STRESS DEFINED

1. …..‘Stress is defined as a stimulus to change in the external or internal environment of such a degree, in terms of strength, intensity or duration, so as to tax the adaptive capacity of the organism to it’s limit, and which, in certain circumstances can lead to a disorganisation of behaviour or maladaptation or a dysfunction whichh may lead to a disease’. - Rees 

2. …--‘Stress is that strained state of mind which we glide into when we realise a situation obstructs our plans & values, mars our identity or effects our existence, and is realised to be beyond our limits of endurance or handling capabilities’. - Swami Atmananda

3.……'Stress is like having one foot on the accelerator of a car, with the other foot on the brake. We wind up stripping our gears. The chronic buildop of stress takes an enormous toll on our bodies in terms of wear and tear’. - Dr. Reed C. Moskowitz 

4. ---- ‘There is good stress too. It is about not being satisfied with the status quo. I call it eustress. Stress is the spice of life. We need it for stimulation & novelty. There is unpredictability implied. It wakes us up and even makes us laugh’. ----- Dr. Hans Selye 

5. - - ‘Short-term stress wakes up the sympathetic nervous system, increasing blood flow to the brain and thus cognition. Glucocorticoids released during the ‘fight & flight response’ strengthen connectors in the brain, aiding memory. Beta-endorphin released during stress blunts our percertion of pain’. - Dr. Robert Sapolsky 

6. -- -- ‘If you want to get stronger, the best way is through exposing yourself to progressively increasing doses of stress. That’s the principle behind rehabilitation therapy’. - Dr. James E. Loehr 

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