Stress
What Causes Stress?
- Pressures at work
- Family worries
- Money problems
- Arguments
- Bereavement
- Divorce
- Unemployment
- Illness
- Disasters or other traumatic events
Even ‘good’ events may cause stress
- Promotion at work
- Marriage
- New home
- Birth of a baby
It is not only the event but also how you react to it. People react differently, what is stressful for one person may not be so for another. For example, retirement from work may be stressful for one person but welcomed by another.
There is no standard pattern of reaction, for some stress is an essential stimulus, motivating them to achieve more, in others it can cause an adverse reaction, a sense of not being at all able to cope. In some the reaction is immediate, while others have a delayed reaction, sometimes months or even years later.