Stress, Portrait Of A Killer

Ranging from lack of concentration and sleeplessness to depression, PTSD and suicide, prolonged exposure to stress can be

Worried Sick Reflection As I watched the “Worried Sick” video, I found many pieces of the research to be really interesting. By taking blood samples and testing it for the stress hormones, I think the scientists were able to get a great sense of what the different animals and people were truly feeling; all of the data collected was very reliable. As a whole, three concepts stuck out to me including the study conducted about the primate vs. the antelope, the effects stress has on the body, and the high impact of personalities on dealing with stress.

Annotated Bibliography Bremner, J Douglas. Does Stress Damage the Brain? WW Norton & Company, 2002, books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kQE008A-KJwC&oi=fnd&pg=PP15&dq=Does stress damage the brain%3F: understanding trauma-related disorders from a mind-body perspective&ots =NjYA-3ei28&sig=Ar1ZaSwf69ahCWlnh3l_qRqd_T8#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Specific purpose: To inform my audience the physical, mental, and emotional effects of stress. Central Idea: Stress effects people physically, mentally, and emotionally. Introduction I. Imagine being so stressed that it affected you emotionally, physically, and mentally. II.

What is stress? Concise Oxford Dictionary defines Stress as “pressure or tension exerted on a material object, in physics the magnitude of this is measured in units of force per unit area, a state of mental, emotional, or other strain or particular emphasis, the emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech. No one clear definition exist on what exactly is stress however, the factors that are likely to contribute to its development can be psychological, physical and physiological in nature.

Learn Psychology, claims “Stress produces a physiological reaction in your body. Hormones are released, which results in physical manifestations of stress... This process is

(p. 105) Stress is a response to a perceived danger. It comes from the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), part of the autonomic nervous system. One of the most well know theories of stress response is the flight or fight theory. When a stressor presents itself the body prepares for action by increasing blood pressure, blood flow to large muscles, blood glucose concentration, muscular strength mental activity and

The immune system is the human body’s defence against harmful infections and diseases. With a weak immune system, a person is prone to flu, colds, allergies among other health disorders. (Kiecolt-Glaser et al, 1984) Kiecolt-Glaser concluded that students stressed about exams had a less effective immune system and hence were more prone to illness. Cortisol, the primary stress hormone is produced when a person is under stress. In short term such as when being chased by a wild animal, the stress response helps humans beings in survival.

Stress is something that comes from overacting or over reacting task in life be from work or on the body. For example a college student is studying for a test, or doing a paper right before it’s due. And they are stressing over the fact they will fail or won’t do as good as what they could have done if they had done the subject when other college students were doing it and picked there time wisely. Another example for the body is you are in a car crash and your body goes into protective mode ready for what’s going to happen, but at the last second the car misses you but still crashes into a poll or tree. As the book says: “stressors are any physical or psychological event or condition that produces physical and emotional reactions.

Although I do agree with the literal definition of stress, I believe stress is acquired in stages. The Merriam Webster definition is the first stage of stress. These feelings of worry and tension are similar to an individual who has simply struck a match. A match burning by itself can only accomplish one thing. However, once the flame from the match is applied to a larger source it can grow to become something greater than its original state.

Choosing to connect with others under stress makes us stronger. Stress can help us to be more compassionate, and to find joy and meaning in connecting with others. And when our physical beat fast, think that is working hard to give us strength and energy not to harm. Choosing to view stress in this way, will help us to trust ourselves to handle life 's challenges, and to remember that we don 't have to face them alone. While I was watching the video I thought about chapter 14.

Stress Stress is something that everyone has in their life. Stress could be different thing in every person’s life. What do I understand by hearing stress? I stress out when I don’t have enough money to pay my bills. For example: my mortgage, utility bill, car payment, insurances, and child support.

Acute stress or single exposure to stressor of minutes to hours will be not produce any ill effect as body have protective and adaptive effects managed by hormones and other physiological agents. However re-exposure has proven to be more enigmatic or difficult to reverse. Conrad et al (1999) stated that severe or prolonged exposure to stressors is harmful, brief or moderate stressors actually enhance neural function. Various behavioral studies focusing on the memory functions of the hippocampus have demonstrated that moderate stress enhances memory performance but severe stress causes adaptive plasticity and impairs memory. Prolonged stress produces interaction between local neurotransmitters and hormones leading to structural and functional damage causing suppression of neurogenesis.

3. Clam and relax your body When your body becomes tighter due to a tense week at work so, a Swedish or hot steam massage enables you to relax. These types of massage will give correct pressure or use with heat can soothe your muscle pain. 4. Better your sleep

Stress is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. There is no way to avoid stress but you can learn to manage it. Stress can be caused through distinct ways and distinct reasons such as personal problems, social and job issues, post-traumatic stress and so on. You may have headache, feeling anxiety and depression, and easily irritated if did not handle stress well. Reduce stress in daily life is important to keep overall health since it will let you to have better frame of mind, enhance immunity and longevity so you can be more productive.