Stress simplified

Stress simplified
Am sincerely motivated to work on an article on Stress. Not because it’s the ‘In-Topic’, but doing away (or, at least, coping with it) is of the essential tasks for any present day person. From a lay person in Govt. Job to the chic sleek fashion designer; from a rapper to the dean of an institution, every individual speaks of being stressed... Which, by all means, isn’t untruthful. Stress is the mental, physical and emotional reactions you experience as a result of demands of your life. You must have experienced stress at one time or another whether you know its technical definition and types or not...!
Eustress is the ‘good stress’, so to speak. E.g. the tension pangs felt before marriage, or, the one when ABC has to appear for his/her first interview. Distress, as the words shows, is ‘bad’ type of tress. The fetesthat’s surrounded by smoke in mother’s stomach (metaphorically), the first public speech by a scared and totally unrelishing person, the culprit sitting hungry is a jail...
Ofcourse, the variation is (muchly) dependent on individual likelihoods, too. Life, as it is, is filled with stressors... From weather changes to one’s physical well-being. However when our means of coping, or flight/fight response (which I’ll come back to in a minute), begin to fall short of the amount o stress or the effect of stressor(s), it should be given due attention. Stressors seem to have cyclic distressing quality – as the resources get replenished, one’s physical/emotional/mental state is inevitably affected, thus perpetuating rising levels of stress.
Coming to the flight/fight response, every individuals’ capacities and resources play a HUGE role in this stress-coping-philosophy. If the stressor is perceived as TOO threatening, and evidently dangerous, the usual response is to escape/avoid it. E.g. a skinny human facd with a drooling lion.
On the other hand, if stressor appears to be beatable, most of us would rather stay and fight it. E.g. Monotony, can easily be tackled by strolling (provided the person in concern finds it pleasurable!)
Crude example, but since it’s applicable: Quoted!
Before talking about some general strategies to avoid distress, let’s look into the research and stages involved in the realm.
Hebb simplified the notion of stress for an unconcerned person:
Like an inverted U shaped graph should show, too-less stress is ineffective in providing appropriate results. Think of it as minimal motivation!
Mediocre level, or just-the-right-amount is considered best since output is always better and/or more than input. Excessive stress, again, unfailingly, spoils the broth (to steal the saying;)
Stages:-
Alarm reaction: Noticing and schematic perception of the stressor.
Resistance: Continuous presence of stressor is registered and tackled with by the body (in whatever manner!)
Exhaustion: Coping/resisting fades out, and the person would (mostly!) need to face some adverse consequences.
Coping with stress--- Perhaps the MOST sought after and required section of the article: Styles of coping, again, are very individual oriented. The same activity could be stressful for one and soothing for another. The trick is to listen to your body, heart, brain and mind (Tough one, yeah!). Also, as a general rule, going too against natural sequence(s) and signals stresses our mechanisms. Imagery, watching television or playing online games is quintessentially relaxing; however, considering that excess of everything is bad, the hours spent on such activities, if huge, do damage eyes, brain and hands (the posture of body being another story altogether!). Taking a walk, listening to music, being social and just smiling re the universally accepted soothers, which again, in the 21st century aren’t always looked at similarly.
Cutting short the last passage, with a hopefully correct assumption that sooner or later EVERYONE does find the individual peculiarities and patterns, just a VERY important idea:
Sometimes, unknowingly, we judge our stressor(s) as destressors. Sports, though relaxing, if overdone could backlash hugely—I do not mean to convey/say that hard work and determination do not always pay. They do! But staying under guidance, be it ANY venture, should reduce the chances of distress building up. Teens with anaemia, or very family-burdened young males... Overwhelming examples of stressed out people exist in the society, not to think about all the hormonal issues faced by slum kids, or the evidently young age for puberty of the fairer sex! The malnourished rural masses, and the education-deprived babies...
Lets also remember the human body should be treated as a palace...
A fragile one, where, unless the organs and nerves, the hormones and veins... And the blood and water isn’t appropriate... soon even the conscience might lose faith(!). Take care! Cheers 