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New types of stresses

September 28th, 2008 |

Author: admin

The latest definition of stress is:

The inability of our body to cope with the excess demands that any situation asks for.

Stress occurs due to various reasons like changes in lifestyle or environment, changes at work, family, or financial problems.

Stress can come in three forms. These three forms are emotional stress, physical stress, and chemical stress.

Emotional stress is the stress that we feel in reaction to certain events in our lives and this is the most common form of stress that we are familiar with today. This deals with feelings of tension and irritability and other extreme emotional reactions to events.

Physical stress can arise from physical demands that we place on our body – overtiredness, not enough sleep, pushing our bodies beyond the limits or even physical injury.

Chemical stress deal with the environment that we live in and the types of chemicals that we ingest in our daily lives – either through pollutants in the air or embedded in the food that we eat. These chemicals places a strain on our body and general health and leads to chemical stress in our bodies.

It is clear that this new definition of stress permeates our every day live to a large extent and it is up to us to manage all the various aspects of our daily live that can contribute to any of these types of stresses.