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Companies are interested in learning more about eustress and its positive effects to increase productivity. Eustress creates a better environment for employees, which makes them perform better and cost less. [8] Occupational stress costs the United States somewhere in between 200 and 300 billion dollars per year. [11]
[62] [51] PTG has also been referred to in the literature as perceived benefits, positive changes, stress-related growth, and adversarial growth. [62] However, it is made clear that regardless of the terminology, it is based is positive mental changes, which is the essence of positive psychology.
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. [1] Stress is a form of psychological and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment.
The importance of homeostasis is to regulate the stress levels encountered on the body to reduce allostatic load. Dysfunctional allostasis causes allostatic load to increase which may, over time, lead to disease, sometimes with decompensation of the problem controlled by allostasis. Allostatic load effects can be measured in the body.
Glucose is the main energy source for human cells and its increase during time of stress is for the purpose of having energy readily available for over active cells. [12] Chronic stress is also known to be associated with an accelerated loss of telomeres in most but not all studies. [13] [14]
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An optimal level of stress is considered good because medical students develop coping abilities. [14] However, too much stress causes problems. Previous studies have reported that a significant percentage of medical students suffer anxiety disorders because stress has a strong relationship to emotional and behavioral problems. [8]