Is STRESS an Emotion?????

Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress is your body's reaction to a challenge or demand.

In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain. ... Stress can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, and mental illnesses such as depression and also aggravation of a pre-existing condition.

Every emotion has:

 1) a prompting event, 

2) thoughts related to the event,

  3) a physical response, 

 4) an urge to act, 

 5) an action, 

 6) final after-effects (which sometimes can actually be a whole new prompting event that starts another emotion cycle)

What is emotional stress?

 Emotional stress involves the experience of negative affect, such as anxiety, in the context of a physiological stress response that includes cardiovascular and hormonal changes.

What causes emotional stress?

 Financial crises, an unpleasant work environment, or a host of other stressors can cause emotional stress, which sometimes tempts us toward unhealthy coping behaviors in order to escape the pain, especially when the situations seem hopeless.

 Psychological stress: emotional stress (resentments, fears, frustration, sadness, anger, grief/bereavement), cognitive stress (information overload, accelerated sense of time, worry, guilt, shame, jealousy, resistance, attachments, self-criticism, self-loathing, unworkable perfectionism, anxiety, panic attacks, not …

 Ways to manage and reduce your stress:

•  Relaxing physical activities such as yoga or tai chi can help to work your body while relaxing your mind.
• Mindfulness techniques such as meditation can strengthen your emotional responses to stress.

I am going to share more about this very expression "STRESS" for few more days,

so keep watching this space for some useful knowledge as well as tips.

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Arti Singh

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