what causes stress?

Answer 1

problems and lacking the skills to cope with those problems

Answer 2

There are different answers to your question, depending on whether you look at the microscopic level (your body's chemistry) or the big scale (the environment).

Your body has built-in mechanisms for the so-called "Fight-or flight" response. The idea is that when someone is threatened, the body releases various hormones into the person's bloodstream--this allows the person to react very quickly, thinking and moving rapidly and with great accuracy. Adrenaline and Cortisol are the two main hormones released in the stress response, although in reality the response is very complex. You can look up the details of how this works on one of the websites I've included below.

Unfortunately, most "stress" is not physical, and yet often people have this physical response when it is not appropriate or helpful. Stress can be caused by a lot of things--confrontational interactions with people, pressure of deadlines in school or work, fear of not meeting someone's expectations, or being threatened in a legal or financial way are all common causes of stress.

Fortunately there are many healthy ways we can learn to reduce stress, and respond to it in healthy ways.

Answer 3

I believe that there are two kinds of stress.

The first kind is body stress. Body stress occurs when you've done something to your body that stresses it out. So anything from a sunburn to eating too much red meat, things like a head cold or dehydration each stress parts of your body, but the stress on one part of your body can have a ripple effect and stress all of your body.

Your body will then respond in good and bad ways. When your body is overly stressed, your immune system doesn't function as well as it normally does, which leaves you more vulnerable to infection or illness.

The other type of stress is mental stress. This may be oversimplifying things, but mental stress can be broken down into two types: big and little. Big stresses are dramatic changes in your life: birth of a child, death of a parent, home move, loss of a job, etc. They can be good or bad, but they are BIG events in your life. Human beings are actually better at handling this kind of stress. We have all kinds of support systems and coping mechanisms for big events.

What's more difficult and causes untold long-term damage are the small stresses. A traffic jam during your commute, an annoying supervisor at your job, not quite enough money to cover all the bills each month, cavities in your teeth, etc. These little stressors can accumulate and cause long-term problems for your body. These little stressors translate into big stress for your body and you can end up having the same physical side effects as body stress.

Answer 4

Many different things can cause stress. Your work, partner. financial, being too busy in every day life. You need to identify what is causing it and wipe the slate clean so you can move on . Stress can cause heart attacks and really play on your nervous system causing hives etc. Life isn't stress free by know means but one can eliminate some of it. Think positive and go down roads that will turn out to be a good thing. Remove yourself from those dark areas that bring you down. Set goals in life and then try to achieve them. Myself I live quite stress free and love it. Hope this helps! Cocoa

Answer 5

People have written long books on this ... basically stress is the result of a mismatch between the demands on a person, their motivation, and their personality (too little demand can be just as troublesome as too much). Different personality types find different things stressful and have different responses (hence the long books) but most stress *reactions* fall into one of two categories - fight or flight - and the one thing that is guaranteed to cause stress for anybody is uncertainty carried on for an unknown length of time.

Hope that shines a tiny gleam of light on a complex subject.

Answer 6

Anything can cause stress. Family, friends, job, money, husband, wife, kids, bills.... the list goes on and on. Learing how to deal with stress is the key!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Everything, and pretty much anything can cause stress. Everything from relationships to work to money...anything that causes you to worry can potentially cause stress.

Answer 9

stress is caused by not being able to deal with situations and problems. also by thinking of a problem to much, doing to much and not being able to have time for yourself

stress also causes high blood pressure( very dangerous)

Answer 10

Anything can be a stress to anyone.

Answer 11

being 2007 is enough in itsself be stressed out about, fights,money problems, your girlfriend not wearing thongs, I know that raises my blood pressure