loss of confidential communication with his inner circle;
9. low level or lack of social support;
10. physical and emotional overload at work.
Methods of dealing with stress or prevention :
A. Try to treat everything with a sense of humor, or philosophically.
Two. Do not try to just deal with stress, and look at everything as if from the outside.
Three. Tell us about your stress, but people close to or write about it and do not show anyone the recording.
4. Try to forgive yourself, because not everything depends on you.
Five. Do not hesitate to ask for help, help others and do not stop fighting.
6. Look at the situation differently, maybe she will appear before you a little differently.
7. Try to learn to relax, especially being in stressful situations . Will help you exercise, the researchers believe that this is a good opportunity "for the rest of the brain."
Eight. In no case did not drink alcohol! This will only exacerbate your problems.
9. Think of a hobby. This helps to relax.
10. Adjust yourself to the positive. Take advantage, especially self-hypnosis.
11. Do not cry stesnyates, even alone with yourself is necessary.
12. Try to relax: Listen to pleasant music, take a bath, walk in the park, watch a favorite comedy
13. Make it a rule: before you respond to a critical situation, count myself to ten, it will give the opportunity to take himself in hand.
14 WARNING! If you are having suicidal thoughts, you can not pull themselves together, as soon as possible to seek the assistance of a professional psychologist or call for emergency psychological help.
15. Finally, we must remember that there are no hopeless situations.
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