AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Distress is stress that negatively affects you and eustress is stress that has a positive effect on you. Eustress is what energizes us and motivates us to make a change. It gives us a postive outlook and makes us capable of overcoming obstacles and sickness.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is distress? Distress is the most commonly known type of stress. It is a negative stress that causes feelings of worry, fear or anxiety. Distress is typically caused by negative experiences and situations, such as losing a job or when a family member is diagnosed with an illness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Distress occurs when stress is severe, prolonged, or both. The concepts of stress and distress can be distinguished from that of welfare, in that an adaptive and beneficial stress response may occur against a backdrop of a transient negative emotional state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stress that’s left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.