### What Is Stress? 
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Stress can be defined as anything that poses a challenge or threat to our or any individual's wellbeing is a stress. But stress is not always bad. Some stresses helps us to get going and are good for us (as I said the good or the bad, can be ugly too). 

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The Stress response is the body’s way of protecting us. When we work properly it helps us to stay focused, energetic and alert. Stress helps us to put the brakes to avoid an accident, thus we can say it also helps us to save our lives. These are the good parts of the stress.

When we are stressed our blood pressure rises, breathing becomes more rapid, heart rate rises and muscles become tense. For me the most common symptoms of stress is that I not able to sleep, during my engineering I can hardly sleep for 2 hours before the exams. 

What's stressful for me may be quite different from what's stressful to someone else. For example, I get terrified on getting up in front of people and speak (in a toasmaste session), whereas most of the people I know do it at ease. Someone performs extremely well under pressure while someone shuts down when work demands escalate. Stress is difficult to define as it is so different for each of us. A good example can be observing people in a steep roller coaster ride some people enjoys it a lot whereas some shuts their eyes and waiting it to be over as soon as possible. 

So, my question to all of you **Was the roller coaster ride stressful?**

The conditions and pressures that purpose stress is referred to as stressors. We usually think of stressors as being negative, such as an exhausting work schedule or a rocky relationship. But, whatever that places excessive needs on you or forces you to regulate may be stressful. This consists of advantageous activities consisting of getting married, shopping for a house, going to university, or receiving a promotion.

### There are mainly four types of stresses
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•	Eustress – It is a short term stress which provides immediate strength.
•	Distress - Distress is a negative stress brought about by constant readjustments or alterations in a routine.
•	Hyper stress – Hyper stress occurs when an individual is pushed beyond how much you can handle.
•	Hypo stress - Hypo stress occurs when an individual is bored or unchallenged. 

### How to reduce the stress at work.

1.	Recognize warning signs of excessive stress at work which can be due to trouble concentrating, losing interest on work.
2.	Reduce work stress by taking care of yourself by having good food, doing exercise.
3.	Reduce job stress by organizing and planning beforehand, so that you will not get extra pressure on last minute.
4.	You can even approach managers or employers to get assistance of how they manage their work stress.

### You can even remember four A’s to manage your stress. And that is 
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Avoid i.e. Avoid Unnecessary Stress,
Alter i.e. Alter the situation, 
Adapt i.e. Adapt to the Situation and 
Accept i.e. Accept the things you cannot change.

“God will never give you anything you can’t handle, so don’t stress”.

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