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stress is commonly viewed as a frustrated 'fight or flight' response
a basic human survival mechanism left over from our primordial 'roots' when we could best respond to perceived dangers by either fighting or fleeing; seen in this way, stress behaviour and emotions are sometimes regarded as problematic inappropriate responses to threatening situations in modern civilised society, however, stress is a) a powerful internal communication to raise awareness, and b) a source of energy, although the raw emotional and physical energies may have to be transformed to a more useful form before they are directly useful.
stress and stressful fight or flight situations - a working definition

 
What is Stress  ?
...a simple practical definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRESS   is the uncomfortable gap between...
 

a) how we would like our life to be

and

b) how it actually is

 

 

if this gap is persistent (or even worse: growing!) - despite our efforts to reduce it
then our distress is particularly acute
taking such forms as...

 

anxiety & fear "Where will it all end?"
frustration & depression "Nothing seems to work!"
anger "Who is responsible for this situation?"
anxiety "How much more can I take?"
anxiety "Can/will anyone help me?"
frustration & depression "I feel helpless to stop this!"
helplessness & depression "No-one seems to care!"
depression "What have I done to deserve this?"

 

 

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