Definition of Stress and Crisis

Stress is a universal sensation or feeling. Everyone has had a variety of pleasant subjective emotional and bodily changes that reflect their presence.

A state caused by a change in one's environment that is perceived as challenging, threatening, or harmful to one's dynamic equilibrium.

• Coping is a strategy that a person employs to deal with stressful situations that they encounter, perceive, and interpret.
• Coping is an individual's attempt to control psychological stress.
• Dealing effectively with a problem or a situation is a common definition of coping.

Some of the techniques of coping with stress are:
Although there are several ways to manage stress, the relaxation technique is the most popular. It induces physiologic modifications, lessens the psycho-physiological effects of stress, and fosters a sense of physical and mental well-being.

Some methods for managing stress include:

• Calming technique
• Training in biofeedback.
• Programs for reducing stress.
• Creation of a logical life philosophy.
• Management of time.

Sources of stress :

• Virus and bacterium attacks.
• Sports contests.
• Trauma(injury, burns etc) (injury, burns etc.)
• Social exclusion
• Natural catastrophes
• Social and family relationships that are disruptive.

Factors which may causes stress-

• Physical factors :
  Physical factors: Which may cause harm to health, including poison, heat, cold, radiation, low atmospheric pressure, drugs, etc.
• Psychological factors:
  Psychological stress refers to all processes, whether they start inside the person or in the world outside of them. The central nervous system and the brain are first impacted by psychological factors.
• Socio-cultural factors :
  Developmental issues may result from environmental and social pressures. Long-term poverty and physical impairment are potential stresses that could affect any age group but are particularly distressing for young people. When a parent or caregiver dies, gets divorced, goes to jail, or loses their relationship with them due to mental illness or substance abuse, children are especially vulnerable. Furthermore, living in an environment of ongoing violence, decaying neighborhoods, or homelessness is harmful for everyone, but young people in particular.
• Ecological factor:
  Ecology is characterized as the area of biology that examines how organisms and their surroundings interact. The ecology, for instance, may become unbalanced as a result of war. Disease and war are closely related. Epidemic illnesses like cholera and plague may be brought on by war.
• Occupational factors:
  Some jobs are more stressful than others, and occupational factors can result from a job. Promotions, transfers, downsizing, restructuring, changes in supervisors, and the addition of new responsibilities can all be stressful job changes.

Stress factors during hospitalization:

• Unfamiliarity of the environment
• Independence loss
• Financial difficulty
• Divorce from your spouse or family
• Information deficit Medication issue
• Separation from others

• Coping is a strategy that a person employs to deal with stressful situations that they face, perceive, and interpret.
• Coping is an individual's attempt to control psychological stress.
• Dealing effectively with a problem or a circumstance is a common definition of coping.

Although there are several ways to manage stress, the relaxation technique is the most popular. It induces physiologic modifications, lessens the psycho-physiological effects of stress, and fosters a sense of physical and mental well-being.

Some methods for managing stress include:

• Calming technique
• Training in biofeedback.
• Programs for reducing stress.
• Creation of a logical life philosophy.
• Management of time.

Sources of Stress:

• Virus and bacterium attacks.
• Sports contests.
• Trauma(injury, burns etc) (injury, burns etc.)
• Social exclusion
• Natural catastrophes
• Social and family relationships that are disruptive.

Factors Which May Causes Stress-

• Physical Factors:
  • Injurious substances to health include poison, heat, cold, radiation, low atmospheric pressure, drugs, etc.
• Psychological Factors:
  • All processes that cause psychological stress are included, regardless of whether they start inside the person or in the environment. The central nervous system and the brain are first impacted by psychological factors.
• Socio-cultural Factors:
  • Developmental issues may result from environmental and social pressures. Long-term poverty and physical impairment are potential stresses that could affect any age group but are particularly distressing for young people. When a parent or caregiver dies, gets divorced, goes to jail, or loses their relationship with them due to mental illness or substance abuse, children are especially vulnerable. Furthermore, living in an environment of ongoing violence, decaying neighborhoods, or homelessness is harmful for everyone, but young people in particular.
• Ecological Factor:
  • Ecology is characterized as the area of biology that examines how organisms and their surroundings interact. The ecology, for instance, may become unbalanced as a result of war. Disease and war are intimately related. Epidemic illnesses like cholera and plague may be brought on by war.
• Occupational Factors:
  • Some jobs are more stressful than others, and occupational factors can result from a job. Promotions, transfers, downsizing, restructuring, changes in supervisors, and the addition of new responsibilities can all be stressful job changes.

Stress Factors During Hospitalization:

• Unfamiliarity of the environment.
• Loss of individuality
• Financial difficulty
• Apart from the family or spouse.
• Lack of knowledge.
• Prescription medication issue
• Separation from others.

Crisis is a state of disequilibrium caused by the interaction of an event, an individual's or family's coping mechanisms that are insufficient to meet the demands of the situation, and the individual's or family's perception of the event's meaning.

The following are characteristics often found in individuals who are regarded as being more susceptible to crisis:

• Dissatisfaction with one's job or lack thereof.
• Unresolved crisis history
• Substance abuse history.
• Low self-worth and unworthiness.
• Having trouble handling commonplace situations.
• Aloofness and carelessness.

Types of Crisis:

• Maturation Crisis

A maturation crisis is a stage in a person’s life where adjustment and adaptation to new responsibilities and life patterns are necessary.

• Situational Crisis

A situational crisis is one that is precipitated by an unanticipated stressful event that creates disequilibrium by threatening one’s sense of biological, social or psychological integrity.

• Social Crisis

Social crisis is accidental, uncommon, and unanticipated and results in multiple losses and radical environmental changes, social crises include natural disasters like floods, mass killings, contamination of large area by toxic wars, etc.