Chronic Stress Definition
Psychology 1100
Chronic Stress
Chronic stressor- A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.
What causes chronic stress? To answer that we first have to know what stress is. The official definition of stress is;
Stress- is the physical and or psychological response to internal or external stressors.
Stressors- specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person’s well-being.
Although that is the official definition of stress, if you were too ask 100 different people what stress is, they would all give you a different answer. Each person has something different that will cause them stress. For example, if someone were to ask me what stress is to me I would say school, specifically Psychology and Criminal Law, family drama, and worries about my weight. Those particular things apply to only my life. No one else is going to have the exact same stressors. I asked my mom what stress is too her and she said my little sister Sami, financial struggles, personal health problems, and her brother Patrick. People are so different, and their lives are so different that in my opinion stress is different to every person. Because there are so many ways to define stress for and individual person, I need to clarify the definition I will go by while writing this paper. I am going to go by the official psychological definition of stress, as stated in the above definition. …show more content…
Like I said earlier chronic stress is a source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly. Something that always sits on the back of your mind, no matter what you do. The interesting thing is that you may not even realize that the certain things are causing you stress. Here are several
Chronic Stress
Chronic stressor- A source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly.
What causes chronic stress? To answer that we first have to know what stress is. The official definition of stress is;
Stress- is the physical and or psychological response to internal or external stressors.
Stressors- specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person’s well-being.
Although that is the official definition of stress, if you were too ask 100 different people what stress is, they would all give you a different answer. Each person has something different that will cause them stress. For example, if someone were to ask me what stress is to me I would say school, specifically Psychology and Criminal Law, family drama, and worries about my weight. Those particular things apply to only my life. No one else is going to have the exact same stressors. I asked my mom what stress is too her and she said my little sister Sami, financial struggles, personal health problems, and her brother Patrick. People are so different, and their lives are so different that in my opinion stress is different to every person. Because there are so many ways to define stress for and individual person, I need to clarify the definition I will go by while writing this paper. I am going to go by the official psychological definition of stress, as stated in the above definition. …show more content…
Like I said earlier chronic stress is a source of stress that occurs continuously or repeatedly. Something that always sits on the back of your mind, no matter what you do. The interesting thing is that you may not even realize that the certain things are causing you stress. Here are several