Film Stress: Portrait Of A Killer

Stress is a big factor in everyday life. It influences how we approach life and events. Stress is why people run tight schedules and diet regularly. The power stress has is a negative effect over our brain and our body. Many people do not understand how to cope with stress. Therefore, people suffer from physical illness due to stress. Learning is not taking place when someone undergoes stress.

Everyone experiences stress in a different way: some shut down while others cry or become frustrated. Moreover, although a instinctual necessity, too much stress can definitely cause problems for one’s physical or psychological well-being. When I get too stressed, for example, my immune system drops which causes me to get sick sometimes even three times in a month. Other times, I just have to take breaks from my responsibilities to prevent myself from breaking down or becoming so exhausted that I cannot finish the task at

Stress is your body’s way of responding to any kind of demand; it can be caused by both good and bad experiences.

In the article,” Chronic stress can wreak havoc on the body” written by Nathan Seppa, he discusses the impact stress has on the body. Stress is a feature of our daily life. One stress in particular is chronic stress. Stated in the article, it states,” Chronic stress is the kind that comes from recurring pain, post-traumatic memories, unemployment, family tension, poverty, childhood abuse, caring for a sick spouse or just living in a sketchy neighborhood.” Chronic stress is around us constantly. According to the article, it states,” Nonstop, low-grade stress contributes directly to physical deterioration, adding to the risk of heart attack, stroke, infection and asthma. Even recovery from cancer becomes harder.” People do not realize that stress

Stress is a common health issue for the body and mind, but it can be managed if not avoid.

The major focus of this chapter was stress and the effect it has on the body. Stress is the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. The concept of appraisal is the important part here. Stress can be affected through this psychological filter, either making the stressor feel threatening or challenging. The way we perceive it can have either positive or negative effects. Stress, when perceived negatively can lead to issues such as coronary heart disease or increased susceptibleness to colds (Myers, 2014).

Stress is an emotional state that is difficult to define because everyone experiences stress in different ways. Pathologically speaking, stress is the brain’s response to certain demands for change and can be positive or negative depending on the individual. This state of mind is induced by physical and emotional stimuli; this in turn generates a response that affects many aspects of a person’s wellbeing. Psychological, behavioral and biological stressors all play a role in an individual’s mood, sense of well-being, behavior and health (Schneiderman, Ironson, & Siegel, Stress and health: psychological, behavioral, and biological determinants, 2005). These factors can threaten our internal homeostasis which

The documentary “stress silent killer” was not only eye opening, but also enhanced the overall learning experience. As humans, we have a natural response to stress, and we cannot locate the off switch in regards to turning off the stress. Most often, we stress for no actual psychological purpose and we are doing so in a relentless manner. After time goes on the stress response turns out to be more impeding than the stressor itself.

Stress has a big impact on people’s mental and physical health, the way in which people cope with stress can protect them from illness. Throughout life, people are faced

Stress is a steady component of American society. Being stressed has become part of normal conversations and an ideology that stress often constitutes hard work. The long term effects of stress in our bodies

Millions of Americans suffer from stress each year. In fact, three out of four people experience stress twice a month.1 Countless surveys have been completed trying to figure out what is effecting people’s daily lives, and one thing can be agreed upon; stress effects every person differently. It can cause mild to severe mental, physical, and behavioral problems and impact a person’s life more than they realize. Despite this, stress has effectively reinforced human survival because of its specific characteristics that cause alertness and enhance bodily functions. Overall, even though stress effects people very differently, it is highly detrimental if not treated once it begins.

After watching the video, Stress, Portrait of a Killer, I was surprised with a couple of the comments that were made. The first was made by the commentator and he states “stress is not a state of mind but something measurable and dangerous”. I have always known that stressors can be relevant in the health of people but the extreme that stress can take is what amazes me the most. Whether you get sick or not or if you live a healthy lifestyle can depend on the amount of the stressors in your life. I had not realized the depth stressors can affect our health until I heard Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky say, “Chronic stress can do something as unsubtle and grotesque as kill some of your brain cells”. This is a shocking statement to me. What makes it most shocking is the amount of damage stressors can cause. Psychologists today know so much more than those that had originally studied humans and the effects of stress. Today’s advancements in diagnoses and treatments are far more profound now than in the past.

The mass media and our peers are even major causes of stress in our daily life! Our knowledge of stress is expanding as new studies are undertaken and new connections are made between stress and other aspects of our lives. As a student of both physiology and psychology I understand stress can be either a physical strain or injury, or a perception of one's feeling of well-being. In most cases, physical strain will cause personal stress and vice-versa.

Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well being is a stress. Some stresses get you going and they are good for you - without any stress at all many say our lives would be boring and would probably feel pointless. However, when the stresses undermine both our mental and physical health they are bad. In this text we shall be focusing on stress that is bad for you.

Prolonged stress can greatly affect the body systems of the person. Stress ultimately leads to an increase in gaining illnesses and complications inside the human person. (Bushak, 2014)