TYPES OF STRESS

INTRODUCTION

stress is phenomenon which cannot be avoided in any organization or institution since everybody experience stress, so how you manage this stress can be the key to your wellbeing. A survey conducted by metal health in America found that people frequently deal with chronic stress by watching television, skipping exercise, and neglecting to eat healthy food.

TYPES OF STRESS

          According to Karl (1979) the following are the types of stress:

1. Time Stress: This is the type of stress that you experience when you worry about time, or the lack thereof. You worry about the number of things that you have to do and you fear that you will fail to achieve something important. You might feel trapped unhappy or even hopeless, common examples of time stress include worrying about deadlines or rushing to avoid being late for a meeting.
2. Anticipatory Stress: Anticipatory stress that you experience concerning the future. Sometimes this stress can be focused on a specific event, such as an upcoming presentation that you are going to give. However, anticipatory stress can also be vague and undefined, such as an overall sense of dread about the future, or a worry that “something will go wrong”.
3. Situational Stress: You experience situational stress when you are in scary situation that you have no control over. This could be an emergency more commonly however, it’s a situation that involve conflict, or a loss of status or acceptance in eyes of you group. For instance, getting laid off or making a major mistake in front of your team are examples of events that can cause situational stress.
4. Encounter Stress: Encounter stress revolves around people. You experience encounter stress when you worry about interacting with a certain person or group of people. You may not like them or you might think that they are unpredictable. Encounter stress can also occur if your role involves a lot of personal interactions with too many people.