Research has shown that stress can sometimes be positive. This situation called ‘eustress’. Eustress helps the person rise to a challenge and can be an antidote to boredom because it engages focused energy.
However, stress has only been found to be beneficial if it is short-lived. Excessive or prolonged stress can lead to illness such as heart disease and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
Stress is the way human beings react both physically and mentally to changes, events, and situations in their lives (called a ‘stressor’).
What counts as a ‘stressor’ can vary hugely from person to person and differs according to his or her social and economic circumstances, the environment he lives in, genetic makeup and physiology.
Exercise is one of the most important things that can be done to combat stress. It might seem contradictory, but putting physical stress on the body through exercise can relieve mental stress.
Mental stress
