STRESS

Health (Stress)

Health (Stress)

Introduction

There are numerous instances in a person's life that make him or her realize, as though his/her life and emotions are extremely jumbled up, and the only solution that seems to be inevitable, is to abandon all his responsibilities that have been rendered to him via this ever changing and competitive world, and give up everything in his life. But the real question occurs that what makes a person feel in that manner. It is just not him alone in the world, which has been subjected to the competitive requirements of this brutally perceived world, nor is he the only one that confronts and opts to construct and establish a balance between coping up with the professional obligations, coupled with the harshness or personal life.

The Article

It seemed, as if life for Vincent could not get any difficult and bitter. Now, for a long time he has been fighting to draw out a balance between his professional and personal lives, but all his endeavours have seemed to be futile, and the imbalance is gradually assuming the shape of stress and anxiety. His stress, coupled with the ever increasing aggression in him did not pave any comfort for him. Today, it was his worst day at office so far, and the traffic was adding to his misery and stress. He knew, even at the worst day at office, the misery for him was still not over, as he believed that he will not be blessed with comfort, even if he arrives at home, which at the moment seemed like a big question due to the bad traffic. He had been occupied with the struggle of juggling his love and care of his ailing wife, with that of the responsibilities of his work. It seemed as if the threshold of his ultimate endurance was approaching its limit and end. He had started to believe, as though he is loosing the control and grip of his own life, and there lies no remedies for it. Upon reaching at home, the circumstances revealed to him that apparently his wife had smashed up the kitchen, and there was it, his endurance had met its final point, and screams out in rage “ aah! I cannot take it anymore”.

At the superficial level, it seems as though Vincent has been experiencing intense stress. However, now the real question arises as though what exactly is stress, and what are the underlying repercussions that it entails.

Stress

From a psychological and medical perspective stress is believed to be an extra burden and strain taken by a person. Such stress can pertain to both the physical burden, as well as the mental and psychological strain. Bearing in mind the context of Vincent's case, it can easily be assimilated that the stress that is being experienced by Vincent, pertains to both his personal, as well as professional life, and has paved way for some serious psychological burden and strain. In order to completely comprehend Vincent's condition, and understand sort ...