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Disspelling Common Myths About Stress
Disspelling Common Myths About Stress
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008


 These are many other false beliefs about stress exist in the minds of people who know they have
too much  distress and are searching for what to do about it.If these beliefs remain simply beliefs
little concern need exist.However,too often they are translated into action-action that is destructive
at  worst and ineffective at best  in handling stress.Therefore,it is important to dispel these
common myths.
1.All stress is bad.Stress can be helpful as well as harmful.Positive stress can provide zest and
enjoyment,as well as attentiveness and energy for meeting deadlines,entering new situations,coping
with emergencies ,achieving maximum performance,and meeting new challenges.In moderate amounts,stress
is useful.Even in large doses,it is often appropriate and vital

2.The good of stress management should be to eliminate stress.Stress cannotand should not be eliminated.
As Han Selye,father of this field,has stated,only the dead are free of stress.Arousal is part of life.
The goal of stress management should be control stress so it turns into harmful distress as infrequently
and as briefly as possible.

3.The "good life" should be free of stressors.Stressors,demands on mind or body,are an ever-present
part of existence,just like stress.It is Vital,insofar  as possible,to control stressors and your
interpretations of them so they are not overburdening in intensity or number.But fulfillment of human
potential,in fact life itself,depends on exposure to appropriate kinds of stressors.

4.The less the stress,the better.Not neccessarily.The more the arousal the better when facing challenges
or emergencies ,up to a certain point.Stress mobilizes for action,shapes interpretations of events,
and heightens attention.The less distress,the better,since,by definition,distress is harmfull.
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