Friday, February 17, 2012

Stressing over this assignment?


As I was stressing to find a reasonable research topic, it hit me! I should write about stress itself. Who else would know more about stress than college students? Through this course we examine the different meanings of being healthy, and stress often times plays a key role in someone’s health.  As I began to investigate the topic of stress, I realized stressed manifested itself in more ways than I had originally thought. This topic could prove to be very insightful because regardless of age or occupation stress will always be present.

Different levels of stress cause different reactions in the human body.  Reactions to stress can range from insomnia to serious psychological disorders.  I haven’t looked into what triggers certain reactions in the human body, but I’m planning to look into it. To give myself an idea of what is being said about stress, I search “effects of stress on the human body” and came across thousands of articles. I don’t think I’ll have a problem finding information or data on this topic. Most of the articles I skimmed through agreed that stress in excess is bad. I have yet to come across an article that paints stress in a positive light; however, I did notice differences in suggested stress management techniques.  Some authors argued that exercise was the best way to combat stress while others suggested other relaxation techniques. 

I am definitely still intrigued by this topic. I think there is plenty to expand on.  I look forward to calmly continuing my research J

Signing off,
stephanie


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