Stressed Out

Stress is a biological term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a human or animal body to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined.[1] It includes a state of alarm and adrenaline production, short-term resistance as a coping mechanism, and exhaustion. It refers to the inability of a human or animal body to respond. Common stress symptoms include irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physical reactions, such as headaches and accelerated heart rate.[2]

Stress in certain circumstances may be experienced positively. Eustress, for example, can be an adaptive response prompting the activation of internal resources to meet challenges and achieve goals.

The term is commonly used by laypersons in a metaphorical rather than literal or biological sense, as a catch-all for any perceived difficulties in life. It also became a euphemism, a way of referring to problems and eliciting sympathy without being explicitly confessional, just "stressed out". It covers a huge range of phenomena from mild irritation to the kind of severe problems that might result in a real breakdown of health. In popular usage almost any event or situation between these extremes could be described as stressful

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Oh boy can i respond to stress. I have not reach that level to be 'unable to respond or failure to respond due to stress' as defined by Wikipedia.com. How i wish stress can be like that. Where i just shut down and unable to respond. Life would be so much easier.

It has been one month since i joined MSD and life here is super stress. It's like being in a rat race. The environment here is face paced, often i find myself unable to catch my breath. No time to slow down and think of other things other than work. Every morning, emails just keep piling up. So much to follow up, so much to do. So many training to go through and so many tests and assessments to pass. I have become so assessment phobic that before any training starts, i ask the trainer if there is gonna be any tests that day. My nights are filled with reading, studying till wee hours in the morning, coffee and junk food to keep me awake and hot showers to de-stress me. I think if things goes on at this pace...i would be out of my mind soon and even fat, ugly and bloated due to lack of sleep, rest, too much junk food and no time to take care of myself. I can feel myself slowly slipping away...prone to falling ill any moment. At this very moment, i'm feeling a migraine attack coming up, dizziness in my head. God knows when i just gonna collapse. Life in MSD just isn't for the faint hearted or easy goer.

What are all the 5 groups of anti hypertension drugs avaiable? What are all the names of the ARB drugs? When to use Cozaar? When to use Hyzaar? What are Cozaar key indications? What is the BP goal? What is BP goal of diabetic patients? What about diabetic patients with proteinuria? What is the rr rate of ESRD in RENAAL? Imagine my boss asked me all this under 5 mins to which i stared at her dumb fond and blank. "All these information must be at your fingertips," she said. My heart stopped. I guess i will be the one getting hypertension soon. So much to memorized, so little time. Welcome to life in living hell.