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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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.
Dr. Mengele was truly a smart man. He studied medicine and psychology throughout his lifetime, most of these experiences were at the Frankfurt University (9). Little did people known that Josef Mengele was actually hired simply to study heredity in twins. The Nazi army enlisted Mengele during his last years studying at the Frankfurt University.(5)With his expertise in the medical field the SS really believed he could find the key to heredity, which they believed would win them the war. With the extensive capabilities Mengele had, he was able to extensively research throughout hundreds of experiments. Mengele experimented and tested ideas to his hearts content, on the countless amounts of Jewish prisoners.
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Dr.Mengele was a Nazi doctor and scientist that did many studies on the twins of the camps; he essentially used Auschwitz as his own personal laboratory. Twins in the camp were his prime victims, one was used as the control and the other was used for testing and experimental factors. Many of these twins were murdered during or after the experiments. Mengele would perform extreme surgeries without any anesthetic. Other experiments ranged from lethal injections, chemical testing, castration, pressure chambers and exposure to other extreme traumas (“Angel of Death”). Eva Mozes Kor and her twin Miriam Mozes were survivors of Dr.Mengele’s experiments. Eva explains how she and her sister were discovered by Mengele in the camps.
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
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Lagnado, Lucette, and Sheila Cohn Dekel. Children of the flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the untold story
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
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).
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