Let's talk about stress
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
August 30, 2011 9:03am CST
there is good stress and there is bad stress, my stress always goes both ways. I am a writer as you know and I have been having stress with one of my bosses. It is quite now but it was very bad too weeks ago. There was a lot emails passing back and forth and a lot of not so nice things being said.
But that got resolved more or less.
Now I am happy to say I have some good stress.
I have the opportunity to start up my own company for posters/spinners, I am supposed to get a lot of work in and I need a team of people to do the work. I am really excited this is the kind of stress I like.
do you have an example of bad stress good stress?
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15 responses
@dfollin (25409)
• United States
30 Aug 11
I totally understand what you are saying about good stress and bad stress.
Good stress to me is like when I was recently moving out of our temporary home to stay at a relatives as another temporary home.It is not great and moving is bad kind of stressfulness.Like,meeting the deadline times for getting out and coordinating people to help you.
But,we are moving one step forward into being able to save money and find a new more permanent home for me and my daughter to live.Another move! More bad stress!Finding a home that fits our needs.Such as the right amount and size of rooms.And that it is in the right location,near my daughters school,near our church,public transportation,near the doctor's office and stores.Having to make sure we have enough money,the proper utilities are set to turn on at the right time,making sure that we have moving trucks and people that can help at the right time.
Moving to stay with relatives is not the greatest,sure we will go thru some bad stress,such as not having privacy to get to our own home with privacy and room for all our belongings.But,I suppose we have to deal with that kind of "bad stress" to get to that "good stress".I guess you could call good stress,less stress in some aspects.We will not have a time limit as when we have to be out and getting the cleaning done.
Sometimes,we have to go thru bad stress to get to good stress.Like I said moving to a proper home.Or having a baby,woman have to go thru a lot of physical and mental anguish during the pregnancy and giving birth.And the fathers have to go thru a lot of mental stress......bad stress.But,after you see that babies face....or faces(whatever the case maybe,lol) then it becomes "Good Stress"!
I hope you can get your business going with not too much bad stress,but it will turn into good stress.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Aug 11
yes good stress means that things don't go as smoothly as you would like because that is what stress is but it is the kind of stress that is necessary for getting what you want.
example a person who is under a deadline to get work out in a job the hate or is making them sick is bad stress.
if they love job and are up for the challenge that is good stress.
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@dfollin (25409)
• United States
17 Sep 11
Or another good example is if a person is sick and has to go thru some stressfull treatment's and then end up well
Thank's for the best response.
@celticeagle (170009)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 11
I have never known any good stress. I am allergic to stress. That is what I call it anyway. I break out in a rash, shake and feel weak. Now if that is good stress I am Superman! The medication I take helps alot during the onset of an attack. No, I have never known any good stress.
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
31 Aug 11
Wow! You're the second person I've known to have that kind of reaction to stress. My sister was the first. She always got a rash when she was stressed. Me? I just got dandruff. Now, I just don't stress anymore. I don't like dandruff.
@celticeagle (170009)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Aug 11
Ya, I have dandruff too! And the rash. Not fun.
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@GardenGerty (161612)
• United States
30 Aug 11
Bad stress: I have come to the conclusion that I will not be getting a job anytime soon. It is a combination of economy, work history and qualifications. Good stress: I am finally getting busy writing for a reputable company, not someone who will rip me off. Not enough, yet, to replace having a job, but it is good money for online work.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Aug 11
No! To me stress is always bad. Something isn't right and it won't be fixed so easily. What you call good stress I call excitement The project will get done and it will take a lot of work but it will be fun because you Want to do it.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Aug 11
yes it will be fun, that is for sure, it will be hard work too as I have to manage a team of writers or actually posters but this is a good experience for me and for the people who want to work for me
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@GardenGerty (161612)
• United States
30 Aug 11
So what kind of work do you have available? Another good/bad stress--neither hubby nor I work, so we are home all day together. That is both good and bad all rolled into one.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Aug 11
that is stressful for everyone,
pm me I might be able to help you
@ElicBxn (63706)
• United States
1 Sep 11
I had a job that I was reasonably good at, but the office, and the managers were toxic - I was sick ALL THE TIME!
The only times I've been sick since I retired were mostly due to the gall bladder or catching a bug from someone
I haven't had the repetitive constant migraines, and I'm a whole lost less depressed...
I hate that I had to quit working to get this, but it seems to be working for me!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Aug 11
HI WINTERrose sadly for me a diabetic stress is stillstress good or bad,our bodies interpret it as needing more glucose so it spurts it into our blood stream where we do not need it and shoots up our blood glucose. I get a check for one hundred dollars every Christmas from my husbands niece and each time when I get it my blood sugar goes up. now this is good stress happy for getting a su rpise money gift but somehow my body thinks i am all upset. so I envision a giant tough plastic bubble that's stress proof and also has lots of good oxygenated air in it t oo . this really does work as I have just told any and all stress to bug off as you cannot touch me.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Aug 11
I am a diabetic as well hon, I know what you are going through
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
31 Aug 11
I am very happy for you and wish you well in your new career and business. I think most of my bad stress has come from worry in my life. Right now I have some stress because my husband is out of work. When I used to work outside of the house I used to love being under pressure. There was something about getting a big challenge and taking it on. I used to thrive for that kind of thing. I am one of those people that can do 5 things at once and that is how I like it.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Aug 11
I wish you lots of luck and I hope you husband finds a job
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
31 Aug 11
If you ask me, stress is stress. Good or bad it always raises your blood pressure and that's not a good thing. I avoid stress whenever possible. If I have to do something that I love doing, I never think of it as being stressful. I call it being psyched (excited).
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Aug 11
good stress is good for you,
it is healthy everyone has stress
raising blood pressure, you are sitting watching your facorite ball team play and they are about to win that is good stress,
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@lucy19851120 (261)
• China
5 Sep 11
i focus you alwayas here,you are constantly write down all the story,but notincluding your private ideas,hehe
the picture is yourself?or anyone else?
I meet much pressure from the outside envirenment, when the lady becomes the 25-26 years old ,most of the families will urge their kids to get married and make a new family,indicating the single life closed and also the parents will not concenr more than before.it is me
second, when you are stay at the periods,not means you don't want to marry,but you need to stay with the true lover,some saying"there lives a impossible person in your hearts".
third,work time circles changed to be bad or good,as a sales man they are always live the extension spirit.
too much to say,,i am tired alway on Monday
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@Firestorm0122 (735)
• United States
31 Aug 11
Congratulations on the start of your company. I wish I had that expertise and confidence to start my own business. I hope it works out for you (By the way, your link to your site doesn't work). :)
As for stress.. I hate stress. It seems that just when you are relaxed and think nothing will go wrong, you're hit with something bad. Such as someone taking their frustrations out on you, a child or pet giving trouble, having difficulty at work.
Most of the time, when I'm stressed about something, I tend to rant about it for a bit. This helps me get it off my chest and out of my system. Then when I am free of that, I look at it as spoiled milk. And then I feel better.
Plus I tell myself some things aren't worth stressing over. I've never heard of good stress though, but it's probably because here in America, we view any kind of stress as bad.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
31 Aug 11
what site are you talking about hon where the link doesn't work,
stress is normal everyone has stress or we wouldn't be alive,
rooting for you favorite team to win that is good stress working hard for a job you love is good stress but if you had your job and you work hard that is bad stress
@emjay86 (640)
• Philippines
31 Aug 11
Yes, sometimes a little stress can help you get to your goal. But too much of it is entirely draining. Most especially if most of it is from work, when you get home, everyone else gets affected. Stress can be nasty. Handling it well is key. It's not easy but well worth it.
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@AgentGulaman (3546)
• Philippines
31 Aug 11
Stress is a killer! I never thought that there can be good stress until now. Well, let me try to think of examples of bad stress and good stress. Bad stress can be the thing I am trying to solve for during my engineering classes and examinations. They usually ask to calculate the amount of stress there is on a given element. That one is bad stress as it drives me crazy trying to solve them! A good stress may be how the scientists and engineers devise temperature sensors and controllers using stresses on materials. Thermal stress at that. Well, that's what I am thinking right about this moment. But yes, stress is part of our everyday life, it really depends on us on how we will treat it. Should it be a bad stress which can kill you, or good stress which can motivate you to improve.