Lesson 20: Stress and Illness: Slide 26





So What Really Is Stress?
- Stress is an emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition
- 1. It frequently occurs in response to adverse or negatively perceived external influences
- Things that happen outside you that you think are bad or unfair
- 2. It can occur when positive things happen that cause you to feel happy and anxious or worried at the same time
- Events such as starting a new job or getting married
- 3. It affects physical and emotional health
- 4. It is frequently characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability and depression