When people think of stress, they usually think of it as a bad thing, certainly not a good thing, but stress can actually be beneficial. Stress is classified into three types: Eustress, Neustress and Anxiety. They differ in how they affect a person or individual. Let’s tackle them one by one.
Eustress is the good kind of stress. It is stress that gives motivation and inspiration. This stress arises from many situations. For example, being promoted or winning a new job puts some stress on the person in that they will have to adjust to new working conditions and create new relationships with new co-workers along with job performance expectations. However, it is a good stress because it gives you motivation to do your job well and the promotion or job offer itself serves as a reward or reward for the hard work you have put in.
The second type of stress is anxiety. It is basically the complete opposite of Eustress in terms of its effect on an individual. This type of stress causes harmful effects to a person and is what people usually refer to when they talk about stress. If someone is talking about stress, they are almost always concerned with negative distress. Anxiety causes despair, sorrow and sadness or, more simply, it disturbs the balance of the body. An example of a stressor that can cause distress is the death of a spouse, major medical difficulties, or some major loss of property or position. At its worst, it will certainly cause grievance and depression and often it will be a life-changing event.
The last type of stressor is called neustress. Neustress comes from the prefix ‘neu’ meaning neutral and is basically a type of stress found in the neutral reaction zone. It is a stress that does not cause any particular damage or injury to the individual to the extent that it causes distress. Nor is it necessarily a positive or motivating change stress.
For example, imagine a person in a store listening to someone else’s conversation. That person may be discussing her child’s illness or misfortune or even death with her friend. While a person may react and feel sympathy for the person in question, it will only last moments and will not affect the person in a negative or positive way, certainly not in the same way or to the same extent that knowing the person concerned would affect him and therefore It is considered a neutral impact. In a nutshell, think of it like a judge hearing a murder case, the judge doesn’t take sides but just looks at the facts and decides what is right and fair.
However, the ultimate impact of the types of stress you are experiencing comes down to how you perceive or view the stressor, in light of your own opinions and worldview. What hardly affects one person but has a great impact on another. Whether you take an event as good, bad, or neutral is… well… at the end of the day… it’s up to you.