What is the difference between acute and chronic stress?

On April 29, 2010, in fight or flight response, stress response, Types of Stress, by Wil Dieck

Lately, stress has received a lot of bad press causing a lot of people to believe that all stress is bad. This simply isn’t true. While stress can be bad, or at least perceived as bad, it’s not necessarily bad. Some stress is actually positive and can be helpful, depending on the situation. All stress [...]

What is the Fight or Flight Response?

On April 29, 2010, in fight or flight response, stress response, by Wil Dieck

I’ve found that in order to talk about certain things it’s good to define them. Stress is a word that covers many differing situations and your body’s reaction to them. For example, you had a fight with your spouse. You have an impossible deadline for a project your boss gave you only yesterday. Traffic is [...]