Psychology, stress, effects. --- .This section is about effects of stress. Topics include: ( ) Psychological. ( ) Physical. --- 1/24/2006
Psychology, stress, effects. --- (1) Good stress reactions: we can handle. (2) Bad stress reactions: we can't handle. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- (1) Positive: Growth, develop, creativity. (2) Negative: (A) Collapse, confusion, exhaustion, get depressed. (B) Give up, resignation, avoidance, demotivated. (C) Immobilized. (D) Breakdown, explosion. (E) Psychological, physiologic, behavior. (F) Neurosis, psychosis. (G) Shock, suboptimal mind, suboptimal behavior. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Approach vs. avoidance. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Appropriate, healthy, ethical vs. inappropriate, unhealthy, unethical. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Being able to fall back on good, instinctive, unconscious, problem solving thoughts and behaviors vs. pathological psychological states. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Calm in high stress situations: adrenaline. Calm in low stress situations: no adrenaline, fall apart. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Calm in times of war vs. stress in times of peace. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Calmly fighting in battle. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Effect on mind and behavior reactions. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Effects or reactions and their symptoms. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Problem confront and solve vs. problem avoid. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Reaction alternatives: obsess on it, ignore it, or solve it. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress causes physical illness. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress disorganizes mind, and blocks mind processes. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress reactions: healthy vs. unhealthy (too emotional, wrong emotion, too long emotional, wrong behavior). --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress reactions. (1) Thinking poorly or not at all, confused, zombie. (2) Poor emotion states: depressed, unmotivated. (3) Unproductive non-problem solving behavior. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress response (mind and behavior, health or pathological). (1) Mind. Poor mentalizing. Emotion: strong and negative. Reasoning: reduced. (2) Behavior. Addictive binges. Reduced work. Not assertive enough toward problem of stress. Immobilized. Less goal getting. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Stress responses in mind, body and behavior, both healthy and unhealthy. (1)(A) Mind healthy: bravery, focus on problem, attack problem, fighting attitude. (1)(B) Mind unhealthy: shutdown or explosion. Strong negative emotions that never subside, and that reduce reasoning. Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, fearful. Dwelling on possible bad outcomes. Less goal setting. (2)(A) Physical positive: hulking out into super-human performance. (2)(B) Physical negative: stomach drops, start to shake. (3)(A) Behavior healthy: behaviors that attack the problem. (3)(B) Behavior unhealthy: addictive binges, reduced work time, immobilized, flee. --- 01/02/1997
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Susceptibility to stress increases with tired, low energy, awake a long time, sleepy, over worked, hungry. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, stress, effects. --- Too much stress causes break down or explosion. --- 12/30/1992