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WHAT	   IS	   STRESS	   













                   §  Stress	   is	   the	   body’s	   911	   system.	   




                   §  Stress	   in	   and	   of	   itself	   is	   neither	   posi+ve	   nor	   nega+ve.	   





                   §  It	   is	   our	   percep+on	   of	   that	   sCmulus	   which	   determines	   


                       whether	   a	   situaCon	   is	   stressful.	   	   	   





                   §  Some	   event	   that	   is	   exciCng	   and	   pleasurable	   to	   one	   person	   


                       may	   be	   painfully	   stressful	   to	   another.	   	   
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