STRESS AND ITS MEANING

STRESS AND ITS MEANING
Stress is a commonly used term and is generally associated with some emotional discomfort accompanied. It is regarded as something unpleasant and harmful to the individual. However, some degree of stress is normal and necessary in all living things, otherwise devoid of any external stimulation; the individual will be bored to death.

CONCEPT OF STRESS

The life pressures, demands, change situation etc act as STRESSORS to which the individual develops mechanisms for coping with these life events. However, when one’s usual coping mechanisms become inadequate in dealing with a situation, HARMFUL STRESS OR DISTRESS results. Generally, when the word stress is used, it is actually referring to harmful stress or distress.

Evidence clearly shows that we are living in critical times. Everybody is affected from young to old. No one is exempted. Do you realise that not everyone can successfully manage change. I personally believe that the greatest contributor to stress is the new changes situation that confronts people. A man or woman who could hardly pay for his children`s school fees and could hardly afford two square meals suddenly finds himself becoming a millionaire overnight.

Why do you think people who are widely celebrated belong in this category? Why do you think most of them cannot sustain a normal family life? Relationship with their wives and children has fallen apart. A lot of people`s life has been shattered by success. All over the media both electronic and non-electronic, you see adverts promoting wealth and riches.

The big question is, if you finally get to your kingdom of riches and wealth can you cope? Will it tear your life apart or make you a better human being? Don`t get me wrong, I`m not saying that wealth is bad. The pressure that accompanies such changes is equally enormous and not many can cope. Ok, consider the other side of that change situation. A very wealthy person suddenly loses everything he or she has; his or her business empire suddenly collapses and nothing seems to work.
Such an individual would certainly feel that the world is after him or her. These guys definitely will look for a means of escape in their own philosophy. This is the reason why you always hear negative news about them.