Love Never Faileth by Eknath Easwaran

Author:Eknath Easwaran [Easwaran, Eknath]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nilgiri Press
Published: 2014-03-28T07:00:00+00:00

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In particular, having fewer likes and dislikes provides immense protection from stress. This is a popular subject today. Courses in stress reduction and management are increasingly attractive, as more and more people learn what damage a stressful life can do. But there is a good deal of confusion, even disagreement among experts, as to what the word stress should mean; so it is important here to be clear. According to Dr. Hans Selye, the “father of stress research,” stress is the body’s nonspecific response to a real or perceived threat. “Nonspecific” means that defense mechanisms (such as the fight-or-flight reaction) are triggered all over the body – unlike, say, the response to a bee sting, which is usually specific to the area that has been stung. You can imagine the damage these mechanisms can do to the body’s major organs when stress becomes chronic.

What provokes the stress response? Broadly, there are two kinds of stressors. One kind is environmental, physiological, physical; the other is psychological. Dr. Selye says:

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