stress as emotion

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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