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  What is Stress? Stress is the psychological, physiological, and behavioral response by an individual when they perceive a lack of equilibration between the expectation placed upon them and their ability to meet those expectations and challenges, which over a period of time, leads to ill health. Stress and Stressors •       Stress: Anindividual's response to a situation that are threatening or challenging. •       Stressor: A stimulus that causes stress. Types of Stress Stress is of two types •       Eustress : It is a good stress like getting into college, get in engaged, winning the lottery etc. •       Distress: stress from bad sources like difficult work environment, threat of personal injury, disease, clashes with boss etc. Stages of Stress There are three stages of Stress Alarm Stage Resistance Stage Exhaustion Stage Alarm Stage When an individualbegins to experience a stressful situation or perceiving something to be stressful t