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Stress Defined

If you want an answer to the question, "What Is Stress?", just checkout the following concepts, ideas and opinions supporting stress theory.

4 Quadrant Stress Grid
The Four Quadrant Stress Grid describes the four main types of stress - chronic eustress, acute eustress, acute distress and chronic distress.

General Adaptation Syndrome
This idea was developed by Dr. Hans Selye, one of the fathers of modern stress theory. It describes the 3 stages of the stress response.

Stress Response System
A narrative, somewhat comical description of the stress response system in our bodies dating all the way back to the days of the cavemen.

Stress Versus Stressors
A glib overview of the difference between the physiological stress response in our bodies and the items that cause us to feel the stress response. The majority of us mess this up.

General Ideas on Stress
Here are some ramblings about stress from the author of this site, who tends to come at most things in life from an empowerment standpoint.


Stay tuned for more ideas about stress and the stress response. The more we understand what it is, the more we will feel empowered to do something about it. We are not helpless against stress, in fact, we have a lot of power to deal with stress.






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