External stress

STRESS The word stress is often confused with tension and seems to stand for anything that is emotionally negative. I like to use it to refer to any factor, influence or condition that tests, strains or in any way puts pressure on the individual. We can be stressed physically or emotionally. Excessive heat or cold are physical stressors; a demanding job or family problems are emotional ones. The stress involved in TMS leads to emotional reactions that are repressed.

The work of Dr. Hans Selye is credited with first drawing attention to how stress affects the body; his research and writing were prolific and stand as one of the major accomplishments of medicine in the twentieth century. Dr. Selye?s definition of biological stress is: ?the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it.? Stress can be either external or internal to the individual.The Psychology of TMS Examples of external stress are your job, financial problems, illness, change of job or home, caring for children or parents. However, the internal stressors appear to be more important in the production of tension. These are one?s own personality attributes, like conscientiousness, perfectionism, the need to excel, and so forth.