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The first describes a physical stress. You will find yourself interpreting this definition in terms of mental stress even though the definition is meant to describe the physical elements of Stress.
Definition #1 - Stress is a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part.
The next definition translates the physical symptoms of stress into the emotional factors and correlates them into predictions of disease.
Definition #2 - Stress is the deformation caused in a body by such a force or a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.
The final definition looks at stress as a disruption to equilibrium.
Definition #3 - Stress is a state resulting from a stress; especially, one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium ie., job-related stress.
Members of the medical community have known for decades that stress is a significant contributor to disease in humans.
Stress is the body's way of preparing for an exchange with the environment which is perceived as potentially harmful.
Stress causes an increase in blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and rapid breathing. Thousands of years ago this response helped our ancestors cope with threats to their safety and prepared the body for increased performance.
Today, we understand that many of the symptoms of stress are not beneficial and in fact can have serious negative health consequences.
Stress can be related to your job. A traumatic event in your life can trigger post traumatic stress disorder. Your relationship with family members, co-workers or other members of your community can add to your stress. Stress can be created from driving an automobile, commuting on a train or bus. Stress can even be created by you as a by product of worry and health concerns. It will feed on itself if left untreated.
Sleeping, eating and relaxation are blocked by adrenalin and other gland secretions designed to prepare us for the worst.
The most effective ways to relieve stress are to remove the stressful situation from your environment or put another way remove yourself from the stressful situation.
These of course are two ends of the same definition.
It is far more likely that you have control of your own movement than you do the environment.
Basically, hypnosis is the process of total relaxation which results in increased suggestibility by the sub-conscious. This increased suggestibility is used by the Hypnotherapist to induce behaviors that are beneficial to the client. For hypnosis to be effective, the client must agree to be hypnotized. The client should find the change in behavior desirable and seek it out and the client should be clear about the process and want to effect a change in behavior through consciously adhering to instructions for their own benefit.
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