Types of Stress
This type of stress lasts only a short time.
Acute Stress
Excessive worry, panic attacks, social unease.
Anxiety
Making excuses for unacceptable behaviour.
Rationalization
You might be engaged with this stressor right now.
School & Schoolwork
Overconsumption or underconsumption of this is a frequent unhealthy coping mechanism.
This type of stress can last for months.
Chronic Stress
Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness.
Depression
Forgetting unpleasant experiences.
Repression
When it comes to stress, this group of people might help or hurt us.
Family & Friends
This leisurely activity that involves getting out of the house is an example of a healthy coping mechanism.
Walking
This condition can develop in individuals who have experiences trauma.
PTSD
Vivid memories or hallucinations of the traumatic event.
Flashback
Attributing your thoughts or feelings to another person.
Projection
Common source of stress for young women on the internet.
Body image
This unhealthy and dangerous activity is unfortunately sometimes used to avoid feelings of stress.
Substance abuse
This is a condition that can develop in individuals experiencing an intense empathy for a victim of trauma.
Secondary-PTSD
Constantly on high alert, easily startled, or easily irritated.
Hypervigilance
Expressing feelings about one person onto another innocent person.
Displacement
Common source of stress for teens in their last year of high-school.
Getting into college & what to do after graduating.
Joining a group so that its positive identity will be reflected on oneself.
Identification
The feeling of anxiety before starting a new job is an example of this type of stress.
Eustress
This can lead to a range of physiological changes, such as an increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and heightened alertness.
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Acting opposite of what you feel.
Reaction Formation
This source of acute stress is one of the most common fears people have.
Public speaking
Rechanneling unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable ones.
Sublimation