> > "Eustress can be defined as a pleasant > > or curative stress." > > Curtis wrote: > You are destroying the integrity of the > word "stress" as well as the word > "Eustress." Name one way that the > practice of TM can be considered stress. > Have you ever heard of the word 'unstress'?
People who practice TM meditation have reported all kinds of stress during meditation - you only have to read a few of these messages on FFL. But people have also reported many instances of stress relief from practicing TM. The key concept here is that unrelieved stress can be pathological. So, even if some people report stressfull experiences in mediation, the overall end result is stress relief. But, TM in itself is just a very subtle form of stress, what Selye called 'eu-stress; stress that is curative. I know it sounds paradoxical to say that TM relieves stress by causing stress, but this is just the general adaption syndrome. Sometimes you have to use a thron to remove a thorn! > Me playing guitar at a show for hours is > an example of "Eustress." It is effort > and stress on me, but it makes me feel > great. > Maybe so. > In contrast taking a nap also makes me > feel great, but it is not eustress just > because it makes me feel good. > Maybe so. > You can start with these definitions or > provide a source of your own: > Thanks for the definions, Curtis, but you failed to define either 'eu-stress' or 'unstress', so I think I'll go with this definition of 'eu-stress': "Eustress can be defined as a pleasant or curative stress." Source: What is stress: http://tinyurl.com/3wz98u "Selye conceptualized the physiology of stress as having two components: a set of responses he called the general adaptation syndrome, and the development of a pathological state from ongoing, unrelieved stress." Read more: Hans Selye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Selye > 1. Importance or significance attached to > a thing; emphasis: to lay stress upon good > manners. > > 2. Phonetics. emphasis in the form of > prominent relative loudness of a syllable > or a word as a result of special effort in > utterance. > > 3. Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables > in a metrical pattern; beat. > > 4.emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat. > > 5.the physical pressure, pull, or other force > exerted on one thing by another; strain. > > 6. Mechanics. > a. the action on a body of any system of > balanced forces whereby strain or deformation > results. > b.the amount of stress, usually measured in > pounds per square inch or in pascals. > c. a load, force, or system of forces producing > a strain. > d. the internal resistance or reaction of an > elastic body to the external forces applied > to it. > e. the ratio of force to area. > > 7. Physiology. a specific response by the > body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that > disturbs or interferes with the normal > physiological equilibrium of an organism. > > 8. physical, mental, or emotional strain or > tension: Worry over his job and his wife's > health put him under a great stress. > > 9. a situation, occurrence, or factor > causing this: The stress of being trapped > in the elevator gave him a pounding headache. > > 10. Archaic. strong or straining exertion. > verb (used with object) > > 11.to lay stress on; emphasize. > > 12.Phonetics. to pronounce (a syllable or a > word) with prominent loudness: Stress the > first syllable of "runner." Stress the second > word in "put up with." Compare accent (def. 18). > > 13. to subject to stress or strain. > > 14.Mechanics. to subject to stress. > > > Judy wrote: > > > No, TM isn't Selye's "eustress," nor is > > > unstressing Selye's "eustress." > > >
