stress


What is stress?

Stress is simply a fact of nature -- forces from the inside or outside world affecting the individual. The individual responds to stress in ways that affect the individual aswell as their environment. Because of the overabundance of stress in our modern lives, we usually think of stress as a negative experience, but from a biological point of view, stress can be a neutral,negative, or positive experience.

External factors include the physical environment, including your job, your relationships with others, your home, and all the situations, challenges, difficulties,and expectations you're confronted with on a daily basis. Internal factors determine your body's ability to respond to, and deal with, the external stress-inducing factors. Internal factors whichinfluence your ability to handle stress include your nutritional status, overall health and fitness levels, emotional well-being, and the amount of sleep and rest you get.

Stress has drivenevolutionary change (the development and natural selection of species over time). Thus, the species that adapted best to the causes of stress (stressors) have survived and evolved into the plant and animalkingdoms we now observe
¿Qué es el estrés?

El estrés es simplemente un hecho de la naturaleza - las fuerzas del mundo interior o exterior que afecta a la persona. El individuo responde al estrés enformas que afectan a la persona así como de su entorno. Debido al exceso de estrés en nuestra vida moderna, solemos pensar en el estrés como una experiencia negativa, pero desde un punto de vistabiológico, el estrés puede ser una experiencia neutral, negativo o positivo.

Los factores externos incluyen el ambiente físico, incluyendo su trabajo, sus relaciones con los demás, su casa, y todas lassituaciones, los problemas, las dificultades y las expectativas que está enfrentado con sobre una base diaria. Los factores internos determinan la capacidad del cuerpo para responder y hacer frente a...