Two types of stressors and solutions

As a subdivision, I need to make the distinction between the two types of stressor: physical and psychological. To try and make this a bit clearer, I have created a list of the type of stressors I am talking about, and the likely effects that they have.

1: Examples of physical stressors that create a healthy response:


Exercise
Competitive sport.
Massage**
Sauna
Moderate alcohol consumption
Singing
Bungee jumping
Rock climbing
Roller-coaster rides

2: Examples of psychological stressors that create a healthy stress
response:


Your football team winning
Passing an exam
Clinching a successful business deal
Organising an enjoyable social evening
A tight sales deadline - but not too tight
Giving a well-received lecture
A busy shift in Accident and Emergency with no one dying
Being Prime Minister

3: Examples of physical stressors that create an unhealthy stress response:


Excessive, intense, forced exercise in adverse conditions, e.g. working deep below the ground in a coal mine in Russia
Extreme environmental change/rapid alteration in temperature
Being a fighter-jet pilot
Rheumatoid arthritis
Cocaine use
Smoking
Eating under pressure
Major trauma/surgery
Spinal cord injury
Steroid use
Disease of the hormonal system
- Cushing's disease (too much cortisol)
- Phaechromocytoma (too much adrenaline)
- Diabetes (too much blood sugar)
- Acromegaly (too much growth hormone)


4: Examples of psychological stressors that create an unhealthy stress
response:


Bullying boss
Suffering racism
Being 'dislocated' from the surrounding population/culture
Money worries, long-term debt
Low status in social hierarchy
Poor social network
Non-supportive, unloving or abusive spouse
Football team losing
Getting caught in an earthquake (though this is a physical stressor too)
Getting up on Monday morning
Forced emigration/social dislocation
The number four

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