| While being in school in a discussion forum, I had | | | | money to decide if they should buy food for their |
| posted a response about having good stress to | | | | family or have their utilities shut off, now that's |
| certain situations we encounter in life from time | | | | bad stress. Jesus gave positive pressure |
| to time. I had a classmate ask me how a person | | | | measures for people to take to relieve stress in |
| can have good stress. She had thought that all | | | | their lives; he asks a question; which of you by |
| stress was considered bad if a person was | | | | worrying can add an hour to your life? Matthew 6: |
| experiencing stress in their life. She asks me to | | | | 27. His point was there is no reason to be |
| explain the difference between good stress and | | | | stressed out about things we have no control |
| bad stress. After pondering on several different | | | | over; worrying about things will just cause more |
| ways of how I could answer her question, the | | | | misery. |
| thought that came to mind was good stress is | | | | Another example of having bad stress could |
| considered positive pressure to produce positive | | | | come from being in a "lop-sided" relationship that |
| results in any situation we may encounter. Bad | | | | causes heartache and pain rather than love and |
| stress on the other is experiencing unpleasant and | | | | support for the person we claim to love. There is |
| unwanted circumstances or advances that come | | | | nothing balanced about the relationship; one |
| into our lives time after time, including unwelcome | | | | significant other has the mind set of give, give, |
| health related problems. An example of Good | | | | and give, causing the person who is giving and |
| stress I gave to her was me pursuing my degree | | | | receiving, but gets nothing in return, not even a |
| in Healthcare Administration. | | | | thank you; that can be stressful. Stress of this |
| While I let her know that at times writing papers, | | | | sort is bad stress. Good stress is attempting to |
| doing assignments, reading, checking in several | | | | achieve something meaningful and beneficial for |
| days a week for discussion questions, meeting | | | | our lives, while bad stress is something that |
| attendance requirements, meeting deadlines to | | | | causes us to react in non-productive ways that |
| finish assignments and attempting to get a | | | | can be detrimental to ourselves, and others. |
| passing grade can be and is very stressful; I let | | | | Practicing good stress is the way to go which is |
| her know when I look at the accomplishments | | | | good for the body and the soul. By accepting |
| and the time involved with learning all that I have | | | | what is good in this life's journey while being in a |
| learned, the results are well worth the time spent | | | | positive state of stress, beats being in a |
| doing something that is beneficial for me in my | | | | depressed state of stress while attempting to |
| future years. The positive pressure of learning is | | | | accomplishment anything in life. Whether we have |
| producing positive and productive results of | | | | to deal with stress caused by others or the |
| reaching my goals. I call this is good stress; light at | | | | stress we bring on ourselves; which ever stress |
| the end of the tunnel which will be earning a | | | | factor we have, good or bad depends on our |
| Degree. There were two other examples I gave | | | | mental stability and how we respond to the |
| of having Bad stress. One example was if a | | | | stress we may face. Let us all make a conscience |
| person did not have enough money to pay all | | | | choice of which stress factors would be best for |
| their bills; this could result in having someone | | | | our overall health and well being. Good stress by |
| stress themselves out about which bill to pay first | | | | far is more beneficial and profitable than bad |
| especially if all the bills were due at the same | | | | stress. |
| time, or what if someone did not have enough | | | | |