Stress is what

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

The word "stress" is now on everyone's lips. However, this is not surprising, since in our time, when the speed and pace of life are increasing at an alarming rate, it is almost impossible to remain in a state of joyful goodness and peace that psychologists talk about. Stress itself is our reaction, the reaction of our body to new conditions, to a new situation that goes beyond the usual things.

At the same time, any bright event can be stressful, and not just something negative, for example, a quarrel in the family. Oddly enough, a declaration of love, a wedding, a trip somewhere is also a shock to the nervous system. Therefore, it is a mistake to think that stress is something heavy, unsettling, destroying a person. In itself, a stressful situation is not dangerous, but the individual's reaction to it can already cause serious problems. There are many definitions of what stress is. The definition of this newfangled term can be easily found in any book on psychology. Nonetheless,the most accurate and understandable is the wording, according to which stress is an active reaction of the human psyche and the body to changes in the outside world, the body's response to any stimulus.

Human response to stress depending on temperament

In any situation that may be potentially dangerous to humans, the signal is transmitted from the senses straight to the brain. As a result, the work of the pituitary gland becomes more intense, that is, they begin to produce

needed to counter danger hormones. In particular, the level of adrenaline rises, the pulse quickens, the organs begin to work in the so-called emergency mode. These are all biological manifestations of the body's response to stress. What happens next depends entirely on the person and his psychological and mental he alth. Initially, according to the plan of mother nature, stress is a chance for a person to survive and adapt to new conditions. But in the modern world, when there is no immediate danger to life, a person prefers to "get stuck" in stress, getting used to this state. But still, temperament leaves an imprint on how this or that individual behaves in a stressful situation. For example, sanguine people become aggressive and prefer to attack first, reacting very quickly in situations of stress. Cholerics, on the contrary, prefer to "run away" from problems. It is they who most often go into hard drinking and suffer from psychosomatic disorders. Melancholic under stress prefer not to react at all,fall into a stupor. This type of people

often lose weight, especially during prolonged depression. In contrast, phlegmatic people gain weight, preferring, nevertheless, to solve problems, defending themselves from them, and not to run away from problems. Despite the fact that their reaction to stress is somewhat slow, phlegmatic people intuitively understand that stress is a temporary phenomenon, and the sooner the problem is solved, the better.

Danger of Distress

Stress and distress, the causes of which are the same, refer to the reactions of the body. But distress, that is, a violation of psycho-physiological functions, occurs with prolonged depression and has a much more destructive effect on a person.