Stress - Different types of stress

Stress is a feeling that's created when we react to certain events. This means that the body rises to a challenge and prepares to respond to a difficult situation by emphasizing the strength, stamina, and heightened vigilance. In a difficult situation, the brain prepares the body for defensive action, fight or flight response by releasing stress hormones. These hormones in turn increase the blood pressure and the body prepares to react to situations. With a concrete defensive action (fight response) of the stress hormones in the blood get used, resulting in reducing the effects of stress and anxiety symptoms. These hormones help us to run faster and fight harder. They increase heart rate and blood pressure, giving more oxygen and blood sugar to give strength to important muscles. They also help us by increasing our sweating to cool the muscles. They divert blood away from the skin to the core of out bodies, reducing blood loss if we have an injury. All this helps us to survive life threatening events.
There is a negative side of stress as well which can cause an adverse effect on ones thought process and behavior. During this state one can feel excitable, anxious, jumpy and irritable. With trembling and a pounding heart, we can find it difficult to execute precise, controlled skills. And the intensity of our focus on survival interferes with our ability to make fine judgments based on accepting information from various sources. We find ourselves more susceptible to accident and very difficult to make the right decision.
If you thought that the fight or flight response is triggered only by life threatening dangers then you have mistaken. On the contrary, recent research shows that we experience the fight-or-flight response even when we encountering something simple and unexpected. The situation does not have to be dramatic: People experience this response when frustrated or interrupted, or when they experience a situation that is new or in some way challenging. This hormonal, fight-or-flight response is a normal part of everyday life and a part of everyday stress, although often with an intensity that is so low that we do not notice it.