The Importance of Stress Management
Stress today can be described as "that which disturbs a person's mental and physical well-being" (Morrison 1). Common symptoms of stress include chronic fatigue, changes in appetite, drug and/or alcohol abuse, difficulty sleeping, body aches, and changes in emotions (Cooper 1-2). And although stress is something that is inevitable, it can be controlled. Just about everything we do today creates stress, both good and bad. In the face paced and technological world we live in, stress management is key to survival as well as sanity.
Stress can be caused from numerous things for example, a death in the family, divorce, or loss of a job. But stress is also attributed to smaller things such as bouncing a check or sitting in a line of traffic. Though most people refer to stress as the negative things, stress can also be positive. Marriages or births are just two examples of the many positives that contribute to our stress levels (Morrison 2).
According to Morrison, "7 out of 10 people surveyed said they felt stressed in a typical workday" (Morrison 1). On-going stress can result in many problems be it physically, mentally, socially, and intellectually. Morrison also reports "70-80% of all visits to the doctor are for stress-related illnesses" (Morrison 1). Approximately 50% of all illnesses today can be attributed to stress (Morrison 1).
Stress management is becoming a very important factor in today's society as well as in the business world. $200 billion dollars is spent every year by North American businesses on account of stress. Employees that are frequently absent cost companies money. The unreliable help and the lack ...
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... of stress. The better we can adapt to life changes and stressful situations, the better off we will be emotionally, behaviorally, physically, and mentally.
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In Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account, Dr. Miklos Nyiszli tells the story of his time in Auschwitz. Dr. Nyiszli is a Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp located in Poland. His story provides the world with a description of horrors that had taken place in camp in 1944. Separated from his wife and daughter, Dr. Nyiszli volunteered to work under the supervision of the head doctor in the concentration camp, Josef Mengele. It was under Dr. Mengele’s supervision that Dr. Nyiszli was exposed to the extermination of innocent people and other atrocities committed by the SS. Struggling for his own survival, Dr. Nyiszli did anything possible to survive, including serving as a doctor’s assistant to a war criminal so that he could tell the world what happened at the Auschwitz concentration camp.This hope for survival and some luck allowed Dr. Nyiszli to write about his horrific time at Auschwitz.His experiences in Auschwitz will remain apart of history because of the insight he is able to provide.
During World War II, Hitler rounded up people who were not part of the Aryan Race and sent them to concentration camps; in those camps, some of those people served as test subjects for medical experimentation. These experiments separate into three categories. The first type were “experiments aimed at facilitating the survival of Axis military personnel,” (Museum). Next, the “experimentation aimed at developing and testing pharmaceuticals and treatment methods for injuries and illnesses which German military and occupation personnel encountered in the field” (Museum). Finally, the “[experimentations] sought to advance the racial and ideological tenets of the Nazi worldview” (Museum). In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Dr. Mengele conducted at least two of the selections that Elie had to watch and go through, but it is different because in Night, Elie Wiesel was not aware of the experiments and only saw Dr. Mengele during the selections. Dr. Mengele and other SS doctors received the power to test various medical experiments on Jews, Gypsies, war prisoners, the unwanted, and others that Hitler sent to concentration camps. Some were done for science and others were just to satisfy the doctor's interests.
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In 1877, President Rutherford Hayes disengaged troops from the South and slave owners took back their power. With new control these southern white politicians passed the Black Codes. These codes/laws were written to oversee the behavior of African Americans after the Civil War, model after the slave codes that were enforced before the Civil War. These codes are just a different kind of slavery. Black people of that era had to watch everything they did. They couldn’t do just anything and what is really sad they still had to serve white people in one way or another. This still was no way to live. White men could serve as police until police could get to the scene. White people still had control over black people. This codes were very extreme too. Only a black man that was in the army would be allowed to carry a firearm but they could not preach. These codes where emplaced out of the white man’s ignorance and fear. Even with the Fourteenth Amendment, escaping state governments from treating citizens otherwise. In 1892, Plessy v. Ferguson, while riding a train passenger Homer Plessy sat in the “whites only” car and declined to sit in the Jim Crow car. The decision was for Ferguson
The way to Auschwitz was always a train ride but after that, the twins’ lives separated from the rest. The train unloaded onto a sorting platform, where an Auschwitz doctor sorted them. One doctor that helped sort was Dr. Josef Mengele. He worked no more than any other doctor, but he would appear while off-duty to try to find twins or people with other physical deformities (“Josef Mengele” Holocaust Museum par.7). Directly after they were taken away, they were treated very well. They were forced to take a shower, but they got to keep their own clothes and hair. They also had to fill out a form about their family history and basic facts about their health. Since most of these children now had no families, Dr. Josef Mengele acted as a father figure for them. He would interact with the children, and talk to them. Sometimes he even played with them. He often gave them candy or chocolates too. In this part of the camp, he was known as Uncle Mengele (Rosenberg par.12-14).
Emma's arrogance shines through when she brags that she is exceptionally skillful at matching couples. She believes that she is in control of fate and must play matchmaker in order for couples to discover their true love. Austen confirms, "The real evils indeed of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself" (Austen 1). Although Emma is so spoiled and overbearing, she truly doesn't realize this fact.
Emma also transforms into a proper woman through correcting her original neglect. Trollope states that “[i]n every passage of the book she is in fault for some folly, some vanity, some ignorance, or indeed for some meanness” (7)19. Because of her ignorance toward attitudes of her neighbors, Emma interferes through their lives in a way that makes them unhappy, for “she had often been negligent” (Austen 359)20. Mr. Knightley predicts the outcome of Emma’s plans in the beginning of the novel when he states that “[y]ou are more likely to have done harm to yourself, than good to them by interference” (Austen 8)21 and also that “[v]anity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief” (Austen 53)22. Not only is Emma stubborn toward her actions, but she is also negligent to herself when she convinces herself “I cannot really change for the better” (Austen 73)23. On other matters about her plans for others, Emma’s consideration falls short through her own selfishness and withholding of her pride, for “[t]he longer she considered it, the greater was her sense of its expediency” (Austen 27)24.
Stress as an epidemic in the 21st Century – The Mental Health of Medical Professionals
Emma Woodhouse tries to use her influence to manipulate everyone around to her likings, and she only accepts the advice of mentors who agree with her. Emma knows that she is clever, and, having grown up as the smartest person among in Hartfield, she is continually being praised for her wit. As Mr. Knightley told Mrs. Weston, “Considering how very handsome she is, appears to be little occupied with it; her vanity lies another way” (33). She believes herself to be in the right without considering any other possibilities, or she rationalizes those possibilities away. More often than not, she is wrong.
Perhaps the only character in the novel who takes Emma seriously is Mr Knightley. As the moral centre of the book, he has is an exemplar of good judgement and Emma's moral tutor. He has Emma's interests at heart and a genuine concern about her moral development. Not blinded by egotism or vanity, honest in all his dealings with her, Mr Knightley exposes Emma's faults for what they are, and helps to reader to see this. Under his influence, Emma comes to an awareness about her own mistakes and blunders, and finally attains the maturity to be able to find fulfilment in marriage. Though she defies him on many occasions, she has a "sort of habit...
Stress is defined as “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and thereby tax one’s coping abilities” (Weiten & Lloyd, 2006, p. 72). Stress is a natural event that exists literally in all areas of one’s life. It can be embedded in the environment, culture, or perception of an event or idea. Stress is a constant burden, and can be detrimental to one’s physical and mental health. However stress can also provide beneficial effects; it can satisfy one’s need for stimulation and challenge, promote personal growth, and can provide an individual with the tools to cope with, and be less affected by tomorrow’s stress (Weiten & Lloyd, 2006, p. 93).
Stress is a major concern in today’s society. Stress is linked to many different ailments as well as fatigue and many other physical symptoms. Physicians have proven that stress is very dangerous, attributing to diseases and a shorter life span. Some kind of stress management is recommended in order to help one deal with their stress so it doesn’t consume them.
Long – term stress can even require the brain, leaving you more vulnerable to anxiety, and depression; it can be a main cause of moodiness and frustration. Many of us are aware of the physical symptoms of stress-muscle pain, rapid breathing or an increased pulse. At the same time, they also suffer from emotional of stress which can be like roller coaster of highs or lows. emotional effects rang from emotional overeating to a feeling of being overwhelmed and pressure. stress impact many other components, which leads to difficulties in making decisions, loss sense humor, poorer concentration, negative thinking. As can be seen, stress nearly brings serious effects to people. Apart from the effects above, it can be the main reason which creates your decreased productivity at work. stress makes people less control their pace work, which leads to dissatisfaction. about 40% employees said that they are burned out because of work-related stress and loss $300 billion each year in the workplace . In addition, your relationship with people around also become worsens because of your stress. In fact, stress makes people puzzled and their life can undergo a considerable