Question:
An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a
body,
The resisting force set up in a body as a result of an externally
applied force, or
A physical or psychological stimulus that can produce mental tension or
physiological reactions that may lead to illness.[1]
Stress may also be defined as "the sum of physical and mental responses
to an unacceptable disparity between real or imagined personal
experience and personal expectations." By this definition, one may
appreciate that stress is a response which includes both physical and
mental components
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(medicine) "
In view of above,
1.Can stress related effects be different in different person? If yes,
how?
2.Whether precieved or previously imagined stresses don't harm or
trigger stress hormone's secretions?
3.Can anyone become stress tolerant or stress resistent? If yes, will
it be beneficial or harmful to him?
4.Whether stress tolerance/resistance is just related to stress
hormones or also to other hormones/neurotrasmitters?
5. Which disorders are or can be related to stress
tolerance/resistance?
Answer:
The type A personality thrives on stress and this is made apparent by
increased appetite. The harm arises not from the stress but from the
overeating that can arise from a psychological intolerance of hunger
(arising in most because of being brainwashed to fear hunger). These
people do not do well after retirement.
The type B personality does not thrive on stress and this is made
apparent by decreased appetite. These folks have somatic symptom
becoming ill during periods of high stress. These people do well after
retirement if they do not overeat which is their tendency because their
appetite increases as stress decreases
Fight-or-flight reason is much related to stress. Can above two types
be related to either fighting type or flight(run away) type?
"I know that stress compromises the immune system,....
.....If, however, the stressor is chronic, what may happen is that
instead of the stressor being removed, the stress hormone levels always
remain high and steps 3 and 4 above are replaced with the following:
3. The immune cells continue to receive the stimulus of high levels of
stress hormones, but they don't have any invader to attack, so they
gradually become tolerant to the levels of the stress hormones and
accept high levels as normal.
4. When an invader does come in, the immune cells are used to the high
levels of stress hormones already present in the organism. Since the
organism can't increase the levels of stress hormones further, the
immune cells don't become stimulated, so they may attack the invader
with less efficiency and effectiveness. This leads to an
immune-compromised condition
It is related to effect of infection related stress on immune system.
But can we be stress tolerant alike it, due to other type of chronic
stresses with somewhat similar harmful effect?
Although scttered informations are indicative of stress related to many
disorders. I think we usually consider acute stresses but living into
current environment of big polluted and crowded cities, we may get
persisting and chronic stresses, which may effect us chronically. So I
feel, such chronic stresses are need to be considered in all disorders
which recently pop up and become somewhat epidemic due to changed
environment? Probably, getting persistance in any such disorder, may be
related to modern stresses.
