Hunger is a stress; so are the more complex human desire to
pursue knowledge or to create. Even Hans Selye, the Canadian
physician who gave stress its more popular modern-day meaning,
said that without stress, there's no life. The reason we attribute
a negative connotation to stress is perhaps our excessive
exposure to the dangers of pushing ourselves to the brink;
the benefits of staying alert go unsung. |
Stress
occurs all the time, to everyone, and your stress
level is healthy as long as there's a spring in
your step. But you can tell when it crosses the
danger mark: you stop enjoying what you do and
start experiencing fatigue and anxiety.People
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in monotonous
work usually suffer from low good stress
levels, they feel under-motivated and listless,
and feel as if they are trapped in a routine
where they have no say. |
Much
of our everyday destiny is how we shape
it. For instance, if getting late to work
is your big worry, rest your alarm, According
to recent research at University Medical
Center, Chicago, people who worry a lot
more likely to develop Alzheimer's. High
levels of stress hormones may damage regions
in the brain for memory. There is also evidence
to show that severe stress can derail the
immune system.
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But all people who have high stress levels don't have high illness levels. Studies have shown that such healthy go-getters have in common the three Cs: control, which is a sense of direction in life; commitment, to work or a hobby or family; and challenge, accepting changes in life as normal. Obviously we need to learn the relearn life skills like assertiveness and positive thinking to become high achievers who are healthy as well.
There is no denying stress, or avoiding it: It's a survival mechanism. Without stress we wouldn't have been there to tell the story of evolution. |
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