The Impact of Stress on Health

Since hormones such as adrenaline are released, it stimulates various changes in the body, such as rising heart rate and blood pressure and arranging the body for "struggle and escape". However, if this person can not cope with the body change, it could become fatal as it may cause shock or heart attack. (Rice et al., 2008). Cognitive features may be due to the fact that the situation is too overwhelming for decisions made to him / her. Due to the fundamental physiological change of his / her body, this person may not have cognitive ability to assess the situation at this stage and hence can not control his / her reaction to stress .

Past research has focused on the negative aspects of stress. Given the pressure on records of achievements related to health, happiness and work, this is not surprising. However, the positive movement of psychology suggests that study attention should not focus on human pathology, but should focus on positive health, growth and health (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000 ). Some people think that stress is a part of life and can not be avoided, but stress can bring beneficial results and bad results (Selye, 1973, 1974). Once properly negotiated, stress can bring vitality, excitement and growth to individuals (Quick, Nelson, & Quick, 1990) as their abilities are expanded and new outcomes are achieved. Concerns have been raised about the positive result of the stress process including stress related growth and active personal change (Folkman & Moskowitz, 2004; Somerfield & McCrae, 2000).

Over the past two decades there is increasing evidence of the effects of stress on health. For example, an acute mood or physical stress activates the sympathetic nervous system and causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Chronic stress can cause long-term cyclic changes. Epidemiological studies and clinical research in Europe and other regions show that work and employment play an important role in mental health (Liimatainen & Gabriel, 2000; World Health Organization, 2003a, 2004a). However, this role is not fully understood and is therefore not adequately managed to protect and promote good mental health (Cox et al., 2004).