Understanding Stress | Characteristics Of Stress

By admin on May 31, 2010, 1:21 am

Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth to stress. Change of environment, homesickness, death, separation, anxiety about future & uncertainty in life lead to stress in life. Stress is a common, adaptive response to threat. It indicates the presence of danger, peril or risk and prepares us to take protective or proactive actions. When there is the fear of an anticipated threat one’s welfare and comfort, the human system is designed to react in such a way as to protect the body from perceived imminent danger. Such dreaded objects are normally avoided. Check out some facts on stress.It is estimated that American businesses lose approximately $200-$300 billion dollars per year to stress related productivity loss and the treatment costs. Stress is recognized as the number one killer today. The American Medical Association has noted that stress was the basic cause of more than 60 percent of all human illness and disease. 75% of the general population experiences at least “some stress” every two weeks (National Health Interview Survey). Almost 9 out of 10 adults have experienced serious stress. More than 4 out of 10 adults suffer adverse health affects from stress, and some estimates suggest that 75 percent to 90 percent of all physician clinic visits are for stress related complaints. The first question most people usually want to know is …how can I eliminate stress? But stress is a fact of life…it’s been around since the …

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