Stress needs no introduction or explanation. It is common to all irrespective of age, race, region, religion, language, place or time. It is omnipresent. There are many advices to stay calm and stress-free as follows:
“Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers every day without forcing their buds.” —Osho
But really it is too hard. My humble questions to RG fraternity are:
1.What is stress for human beings in general and researchers in particular?
2.Do other living creatures have stress?
3.Is it sharable?
Stress is a feeling in the life events that poses a real or perceived challenge or threat to a person’s well-being. It is caused we someone feel burdened and struggling to cope with demands which can be anything related to finance, work, relationships, a significant life change, or a traumatic event and any other unfavourable or difficult situations. Animals also experience stress for a variety of reasons. Sharing stressful feeling with a person who genuinely understands your emotion and ideally experiencing it at the same time will provide considerable relief from stress.
I think stress is the feeling of threatening so the body increases the Hormone of stress for a better reaction toward the suggested threat. Above all, it is something common in all living creatures.
ALL OF US ARE UNDER DIFFERENT STRESSES.
But
WE should try to reduce stress.
Indoor and outdoor playing, Meditation, Listening of songs, Gossiping with like- minded friends, Reading of selected literature of choice, Tour to any countryside without cellphones etc. may be some options for reduction of stress.
Thanks.
Stress now-a-days has become a part of life, which should be avoided as far as possible for a healthier life.
Other creatures are stressed, too like trying to find food or trying to avoid predators.
Yes other creatures have also stress under certain conditions. As an example if you overcrowd a cage with rats some become obese while other will fight. If the ration of number of rats/space is correct this does not happened.
Thank you Drs YOGESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI,Shurooq Talab Jaafar,Shibabrata Pattanayak,Arvind Singh,Vishnu Kumar Gupta,Michael Issigonis for your nice answers.
All animals feel stress: in the wild the chances of being eaten are high. Even the larger animals experience stress due to obligations to other members of the herd (elephants grieve so probably have high intelligence).
My clients who exhibited extreme anxiety, when children were subjected to extreme stress within the home by abusive parents or other members of the family. They dealt with stress from threatening adult behaviour on a regular basis and it became built into their conception of the world. A gamechanger was often happiness and enjoyment, experiences they did not have as children.
All living things undergo stress including plants. Animals respond to the flight or fight mechanism and may constantly lead their lives being vigilant and watchful. Animals taken out of their natural environments and placed in a zoo cage experience stress. Many animals are traumatized by abuse from humans. Plants undergo stress due to environmental factors including drought, chemical poisoning and climate change. At the same time, the ability of some living species (including plants) to be resilient is also amazing.
Stress is the body's reaction to any sudden change that requires an adjustment or response in our routine. These reactions come in form of physical, mental, and emotional responses. Stress is a normal activity of our life. We can experience stress from our environment like taking an exam, the birth of a baby, job interview, and so on.
And Yes, other living creatures also experience stress just like humans.
Dear Amit Baran Sharangi
There are two kinds of stress:
Eustress: It is useful kind os stress. It motivate us to do our efforts to reach aims. Second is distress. It is bad kind of stress. It affects negatively all our aspects of life.
Best Regards
Dear Shurooq Talab Jaafar
Very good contributions.
Best Regards
Stress is the body's natural reaction to change, resulting in physical, emotional, and cognitive responses. The body's stress responses assist it in adapting to new surroundings. Stress can be beneficial since it keeps us aware, motivated, and prepared to avoid danger. For researchers, I think that the most stressful are the obstacles we face at work, which we sometimes feel helpless in front of, and the strange results we get may be difficult to explain... Other creatures are exposed to stress as well, but creatures differ in their ability to manage stress and controlling it, for example, wild animals are more capable of facing and controlling stress factors, perhaps because of their living conditions, while farm animals are less capable of controlling it, especially poultry. Stress factors negatively and significantly affect their productivity.
I agree with other colleagues. Yes, other living creatures have stress too like human being and they might share it, in their own way, with others.
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