Stress Can Be Positive Or Negative

Stress Can Be Positive Or Negative

Anything that is new evokes a stress response as the body and mind prepare to meet the unknown challenge. However, some events are associated with positive emotions while others engender negative emotions.

Examples of positive emotions are pleasure, enthusiasm, mastery, excitement, confidence, happiness, joy, love, and intellectual stimulation; negative emotions include fear, anxiety, hate, resentment, conflict, uncertainty, irritation, jealousy, frustration, guilt, rage, fury, boredom, and dissatisfaction.

Even joy and excitement mobilize the same adrenaline response as negative emotions but on the whole threshold is much higher (more joy and excitement are needed to produce the same adrenaline response). Positive feelings like pleasure and mastery can actually improve our resistance to stress, while negative feelings like uncertainty or dissatisfaction lower it.

What does positive and negative stress do to your creative energy?


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