1. Many times, there is so much work to do, and so little time to do that work. Stress comes about as a result of this, and over time the stress continually builds up. A teacher may give out a huge project that must be completed, but procrastination sets in and the project is not started until the day before the it is due. Then the student has to stay up, and they become frustrated at midnight because all they want to do is sleep. The next night something similar may happen, and this may continue to happen for very long periods of time. This compounding stress can lead to mental and health problems later on.
2. I remember one time where I had a huge paper due in communications the next day, as well as a math test to study for. To make matters worse, I had tennis practice right after school, so the earliest I could start on it was 5:30 P.M. I also had to make sure I kept up with my health. I had to take a shower, eat, and get adequate sleep. However, I had to make sure I put work into both the paper and studying for the test. I had way many tasks to accomplish in little time. I was always dealing with bouts of procrastination too. This all compounded in stress, and really made it harder to get anything done. I took about three hours typing up the paper, and by the time I finally finished the paper it was almost 11:00 P.M. WHERE HAD ALL THE TIME GONE?!?!?!?!?!? I had just finished the paper and I still had a math test to study for. On top of that, it was near the time where I began to fall asleep. I was battling sleep while trying to study for one of the most important tests I would take for math class. The stress was piling on mightily, and it became so hard to concentrate on studying. I did not finish studying until around 12:30 P.M., and could not fall asleep until almost 1:00 A.M.
3. Stress is tension caused by all the events that are occurring as a part of life, and can determine the actions and outcomes of said events. Stuff gets done with stress because stress determines how we respond to best be able to handle the events and actions occurring in our life.
4. The math worksheet seemed impossible, all the numbers looked like they were in a foreign language. It had to be finished by tomorrow or else it would be worth zero points in the grade book. If a doctor had checked me at the time, my heart rate and blood pressure would probably have been off the charts. There were many fears of failure and bouts of laziness to deal with. On top of all these other problems, the warm sheets of the cozy, comfy bed and the cool pillow were calling my name. I wondered why I was sitting in this cramped, old, wooden chair, doing my impossible math homework, when I could be lying in the peace and quiet of the darkness falling asleep.
5. The daily life of soldiers in Army Ranger school induces so much stress upon them. The soldiers only get around four hours of sleep a day and only get about 2,000 calories to eat each day. In addition to this, they are always in an environment with an extremely high workload, one that does not let them stop and take a break, because there is not enough time to accomplish the multitude of tasks assigned to them. At any point in time, a soldier could be called on to lead any number of the hungry, tired men, just adding to the stress building up. As the stress builds up inside, many soldiers experience years worth of natural aging because of the insanely high stress levels encountered during the six weeks of Ranger school
6. We often think about the very large forms of stress we encounter in life. Finishing college applications, completing school projects, or just finishing homework assingments can all induce stress, and bad forms of it. Stress can take many other forms too though. Stress can be a good thing. For example, the stress we face finishing that application or completing the project is good, because it means we know hard work was being put into making it the best project it could be. Bad stress is always present though, because there is always something we want to do that we do not have the time to do.This leads to prioritization and time management though, and means the most important tasks get done before the less important tasks. Many people overlook the benefits of all the stress present in our lives, because they would rather focus on the negatives of stress.
7. Is stress always bad? Many people would say yes. But if you think about stress a lot of the time is a good thing to have. For example, I'm pretty sure that without stress, some of the modern day convinences such as computers and cell phones would not exist, or at the very least would have been invented much later than they were. Whether the stress encountered is just being able to have to finish that one assignment before going to bed or is a fight for survival, stress many times can lead to tasks being accomplished that otherwise may not be because they person would not have the motivation necessary to accomplish them.
8. Stress can involve many physical and mental events occurring. For example, homework due in school the next day is most nearly a mental event. However, you may get to bed late, and this can take a physical toll on the body. This physical toll can lead to you falling asleep in class, and then when you have to the homework that night, the physical toll from the previous night has now taken a mental toll on your work. Events that involve physical and mental tolls are highly connected, and each contributes to the amount of stress a person experiences.
9. Most of us get stressed out by one of two things. The first of these is the huge project that one procrastinates on and begins the day before it is due, and then has to stay up to finish that night. The second is a bunch of little assignments are piled on the same day. The student becomes frustrated not so much at the difficulty of this, but rather at the amount of work that they have to do to finish what is necessary. From either of these experiences, people start to see stress build up as this happens more and more. Then, and I know this has happened to all of us, just when we think it will all get better, it comes back and seems more unmanageable then ever.
10. What is the difference between good stress and bad stress? Stress is always bad isn't it? When can it be good? Well, good stress is stress that gets something done and generally is not of your own doing, bad stress usually is very unnecessary and is put onto you by yourself. Good stress leads to hard work, because people know that they have to do the work necessary or they cannot succeed, and this usually leads to time management skills being developed. This type of stress is always present, and can even be healthy. Bad stress involves procrastination a lot of the time though, because people want to put off bad stress for later. This form of stress leads to many negative effects, and can be very unhealthy. The worst part is, it is not put upon us, but we create the stress through our own actions. As you can see, the good and bad forms of stress are very different, even though both are forms of stress.
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