Stress

Introduction

Stress is an emotional disorder that manifests itself by a feeling of insecurity. Stress is characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, uneasiness and terror faced with the risk of indeterminate nature. It is often expressed by the patient in terms of nervousness or worry.

The stress must be distinguished from fear responding to a threatening situation real. Stress disorders are a group of disorders characterized by mental and physical problems that occur with a normal fear response. For example, the fear of spiders in most people is objectively unfounded, because a spider is no danger. People with a spider phobia, however, react with physical symptoms, certain feelings, thoughts and behaviors in the sight of a spider, which are not really appropriate (Vanin John, 23)

People differentiate panic disorder (corresponding to acute anxiety attacks occur periodically) and the constant stress (generalized anxiety disorder or anxiety neurosis), which affects individuals in a sustainable manner. This distinction is important because treatments are different. Panic disorder has a preventive treatment for the occurrence of seizures by antidepressants while GAD is available on conventional tranquilizers. Stress disorders are common and they affect each year about 2-8% of the adult population and are more common in women. The average age of onset of symptoms is between 20 and 30.

Discussion

Signs of Disease

Stress can be normal, even necessary to life by its adaptive function or conversely a debilitating disease. The boundaries between normal stress reactions involve the subject to face a difficult situation and pathological anxiety which is unclear.

It is generally considered that stress is normal when it is well tolerated by the subject as patient can control it and does not perceive it as an unreasonable hardship because it has no impact on the daily life of patient. Stress is normal experience that each of us has experienced such as fear before an exam, concern for the health of a parent, anxious reactions in accidents and disasters. It is a state that is part of our adaptive responses to external stimuli by allowing us to engage our attention, to raise our vigilance in situations of novelty, choice, crisis or conflict. Stress is abnormal when:

It is more related to life events that occurs without reason

It becomes a permanent condition

It falls between panic attacks or associates with neurotic, hypochondriacal or psychotic disorders

It is complicated by depression or dependence phenomena (pharmacological, alcoholic, addictive, and relational).

Causes and Risk Factors

In addition, neurotic disorders (generalized anxiety and panic disorder) whose actual causes are unknown and are the subject of various theories are easily identifiable causes. Stress is always present in neurotic states and is the same element of anxiety neurosis.

In hypochondriacal neurosis, Stress attaches to the body. These symptoms can structure to reduce the feeling of anxiety. In the hysterical neurosis, Stress is converted into physical symptoms with no organic support. But this conversion is often incomplete and some stress persists in general. In social phobia, stress is attached to specific situations (crowds, enclosed spaces or very ...