The Seven Levels of Tension
Catatonic
When I was acting out catatonic I felt like I was dead even though I
was breathing, I had lost all control of my body. I had no tension all
over my body. If someone tried to lift my arm it would just drop to
the ground. If I was playing a character using this level of tension I
would play someone who was dead, lifeless or was in a coma.
Californian
I felt like I was half asleep, like just woken up in the morning.
While walking around I had no tension in my neck, only a little in my
feet enough to keep me walking. My back was slanted because I only had
a little tension in it. My arms just swayed around. I think this level
is called Californian because California is really laid back, if I was
to choose a character this is how I would play it.
Economic
Economic means only having enough energy in your body, such as having
a short conversation. As I walked around the room I felt very low and
upset. I had no emotion on my face. My arms felt like they had no
feeling in them. Sometimes as you walk around the school early in the
morning, you sometimes see people in economic.
Alert
Alert is the more neutral level. It feels like normal behaviour. Not
too much tension and energy is involved. As I walked around the room I
could have a normal conversation with someone. You are also very
familiar with your surroundings.
Suspense
My character which I created for this level was very upset. I was
showing I was upset in a very over noticeably approach which I usually
wouldn't do in public. I had more than normal tension in my body,
especially in my legs, arm and face.
Passionate
As I walked around the room using this level I felt like I had a
hunger for something. Not sure what that thing was.
Dental assistants can also end up with tension neck syndrome also known as (TNS). It results in pain stiffness and tenderness in the neck. With this the symptoms may not always be in the neck. It can occur between the shoulder blades down the arms or up to the base of the skull. Headaches are one of the main symptoms with TNS. The occupation with dentistry, where forward head and shoulders postures are common, predispose workers to a muscle imbalance that contributes to TNS. The imbalances develop between the neck and shoulder muscles that stabilize, and the ones that move.
immediately. He felt absolutely nothing at all. His face was quite calm” (160). Again this
The symptoms of narcolepsy include cataplexy, persistent daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations. Cataplexy is “a loss of skeletal muscle tone without loss of consciousness” (77). These cataplectic attacks often occur at emotional times. Such events could be laughter, sexual intercourse, physical exertion, and anger. Daytime sleepiness can make narcoleptics fall asleep at inappropriate times and although they may be refreshed after naps they are soon tired after. Sleep paralysis is the inability to move prior to falling asleep or waking. Finally, hypnagogic hallucinations are vivid dreams before sleep or when extremely tired.
I felt embarrassed. I wasn’t doing anything out of the blue, I was doing what I had done everyday. At this point, I had knew things were getting pretty bad. My parents continued arguing everyday over financial issues and as to why the house was dirty, and everyday it got worse.
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My body could no longer move, and everything in the room was merely a blur to me. The sounds of people talking and the birds outside merely become cold empty sounds in my ears. I could barely hear or see anything anymore. I knew my end was drawing near.
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I stared down at my hands, trying to control the shaking. My breathing came out slowly, if it came out at all. I felt like bursting into tears. I stared at the boards in front of me. My head was spinning, and my mind was racing. I couldn’t believe I had missed that break.
As all of this was taking place, I was frozen. Something strange was happening to me. It was as if every single cell in my body was screaming at me to move, yet I still remained stuck in place. My heart beat rapidly, my breath quickened and everything around me slowed to a crawl. I drew my pistol. The last thing I remember was clearing leather and raising my
The most common state of catatonia, stupor, is characterized by a loss of all animation, and motionless, rigid, unchanging positions. People in a catatonic stupor will become sometimes become mute and stare into space, remaining still for sometimes hours or days, even until the hands and feet become blue and swollen (Carson, et al. 454). Trying to awaken a patient out of a catatonic stupor is virtually useless. Usually he or she will not acknowledge their surroundings, and will not respond to stimuli. Although during the stupor seems to be completely "out there" and unconnected to reality, some patients can even retell the accounts of the stupor and the reason, and what they were thinking at the time. One patient who remained motionless with one hand froze in the air, parallel to the ground, came out of the stupor explaining that the forces of the world were battling on the back of his hand. He was deathly afraid that if he tilted his hand he would give the evil force an unfair advantage (Carson, et al. 454).
Walking turned into a running, then running turned into a weak sprint. As I was running for my life, I lost feeling in my legs, all I could feel was the stomach churning growl coming from my stomach.
Everything suddenly becomes unfamiliar and I’m no longer comfortable in my own skin. I’m absolutely terrified and unable to collect thoughts properly. Tormenting-thoughts shoot left and right through my brain and after each hit I find my heart beating faster by the second. My chest becomes tight and it is hard to breathe. I’m paralyzed with fear; it is impossible to find the right words to say, and I have a sudden aura of loneliness. I am having a panic attack.
I felt my chest tense up almost like you are trying to catch your breath, but there is no air to breathe.The pencil in my hand slipped from the sweat. I looked at the clock there was five more minutes of class left and I had only answered five questions on my math test. My stomach felt like it was
Stress is not something to be avoided. Everyone feels stressed from time to time and it depends on people that may feel stress in different ways. Not all stress is bad but it depends on how peoples take it. The words “stress” is something all of us have experienced but it seems that there are many different definitions used by psychologist, medics, management consultants or others. Psychologists describe stress as “demands of life” which pointed out as “stressors” and stress is the cause of the worn out tissue of our body (Meenakshisundaram, 2012, p.101). Stress can be divided into four types which are eustress, acute stress, episodic acute stress and chronic stress (illustrated in Figure 1).
My mind was all muddled up and everything went topsy-turvy inside it. Yet, I remained still and silent. No one would ever imagine how I was feeling. There wasn't the cool atmosphere around me, nor the usual tranquility outside. My heart was pounding fast. I could hear the voice of my doctor saying that I had cancer and I could only live for a month.