Stress and Health

Jerry Angelini
Health & Wellness Director, Two Bunch Palms Resort and Spa

Stress is the current catch-all term being used to indicate a range of experiences including, but not limited to, exhaustion, frustration, pressure, a sense of being overwhelmed, feeling inundated, beleaguered, annoyed, anxious, worn-out, hassled, etc.  Interestingly, the term as it is used today was developed by accidental translation, approximately 75 years ago.  Hans Selye, MD, a Hungarian doctor, was attempting to describe the generalized and specific adaptive responses which occur within the body and mind when exposed to short-term and long-term internal or external forces, or stressors.

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