... stressors. Is stress a stimulus or a response, or a mixture of the two? By which I mean is it something that makes us something else, or does it only comes into play after an event? It can be used to describe a situation, object or a person or any other living thing causing stress, so one can only assume these all cause varying types and levels off stress- nothing can be pin-pointed. And what exactly do we mean by the illnesses caused by stress- there's so many kinds- mild infections, disease, and common everyday ailments. Other things could effect this, for example genetics and lifestyle, not just stress, so how can it be effectively measured? Everybody is different and so would perceive so-called 'stressful' events very differently, depending on a range of factors, internal, such as mental stability, or external, everyday things like financial situations. Of course practises and ...

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