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New types of stresses
September 28th, 2008 | 
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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.
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Stress caused by finances
Financial aspects figured quite high on the Holmes and Rahe scale - for example, being affected by large debt or being involved in bankruptcy actually scored higher than the death of a close friend. This is because a sever change in financial status can bring about drastic changes in life-style such as for example the loss of a house, disruption of family life, not to speak of the psychological stress with regards to loss of status and self-esteem.
The constant stress and worry about finances can also be very stressful over longer term periods. Obviously when the economy becomes bad there are knock-on effects that can be very stressful and that each feature individually on the stress scale - this can include circumstances such as the loss of a job, having to move house, having a spouse take on a new job, having to work harder with less free time.
It must be remembered that we are all subjected to these stressful and life-changing events - everyone suffers from the economic consequences of a bad housing market, higher interest rates, foreclosures, becoming bankrupt, losing a job etc etc. But it is how we each react to these events that makes the difference between experience high stress and not being as stressed. Some people are just more resilient to some types of stresses than others.
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