1.What is stress? Before we actually get down to analyze stress academically, let me tell you a story. Story of how stress came into human lives. It was in 1905 that an ambitious, young endocrinologist named Hans Selve had a bad habit of dropping lab rabbits, chasing them around the room and catching them under the sink. When they developed ulcers and sheverlen immune tissues, Selve carried out tests and realized what was happening. His clumsiness was making them sick. Searching for a word to describe this response to life under tension, he borrowed a term from engineering and "Stress" was born.2.Today, we're working longer hours than our parents ever did, the equivalent of an extra month per year. We are cramming too much stuff into our dwindling leisure hours; our weekends disappear as we run errands, do the laundry, cook dinner, and pay the bills. And then we feel guilty when we can't find time to stay in close touch with family, nurture friendships keep up with our reading, throw dinner parties etc.
3.Stress connotes various types of pressures, tensions and strains, which an individual is subjected to in his or her work environment. Depending on the type of work, it can take the form of physical, emotional or psychological stress, or even a combination of these. The more intelligent honest and industrious an individual, the more is his work output likely to be and the more vulnerable will he be to stress. However, with experience, discipline and an organized mode of functioning the individual can become more conditioned and resilient.
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