Stress means different things to different people. When I ask people on
my workshops: “What is stress?” I get as many answers as there are
participants.
We are all unique in our capacity to deal with stress and in our
response to stress. For example, one person may cope with levels of
stress under which their friend would simply buckle. Another person may
be able to handle work stress but not relationship stress, or the other
way around. Some people can handle anything as long as they have a
healthy bank balance, however, if their finances are under pressure,
the rest of their lives seem to unravel.
These are some ways we could define stress:
- Strain
- Pressure
- Emphasis
- Anxiety
- Tension
- Exhaustion
- Discord
- Panic
- Nervousness
- Tearfulness
- Unhappiness
- Excitement
- Powerlessness
Therefore, the term “stress” can be seen as an umbrella term to describe a whole range of behaviours and conditions.
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