4 Types of Stress in Psychology : How to Control Stress?

Last Update on November 1, 2021 : Published on March 31, 2020

Aayushi Kapoor

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Doctors suggest that 90% of the diseases are caused due to stress. Stress is the one and only reason for increased disorders and improper mental wellbeing.

From this, we have concluded that “stress” is the only thing that should be completely eliminated from life. To eliminate stress completely from our lives, we should understand the types of stress.

Therefore, through this blog, we have highlighted “The 4 Types of Stress in Psychology”. Let’s get started.

What is Stress?

As per Psychology, stress is the psychological perception of pressure and the body’s response to the perceptions.

When stress helps you to boost your performance, it is known as eustress. But when the stress changes I frustration, anxiety, and the feeling of overwhelm impacts our mental wellbeing and causes strain to the mind and body which leads to various issues in the brain and body.

This type of stress can be defined as “negative stress” or “chronic stress”.

Types of Stress

Four Types of Stress in Psychology

As per psychologists, stress can be classified into four types:

1. Time stress

2. Anticipatory stress

3. Situational Stress

4. Encounter Stress

1. Time Stress

This type of stress is experienced when we tend to worry about time, things to do, lack of timing, or when we fail to achieve something.

Tips for Managing Time Stress:

Learn good time management skills
Make to-do lists
Set your priorities
Make better use of time
Balance important and urgent tasks
Learn to create more time in a day
Keep your focus intact

2. Anticipatory Stress

This type of stress is experienced when you are so much concerned about the future. For example, this stress can be associated with an upcoming task, presentation, or meeting in the office.

Tips for Managing Anticipatory Stress

Take the help of positive visualization techniques
Take the help of relaxation techniques like meditation
Build your self-confidence
Overcome fear of failure
Analyze all the possible outcomes

3. Situational Stress

This type of stress is experienced when you are in a scary position or when you have no control over your thoughts. It could be an emergency situation a well.

Tips for Managing Situational Stress

Learn self-awareness
Learn effective conflict solving skills
Think optimistically
Manage your emotions

4. Encounter Stress

This type of stress is experienced when you encounter stress while interacting with people or a certain group of people.

Tips for Managing Encounter Stress

Build emotional intelligence
Practice deep breathing exercises
Learn empathy
Build good relationships with people

How Stress Affects our Physical and Mental Wellbeing:

To under stress in a better way, we have classified all the stress and its impacts on a table. You may refer to the table to check the symptoms.

Physical	Mental	Emotional	Behavioral
Headache	Poor Connection	Agitation	Oversleeping or no sleep at all
Fatigue	Negative outlook	Depression	Social problems
Low sex drive	Low at productivity	Demotivation	Sudden outbursts
Skin Rashes	Confused	Aimless	Procrastination
High Blood Pressure	Burnout	Insecure	Frequent mishaps
Digestion Problems	Bad Judgment level	Anxious	Substance abuse
Poor Immunity	Constant Worrying	Intolerant	Fidgety

How to Control Stress?

Stress can’t be treated medically but can be controlled with a powerful mindset and positive thinking. Hence, below mentioned are the three best tips to control stress with hectic lifestyles.

1. Positive mindset

We have always been taught to look at the positive side. Therefore, Calm Sage suggests you stop dwelling into the past or negative thinking. Maintain a positive mindset which will eventually lead you to a positive lifestyle. For bringing positivity into your life, you can read positive books or you can also try yoga or meditation.

2. Mindfulness

Mindfulness means staying the present and living a healthy life with a non-judgmental thinking mindset. Mindfulness results in better decision-making, awareness and concentration level. To bring mindfulness in your life, you can read mindfulness books or you can try meditation. Mindfulness leads you to a positive and better life.

3. Assertiveness

When we say assertiveness, it means to learn to say “no”. Sometimes, it happens that due to pressure and relationship, we say yes to the steps or the things which we really do not wish to do.

Therefore, do not rush yourself into such situations and sit back, relax and take a deep breath. Learning to say no is very difficult, but we bet once you learn it, you will lead in a positive way.

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About The Author

Aayushi Kapoor

Aayushi is a Content creator at Calm Sage. By education, she is a food technologist and nutritionist in making. Her constant interest towards the improvement of mental health drawn her to write. She likes to make an asynchronous connection with her readers. Her mantra for living life is "What you seek is seeking you". Apart from this, she is a foodie and dog lover.