I think when we use 'stress', we are often using a kind of dummy word to try to fit many different things into one big category.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.
People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.
What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.
I always have stress.
I stress a lot, sometimes.
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength daily.