Stress experienced
in everyday life may come in different forms. Your experience of stress can be
past, current, and future.
Past
stress—also known as “residual stress”—is stress from the past that you have
not overcome completely despite the passage of time.
Current
stress is a “current state of arousal” caused by an existing
situation that requires your immediate attention but that you do not enjoy
addressing it.
Future
stress is “anticipatory stress” or worry about what might happen in the future.
Residual stress can lead to future stress, passed on from unpleasant past
experiences.
Perceptions
of stress are generally based on the following: the more you care and value
about something, the more stress you have; the more choices and options
available to you, the less stress you have; the more conscientious you are, the
greater is your stress; the more enjoyment you have, the less stress you have;
and the more responsibility you have, the greater is your stress.
But
stress may also affect your vision health, given that the mind and the body are
inter-connected, and that your vision is also affected by what is happening in
your mind.
William
Shakespeare once said: “There is nothing either good
or bad, but thinking makes it so.” John Milton, the famous English poet,
also had this to say: “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make Heaven
of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” Both spoke volumes of the perceptions of
stress.
That is
to say, stress is all in the mind—your thinking mind. The bottom
line: empower your mind to live a stress-free life as if everything is
a miracle.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
NO
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