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Affective Distress and Its Impact
Health Psychology: Affective Distress and its Impact
Stress is a significant part of daily life for most people. It can take its toll on a person if he or she does not understand good techniques that can be used to mitigate its effects. One of the biggest problems with stress, other than not knowing how to manage it, is that too much stress can trigger the fight of flight response in some people (Taylor, 2005). When that occurs, the person generally experiences what is called a panic attack or an anxiety attack. These usually only last a few minutes, but they can linger for much longer periods of time in some cases. Panic and anxiety are debilitating (Petersen, Maier, & Seligman, 1995). Often, the person insists that he or she is dying. An ambulance is called or the person is rushed to the emergency room, only to find out that there was no real danger. Sometimes one panic attack is all a person will ever have. Other people have hundreds or thousands over their lifetime.
Of course, not every person who is in a stressful situation will panic. Some...
They may become jittery, or they may get angry. Road rage is common when drivers get under too much stress, but is all of that really necessary? The level of stress that someone perceives himself or herself to be under may directly affect how much stress that person feels (Taylor, 2005). In other words, if a person is placed in a situation that most people would agree is highly stressful, but that person does not find it stressful, than it is not a problem for that person. Some people are simply more optimistic than others, and optimism about life and stressful situations is something that can be learned if a person desires to lower his or her stress levels (Seligman, 1990).
For people who are constantly under stress, there can be a myriad of health problems. Upset stomachs, digestive problems, headaches, ulcers, and even heart attacks can be caused by too much stress. That is why learning how to manage stress is one of the most important things a person can do for overall health. It would be better to eliminate the majority of the stress, but that is…
References
Petersen, C., Maier, S.F., & Seligman, M.E.P. (1995). Learned helplessness: A theory for the age of personal control. New York: Oxford University Press.
Seligman, M.E.P. (1990). Learned optimism. New York: Knopf. (Reissue edition, 1998, Free Press).
Taylor, S.E. (2005). Health psychology (8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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