stress

What is Stress?




Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain. In medical parlance, stress is defined as an organism's total response to environmental demands or pressures.






It results from interactions between persons and their environment that are perceived as straining or exceeding their adaptive capacities and threatening their well-being.






When faced with a demanding situation, the brain readies the body for defensive action – fight or flight response. Stress hormones, namely, cortisone and adrenaline are released that raise the blood pressure, elevate glucose levels in the blood and redistribute blood from the digestive tract to the muscles, thereby preparing the body to react to a situation