Stress is a perfectly normal experience in\nlife which can be triggered by circumstances individual to each of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While we rarely hear anyone saying, \u201cI\u2019m so\nhappy to be stressed\u201d, there are definitely some stresses in our life that can\nbe considered as \u2018good stress\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what is stress anyway? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stress is your body\u2019s way of responding to\na perceived demand or physical threat. We often feel stress as a physical or\nemotional response which causes our body to enter a state of protection called\n\u201cfight-or-flight\u201d. Whether our stress is impacting physical or emotional being,\nany kind of threat to the body has a major influence on our mood, well-being\nand health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Stress can be triggered from a range of things in our lives that affects us all in different ways. You might notice sometimes feeling stressed can motivate us to accomplish goals and work productively, while other times it can leave us feeling totally overwhelmed and unable to move forward. Often, because we are from all different walks of life, our triggers and symptoms of stress vary. This is where we need to identify both the physical and emotional symptoms of our own stress. Some these symptoms may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Physical responses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Emotional responses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good stress vs bad stress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n While a\nlot of us associate stress as a negative impact in our life, often we don\u2019t realise\nthere is healthy stressors that that can be considered good. Stress that\nmotivates us to move forward can be considered good, while stress that impacts\nour health and wellbeing is notably bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How is some stress good? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In small doses,\nstress can work to our advantage. It has the ability to advise us how to respond\nto a situation based off the stressor hormones released in the body.\nEssentially, when we experience stress in small doses within certain\nsituations, it can motivate and drive us to work efficiently and achieve our\ngoals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is\nbecause when stress hormones such as cortisol,\nepinephrine, norepinephrine are released, our body signals a fight-or-flight\nresponse that can actually result in positive outcomes. An example of good\nstress would be adrenaline based activities such as bungee jumping or on the other\nhand, being productive at work to complete a short term target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources of bad stress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bad\nstress can be categorised in two different ways, acute or chronic. We usually\nexperience acute stress as quick spurts of energy toward a surprise trigger\nsuch as dodging harms way. Usually, acute stress subsides when a solution is\nfound or a problem is resolve, therefore returning us to a neutral state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, Chronic stress is a repeated stress that feels never ending.\u00a0 We may experience this type of bad stress in serious situations such as continual pressures at work or situations including recurring conflict. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stress is a perfectly normal experience in life which can be triggered by circumstances individual to each of us. While we rarely hear anyone saying, \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be stressed\u201d, there are definitely some stresses in our life that can be considered as \u2018good stress\u2019. So, what is stress anyway? Stress is your body\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"yoast_head":"\n