Understanding Stress in New Light

Abstract

Stress has become an important topic in academic and professional circles. Stress is our
enemy as well as friend. Many scholars in the field of behavioural sciences have carried out extensive
research to explore sources and effects of stress and have devised various coping strategies
accordingly. In some cases, an individual’s level of stress (i.e. eustress) can contribute as an effective
motivator for the overall improvement of his behaviour. Stress affects our social, psychological,
emotional, and spiritual development. In the present article, we discuss the concept of stress as
acronym i.e. STRESS. It is possible to experience and observe the external differences in terms of
perceiving stress as stimulus, transaction, and response because our basic natures are the same.
Environmental and social factors as well as spiritual distress can cause people to perceive stress.
We do not need people to become stressful; the only need is to adopt positive strategies to
cope with stress. Then make best use of it to solve a problem or reach a goal. We need to focus on how
stress can be helpful to us and utilize stress purposefully and meaningfully.
When you attach stress with a purpose it makes handling of the difficult situation easy and
motivates one to cope with it in best possible way.