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The Many Faces of Stress
Stress affects each individual differently, according to the cause and its effects. Therefore,
there are different kinds of stress as recognized by clinical and research studies. It is important
for an individual to recognize the cause of stress in order to know how to deal with it, and
hopefully reduce stress levels. Moreover, each type of stress have different approaches to
treatment.
Basically, there are three known types of stress: acute stress, episodic acute stress, and chronic
stress. However, a fourth kind – psychological stress – is also becoming more prevalent and is
considered as a legitimate type of stress.
Acute Stress
This is the most common form of stress, which results from the pressures one is subjected to in
their everyday life. In small doses of acute stress, it can actually be beneficial to an
individual. Think of athletes that are about to compete in an event. They experience acute stress,
which triggers the production of adrenaline and giving them a burst of energy needed to perform
their best.
The symptoms for this type of stress are easily recognizable and mostly affects a person only in a
short term. Common symptoms include back or neck pain, muscular tensions, headache, rapid
heartbeat, sweaty palms, cold hands or feet.
Episodic Acute Stress
As mentioned above, acute stress is quite common to most people. However, there are a few others
who experience it more often than others. These people are the ones who are so focused on achieving
organization and yet always fail when it comes to performance. Therefore, it is not surprising that
they often become irritable, if not with themselves then their initial environment. This also
explains why they find the workplace quite a stressful environment.
Other forms of episodic acute stress are those people who keep worrying. They have become so
pessimistic about the environment that they always project something wrong would happen. Hence,
they end up feeling awful, tense, or anxious without having clear reasons for feeling that way.
Chronic Stress
This is the type of stress that wears one out. Plus, it builds up over time and can produce
long-term effects on a person, whether emotionally or physically. Most forms of chronic stress are
caused by trauma that they find difficult to let go and so it continues to disrupt their everyday
lives.
One problem with chronic stress is that people often believe that it is something that is innate to
them and that they cannot get rid of. Thus, it makes treating this condition difficult because it
is often ignored by the person affected by it. It can, however, be treated through stress
management procedures and behavioral treatment.
Psychological Stress
Stress has its own set of complexity. With the different types stated above, psychological stress
concerns more of a person's ability to respond to a given situation. To be specific, the loss of
that ability. During dangerous situations, your body produces hormones known as adrenaline and
cortisol that prompts the body to make a response.
Compare this to charging a battery that produces high voltage that must be discharged. In the case
of a person suffering from psychological stress, the body fails to discharge that burst of energy
that is produced. The continued raise in your heart rate and the production of adrenaline could
result to fatal problems in your heart.
There are several reasons as to how one acquires psychological stress but it can include trauma
suffered from an emotionally disturbing event in the past or other emotional anxiety. The problem
with people suffering from psychological stress is that they tend to induce more stress in their
lives by subjecting themselves to stressful situations. Today, several groups hold counseling to
help those who suffer from this condition and regain control over their life.
Obviously, a great tool reported to help with stress is to use the QuWave Harmonizer!
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