Stress is often the end result when people react to certain events. In fact, it’s the way of the body to handle challenges and meet tough situations with stamina, heightened alertness, strength, and focus.
The events which aggravate stress are known as stressors. These can cover an entire array of situations from making a presentation in class, taking the toughest subject in a semester, or overcoming physical danger.
Stress medically pertains to a psychological or physical stimulus which can produce physiological or mental reactions which may result to illness. It is the total response of the physical and mental state of a person to an undesirable disparity between imagined or real personal expectations and personal experience.
Mental responses can include anxiety, adaptive or good stress, and depression. When stress enhances mental or physical function, then it can be considered as a good stress. But if stress continues especially on excessive degrees then it requires a solution. Failure to do so can lead to either depressive (withdrawal) or anxious (escape) behavior.