Vibedoc 2011 | Live Brave

A good definition of stress, which summarizes its relationship with decision making, is that stress is a demand made upon the adaptive capacities of the mind and body. The idea is if these capacities can handle the demand and enjoy the stimulation involved, then stress is welcome and helpful.

The definition shows that stress can be both good and bad, it is our reaction to stress that matters, and if our capacities are good we will respond well. Thus, the effectiveness of a decision maker under stress depends on his/her capacities (Thinking and Decision Making Under Stress (online)).

The degree to which an individual becomes stressed differs and the way in which stress is manifest for an individual differs (you may not experience all of these symptoms). It is important to emphasize that exposure to stressors does not necessarily produce negative effects, particularly in personnel who have had prior exposure to these circumstances.

• Serious threat to important values and goals, life, health, environment;

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If we are starting to see this kind of thing in the cartoon forum, I guess we had better pay a little more attention to what is going on, and why it's so prevelant.

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The Brain

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:24:07 -0400

A simple understanding of brain wave patterns and their accompanying emotional states are as follows;

Delta - Deep to light sleep Delta 1 (Deep), Delta 2 (Movement), Delta 3 (Light)

Theta - REM and Dream states (memories, unresolved trama, night terrors, feelings associated to imagry

Alpha - Relaxed but alert (also meditative states)

Beta - High Alert/ Arousal (also agitiation and anger)