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• Loss of appetite • Social withdrawal or isolation
• Loss of interest and focus • Feeling overloaded and depressed
• Memory loss
We all face good stress and bad stress in our lives. Good stress also known as “eustress” occurs when we are excited.
Our heart beats faster and we feel a rush of hormones in our body but it is not dangerous for us. We also feel this
good stress before a public performance, ride in water parks, when the exam result is declared. This kind of stress
keeps us lively and excited in life. So in the short term, stress can have a positive impact on us and our behaviour.
It motivates us to achieve more but when the duration of stress increases for a long time then it takes the shape of
bad stress which may cause physical or mental health problems. For example, stress of exams is good for you as it
help you being awake and prepare for your exams but a prolonged stress may create health issues that you lose
your focus and increased anxiety can get you headaches, loss of appetite or you may faint in exam. So managing
your stress plays a very important role in life.
2.2. STRESS CAUSING AGENTS
Stress is inevitable in life. Since you can't avoid it then the only way to get rid of it is to work on the agents that
causes stress:
• Mental: When you are unable to cope up with the mental pressure then it causes mental stress. For example,
you may face a situation when you are not prepared for a stage performance, etc.
• Physical: Issues related to general well-being and health of an individual can lead to low self-esteem and cause
stress.
• Social: Stress related to some important relationships in Mental
life. It may also be related to the social status of a person.
Sometimes not having healthy relationships with the people
around you. Stress
Physical Causing Financial
• Financial: Stress related to money or unplanned saving and Agents
expenditure of your income. This can be lack of money to
buy things of your choice, worried about more expenses
made, don’t have money to buy comforts or luxuries of life. Social
2.3. WHAT IS STRESS MANAGEMENT?
Stress Management is a method or a technique used to make changes in your lifestyle, thoughts, emotions that
help you relax your mind and body to minimise the effects of stress. If the stress is too much in life then it may
lead to serious health issues so effective stress management techniques can help you overcome these issues and
manage your long-term and short-term goals of life effectively.
To manage all types of stress in life remember the ABC of stress management originally created by psychologist,
Dr. Albert Ellis. This technique helps you analyse the three aspects of a situation that causes stress:
A: Adversity or the stressful event.
B: Beliefs or the way you respond to the event.
C: Consequences of actions and outcomes of the event.
Whenever you face a stressful event you respond to it by developing sometimes thoughts and beliefs about the
situation. These thoughts which can be negative or positive will lead to different consequences. So, it is in your
hands to handle a stressful situation by controlling your thoughts which will control your reaction that will affect
you and the people around you.
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