What is "Stress"?? >.<

Yuun · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:34 am Post subject: What is "Stress"?? >.<

I've been wondering about this thing called "Stress".
Is it a sickness? Mental Sickness?
What is it's syntom? I mean... when you're under stress... what side effect will you feel? How do you identify whether you're under "stress" or not?

Can anyone who frequently experience stress and knowledgable in it help in elaborating?
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pyrorecca · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:49 am Post subject:

Stress? It's sort of like a natural instinct towards pressure... You release Adrenaline under stress and that makes you alert and tense.

It's perfectly natural and everybody experiences in one form or another..
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kodemaan · newbie! Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 11

Stress is pretty much a body's reaction to situations that involve a lot of pressure. Stuff like taking a test or Playing an instrument in front of a big group of people.

Rya · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:47 am Post subject:

You get shaky, restless, can't think clearly... if the stress continues for too long you'll get extremely tired but can't sleep, headache, stomach ache, emotional unstable... in short, your brain gets messed with big time. The problem with stress is that it's a good thing when in extreme situations because you get faster, less sensitive to pain etc., but if you have it constantly it may change your whole personality and make you unhappy.
So always try to balance your life.

If you want stress, take driving lessons (or remember your first one). You'll instantly know what stress is.

Bowser · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

On going stress can be very tirering both phisicly and mentaly. My advice if anybody is realy stressed, try a sport or swearing out loud, trust me it can help.

If you'r the get angry stressed kinda person, then its always handy to have some sort of junk to destroy/oblitorate, so that you dont break anything valuble and regret it later on.

LETTER2 · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject:

the symptoms of overly stress, tends to lead to depression, if that is the case, u would need to consult a doctor because it will affect your everyday life. Either with your friends or your family.

1ce · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

I believe stress occurs when you become frustrated and is probably the main focus of "stress". When you are "stressed out" you appear to be tiresome and easily swayed emotionally. You might also physically look miserable or tired and you tend to get angry easily.

kaykay · Shogun Joined: Jul 22, 2005 Posts: 2622 Location: Cali

hmmm stress.......sigh**** been dealing with it my whole life....24/7 for 17 years!! well stress is when u feel depressed, aggrivated, frustrated, emotionally distraught, ...ok to put it simply...it's when ur sick of how things are going in life and u just can't take it anymore!!!!

symptoms? usually head ahcs...lol. it's like u wanna scream out to the world "Y ME?!"

ok maybe to put it in simpler terms.....stress=life or stress=school~!
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Jsy3k · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject:

"Stress" for me happens when you are doing ordinary things, but just add in outside pressure like deadlines, limited time frame, limited resourced, high expectation, etc.

It happens everytime, anytime, but the intensity differs depending on the things that you do and also how the pressure was inflicted on you, be it in physically, mentally or spiritually. Some amount of stress are OK and even good for you, but some heavy stress may lead to depression, fatigue and exhaustion.
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pyrorecca · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

Stress isn't necessarily a bad thing you know......And it doesn't always make you feel depressed or frustrated......

I feel stress at the beginning of the 100m dash...But its a good kinda stress...The kind that makes you feel tingly all over. Gives you superhuman powers too.
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Frundock · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:41 pm Post subject:

Like many, stress is more like awareness. A situation where you lose/lack control tends to produce stress. Asking someone out, driving in bad weather, lost in the forest, etc.

That said, there's good stress, bad stress.

Yuun · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:05 am Post subject:

pyrorecca · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:43 am Post subject:

Have confidence in your abilities!! Simple as that!!

Study hard 6 months in advance of your exam like me.....Yeah, that's my secret....So on the day of the exam you're like damn ready already
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Digi-D · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:42 am Post subject:

What is stress? It's something you don't want.

For me, I guess it's feelings of anxiety, pressure and the inability to accomplish something. Usually from blocks. eg. Writers block, artists block etc...

I deal with it by just letting it out...like i'd just press hard on paper and scribble till i'm satisfied....... o.o;;

GinjiAmano77 · Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:39 am Post subject:

Stress is a cumulative thing.... it slowly builds up from the situations you go through.... be it in school, home; everywhere!!

Yours is exam stress.... I think you're feeling it either because you're afraid of not knowing how to answer in the exams, or just simply the fear of failing.
Probably could be caused by cramming tooo much a few days before the examination....

Or it could be because of your personality... maybe because you're very pessimistic? You worry... and this builds up stress...

Best way to deal with examination stress is.
Review daily... constantly......
Don't mug on the day of the exam... at least finish studying a day before to let yourself be relaxed....

Well, there are other ways... but I'm lazy to list them out...

But the best way is to talk to someone about what you're going through.... and I don't mean writing such a topic on a forum like this....
VERBALLY talk... it helps... really helps....

Though I never needed it though XD
What made me stressed in exams was not knowing the answers... but I just thought, "Argh, if I can't answer, don't answer. Besides, if I fail the exam, it's not the end of the world for me."

Well, that was my mindset.... and is still my mindset.... and it helped me to relax a lot more...
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