Be it a tiny needle or a huge din, stressors are plenty in number and widely spread around you! Anything that makes life uncomfortable or unpleasant contributes to stress. It could even be factors like anticipating the results of a certain game, having to focus your attention on a speaker while you are thinking of a holiday, and so on and so forth. Here, it becomes of prime issue that we understand the effect of various degrees of stress in our lives, and managing them to the best of available resources. Let us venture further into classifying the various causes of stress, and understanding them in a way to overcome them.

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It goes without saying, that today’s world is far more complex than what our forefathers had seen. And what’s coming further, it’s simply going to get more and more taxing. The global economy, economic and social pressures, high cost of living and other luxuries, family pressures and higher expectations and the constant demand of better performances at the workplace are just a few picks from the bag.

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The human body is one of the most sophisticated and well-programmed systems among all living creations. The physical, biological, physiological and the neural networks work in a close and complex harmony for the functioning of the body. This also means that it self regulates itself in an even more complex manner to maintain the balance of life. Each condition or environment or a change goes through a signaling process to provoke response that presents itself as the “body’s response”. Stress is one such condition that triggers multiple physiological changes that it takes as a measure to deal with the condition. For the smooth and efficient functioning of the body machinery, it is important that it adapts and undergoes physiological as well as psychological changes, which express them by means of a “natural response”.

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Stress, often seen to be as a state of mind, is considered to be a noun, indicating a condition of mind in distress. However, as we are beginning to understand it more and more today, stress should be viewed as an act, as a condition we are undergoing, or rather imposing on ourselves. It wont be wrong to classify stress, or being stressed as a verb in its connotation. This is because, it is not an exclusive entity that we may include or exclude, be segregated with in our life or something that can be taken away as an object. Stress is in fact something that one does or is being involved in actively. We are the only ones responsible for it, be it the onset or the recovery from stress, or we may call it, “being stressed”.

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By now, it is very evident that stress has negative aspects on one’s health – be it some sort of physical damage or a psychological damage. The key factor is that these damages are adverse, and are better off if avoided. There are some direct and a few other indirect implications of stress, and as always, all of them are subjective to the situation. Irrespective of the implications, it is better off that they are avoided.

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Productive and effective management of stress includes a set of ideal techniques and methods that enable an individual to cope up with the demands of his or her surroundings. These could be external or internal, physical or emotional, and even psychological triggers. Because stress is a product of a close interaction and balance between one’s ability to acclimate to a susceptible condition, it demands the testing of such skills each of the individuals’ possesses.

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A labyrinth of mediators and a complex interaction between multiple players, defines the concept of stress, which has now become a common feature of our everyday lives. Though surprising, it is true that stress also has numerous psychophysiological components of it. Brain or our nervous system are the central organs that determine the true origin and magnitude of stress. For any external stimuli to be perceived as pressure, stress or an unusual situation, the brain has to receive the external stimuli and recognize it as a condition of stress of unusual condition, in order to evoke an appropriate response. The sensory system works in coordination with the motor and neuron functions to provide necessary stimuli which are further processed. These stressors could be of varied origins such as physical, biological, psychological, sociological or philosophical and to be perceived by the brain, they undergo a cognitive processing.

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Stress in itself is seen as a feeling or a reaction of the body that is not very well understood. This therefore makes it even more intriguing to estimate or quantify the intensity of stress in any individual situation. However there is no denying the fact that stress comes very close to be associated as a medical condition and needs to be managed to prevent any serious repercussions. To identify the magnitude of stress, it is crucial to determine the cause and the nature of stress.
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Stress – Explored further beyond

In today’s world wherein competition to reach the top is in its most magnified form, it is not very surprising that people of all ages are subjected to some form of stress at some point of time or the other. While a high school student might be stressed out with having to cope up with too many assignments, a business executive might be facing stressful situations while having to meet deadlines with presentations and so on. It therefore becomes evident that there are many types of stress related conditions and therefore, an equal number of stress management methods. All these methods are completely subjective to the types of situations that come across.

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Regardless of how we may perceive it, “Stress” is an inevitable part of our lives. It is a necessary evil, which can be both, good or bad depending upon how we resolve past it in the end. While a slight stir up might keep us on track, a superfluous magnitude of stress exposure can result in complete and multi-step failure of the body’s machinery.
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