What
is Stress?
According to Hans Selye, the Montreal psychologist and stress "expert," stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it. In short, everything a person has to adjust to in any way is stressful to some degree. Life is a stress class. Body chemistry and electricity respond to the continual stimulus of inner and outer conditions in a holistic way. In other words, the body and mind are affected as a whole. When stress becomes harmful because the body's adaptability is overtaxed; the person technically becomes distressed. In simplest terms imagine that your adaptability is your degree of flexibility. Will you bend or break? The pull exerted on a piece of elastic is stress. It's degree of stretchability is its resilience. Some people can handle a great deal of stress; others reach their breaking point more quickly. Selye says that we re each born with a limited adaptability; that some people are inherently stronger than others. Other sources say that this ability to adapt depends on heredity, character, temperament, age, sex, state of health, emotional balance, past experience, and environment. Stress Can Be
External or Internal
* Hunger,
thirst, frustrated sexual drives
Some examples of outer stress are: * Heat,
cold, the weather
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