Stress, stressors, eustress and distress

What this note covers

1. Stress is a response to demands rather than the demand itself
2. Eustress and distress describe different experienced consequences
3. The sympathetic system produces a rapid fight–flight response
4. The HPA axis produces a slower hormonal response
5. Acute and chronic stress have different patterns and consequences
6. Stress evidence requires appraisal, physiology and context

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