People often feel rushed, harassed, or overwhelmed by demands {stress, emotion}|. Environment often blocks people's will.
causes
Noise, smell, monotonous work, excessive information flow, or interpersonal conflict can cause stress.
effects: illness
Stress can cause myocardial infarction, high blood pressure, gastro-intestinal disorders, asthma, and migraine.
effects: escape
Stress can cause escape from situation.
effects: aggression
Stress can cause aggression.
effects: apathy
Stress can cause state with little emotion, listlessness, preoccupation with self, and detachment from environment.
effects: regression
Stress can cause regression to earlier life stages.
effects: fixation
Stress can initiate old, stereotyped response to new stimulus, such as obsessive or compulsive actions.
effects: withdrawal
Stress can lower one's aspirations, cause escape to fantasy, or result in not thinking about or acting on situations.
effects: projection
Stress can cause illogical action, attributed to another's orders.
effects: denial
Stress can cause denial of, or minimization of, stress.
effects: suppression
Stress can cause people to forget the problem, to try to be calm, or to reassure themselves.
effects: biology
In response to stress, sympathetic nervous system and adrenal medulla secrete adrenaline and noradrenaline, and pituitary and adrenal glands secrete cortisol.
factors
Stress increases with fear, dependency, and weakness.
factors: age
People learn some stress responses as early as infancy.
factors: arousal
Both low and excess stimulation affect arousal.
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