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Stress? What is it? Why is it harmful?


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They say that depression is fear of the past, stress is fear of the present, and anxiety is fear of the future.

Stress is ever present in our daily lives. We need stress to keep us motivated, low levels of stress are harmful to us because we become bored, moderate levels of stress are good for us because we become more productive. If, however we feel we cannot cope with the stress and or if we experience high levels of stress then our performance falls off again.

The Yerkes-Dodson curve illustrates this well and illustrates the relationship between stress and boredom, eustress and distress

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