Q#3 - What Are STRESSORS? (Series)

3. What are Stressors?

The issues or factors that create stress are called stressors.

1. Stressors are the situations, circumstances and other stimuli that are perceived to be a threat.
2. Stress is often associated with situations that you find difficult to handle.
3. How you view things also affects your stress level.
   If you have very high expectations, chances are that you will experience more than your fair share of stress.

This includes:

Personality Stressors ~ Self-perception:

• Need for control
• Anxious reactivity
• Time urgency
• Personality traits
• Negativity
• Over-analyzing nature
• Anger, hostility

Psychosocial Stressors ~ Financial insecurity:

• Life changes
• Technological advances
• Overload
• Frustration
• Deprivation
• Trauma, loss

External Stressors ~ Occupation:

• Noise
• Nutrition
• Drugs,
• Substance
• Environment
• Life events over which you have no control

Stressors can also be classified as short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic).

Acute Stress - Acute stress is the reaction to an immediate threat, more popularly known as the fight or flight response. The stress can be due to any situation that is experienced, even subconsciously or falsely, as a danger.

Common acute stressors include:

• Noise
• Crowding
• Isolation
• Hunger
• Danger
• Infection
• Imagining a threat or remembering a dangerous event

Normally, once the acute threat has passed, the response system gets inactivated and the level of stress hormones returns to normal. This condition is known as the “relaxation response”.

Chronic Stress – Chronic stress is something which is not short lived. A person with chronic stress experiences it every day on an on-going basis. The stress gets aggravated when an individual tries to suppress it.

Common chronic stressors include:

• Ongoing highly pressured work
• Long-term relationship problems
• Loneliness
• Persistent financial worries

Next week: "How to Recognize Stress?"



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