What is mental stress?

From the psychological point of view, stress is a cognitive and behavioral experience process composed of psychological stressors and psychological stress reactions. Generally speaking, stress is a negative feeling and belief when a person feels that he can't cope with the environmental requirements. Physical definition has objective nature, which refers to the vertical force acting on the unit area of fluid or solid interface;

Psychological stress is mental stress, which everyone has experienced in modern life. Generally speaking, psychological pressure comes from three sources: society, life and competition. Too much stress is harmful to your health.

Stress can activate a gene, which can affect metabolism and contribute to the intake of sweets and greasy food. Scientists have discovered a gene that makes us have an appetite for sweets and greasy food and get fat when we are nervous.

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Pressure source

1, working factors leading to stress

Dissatisfaction with work, heavy workload and high job requirements are often the main factors that cause job stress, especially when the remuneration is disproportionate to the individual's contribution, individuals are more likely to feel unfair and the sense of pressure is relatively increased.

2. Life factors leading to stress

Occasionally, some major accidents (changes) will occur in the living environment, such as spouse's death, divorce, job change, marriage, pregnancy and so on. These are all factors that constitute stress.

3. Personal personality that causes stress

External environment and events do bring pressure to individuals, but the same events happen to different people, but they may not necessarily pose the same threat. Therefore, personal personality determines how individuals view stress events and how individuals cope with and adjust stress.

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