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Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  .This section is about effects of stress.  Topics include: ( ) Psychological.  ( ) Physical.  ---  1/24/2006


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  (1) Good stress reactions: we can handle.  (2) Bad stress reactions: we can't handle.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  (1) Positive: Growth, develop, creativity.  (2) Negative: (A) Collapse, confusion, exhaustion, get depressed.  (B) Give up, resignation, avoidance, demotivated.  (C) Immobilized.  (D) Breakdown, explosion.  (E) Psychological, physiologic, behavior.  (F) Neurosis, psychosis.  (G) Shock, suboptimal mind, suboptimal behavior.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Approach vs. avoidance.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Appropriate, healthy, ethical vs. inappropriate, unhealthy, unethical.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Being able to fall back on good, instinctive, unconscious, problem solving thoughts and behaviors vs. pathological psychological states.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Calm in high stress situations: adrenaline.  Calm in low stress situations: no adrenaline, fall apart.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Calm in times of war vs. stress in times of peace.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Calmly fighting in battle.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Effect on mind and behavior reactions.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Effects or reactions and their symptoms.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Problem confront and solve vs. problem avoid.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Reaction alternatives: obsess on it, ignore it, or solve it.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress causes physical illness.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress disorganizes mind, and blocks mind processes.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress reactions: healthy vs. unhealthy (too emotional, wrong emotion, too long emotional, wrong behavior).  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress reactions.  (1) Thinking poorly or not at all, confused, zombie.  (2) Poor emotion states: depressed, unmotivated.  (3) Unproductive non-problem solving behavior.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress response (mind and behavior, health or pathological).  (1) Mind.  Poor mentalizing.  Emotion: strong and negative.  Reasoning: reduced.  (2) Behavior.  Addictive binges.  Reduced work.  Not assertive enough toward problem of stress.  Immobilized.  Less goal getting.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Stress responses in mind, body and behavior, both healthy and unhealthy.  (1)(A) Mind healthy: bravery, focus on problem, attack problem, fighting attitude.  (1)(B) Mind unhealthy: shutdown or explosion.  Strong negative emotions that never subside, and that reduce reasoning.  Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, fearful.  Dwelling on possible bad outcomes.  Less goal setting.  (2)(A) Physical positive: hulking out into super-human performance.  (2)(B) Physical negative: stomach drops, start to shake.  (3)(A) Behavior healthy: behaviors that attack the problem.  (3)(B) Behavior unhealthy: addictive binges, reduced work time, immobilized, flee.  ---  01/02/1997


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Susceptibility to stress increases with tired, low energy, awake a long time, sleepy, over worked, hungry.  ---  12/30/1992


Psychology, stress, effects.  ---  Too much stress causes break down or explosion.  ---  12/30/1992




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