High Stress IELTS Listening and Reading Practice High Stress IELTS Listening and Reading Practice Lecturer, author or publisher: Sharon Horesh Bergquist on TED-Ed Selected Text (below 500 words) Source: American Psychological Association Stress is often described as a feeling of being overwhelmed, worried or run-down. Stress can affect people of all ages, genders and circumstances and can lead to both physical and psychological health issues. By definition, stress is any uncomfortable "emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes." Some stress can be beneficial at times, producing a boost that provides the drive and energy to help people get through situations ...
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The damaging effects of chronic stress and anxiety are unbelievable. They negatively affect almost everything in your body and gradually ruin your mental and physical health.
The upsetting part is that many people are aware of the dangers of continuous stress, yet they don’t take any action to overcome it.
You’re absolutely right. I wish stress could act like physical pains, forcing us to take immediate action to eradicate its source or relieve it.
5. What is the definition of stress as stated in the selected text?
4. What does the following expression imply? [Time 1:49]
3. Does chronic stress affect our waistline? How?
We will surely discuss any possible correlation between chronic stress and our waistline. Thank you for the question.
2. How does stress affect stomach’s function?
As you mentioned, stress has direct effect on the functionality of the digestive system. We will discuss it in more depth in the online class.
I think that controlling our stress is one of the hardest things that some body or a person could do in his entire life because stress is overwhelming and I think that sometimes the level of stress could be so much overwhelming inside of us. Sometimes stress could be beneficial at times, producing a boost that provides the drive and energy to help people get through situations like exams or work deadlines. However, an extreme amount of stress can have health consequences and adversely affect the immune, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and central nervous systems.
Your comment was extraordinary and far ahead of your age! Congrats, Soroosh! We will discuss your relevant points in the class.
1. Do you think insomnia causes stress?
Such a good question, although the answer is already clear.