Eustress

Word EUSTRESS
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Eustress is good stress. Stress is simply an external stimulus, eustress is the feeling you get when overcome with the excitement and anticipation of a desired outcome.Eustress was first introduced by Hans Selye MD, an endocrinologist. Eustress is defined as "stress that is healthy, or gives one a feeling of fulfillment or other positive feelings. Eustress is a process of exploring potential gains" Urban Dictionary

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The word "eustress" in example sentences

Selye 1974, 1978 uses the two separate terms eustress and distress to distinguish between positive and negative life consequences of stress for the individual, even though chemically the two forms of stress are exactly the same. ❋ KARL ALBRECHT (1979)

There are two types of stress, positive stress, sometimes called eustress, and negative stress. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some stress, called eustress, can be good for the body, such as the stress involved in winning the lottery and trying to figure out how to spend the winnings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hans Selye, who laid the foundations of stress science in the 1930s, believed so strongly in good stress that he coined a word, "eustress," for it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Prof. Len Zaichkowsky of the sports-psychology program at Boston University School of Medicine and School of Education compares the "eustress," or good stress characteristics, of spectating to the stress-relieving benefits associated with sexual activity. ❋ Skip Sauer (2010)

Sometimes this beneficial stress is referred to as "eustress". ❋ Adityagawade (2010)

In respect to energy maintenance and balance, eustress and distress have very different effects on the body. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They attend to their internal dialog, continually searching for the most efficient and powerful ways to speak to themselves (i.e., looking to create eustress interpretations). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The two types of stress are known as: eustress and distress. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This type of stress is considered to be eustress: it doesn't feel good, but there's a perspective that allows for clarity, optimism, and growth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Feeling recovered can have a tremendous impact on the quality of your ability to negotiate between eustress and distress interpretations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It seems like a natural extension to spend and recuperate energy in the most efficient manner possible: by creating eustress scenarios. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The eustress of [the moment] [overcame] him with passion as he contemplated [the realization] of his goals ❋ Sales Manager (2009)

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