Reflective Essay On Acute Stress

“Acute stress is an immediate problem. Not doing well on a test. This is normal and short term stress. Chronic stress is unabated stress that is long term. A difficult job can be chronic stressors.” said Hall (2011)

Firstly, according to Scott (2014), acute stress is a period during which it is possible to untangle, collect thoughts and get back to normal. Acute stress is experienced in response to an immediate perceived threat, either physical, emotional or psychological. Acute stress is actually exciting and thrilling in small doses but too much can make you feel exhausted. That is same with running, running beyond your maximum can lead to falls and exhaustions. By the same token, overdoing on acute stress can lead to emotional anguish,

And then talk about my chronic stress.

In this summer holiday, I worked at an office. Although I received a high income in this job, the workloads were very high and works were very strict. Since it was my first time to work in office and I was not good at office relationship which made me so nervous and worry. And I worked very carefully. But the thing was not going well.

One time, my boss called me to finish three tasks before that day 6 p.m. and that time was 4 p.m. I was shocked since I knew my ability was not capable to finish on time. My hands were shaking and sweating while my heartbeat fastened. Although I wanted to finish on time with high quality, I had made some mistakes in that time. It made my working speed became slower. As time went by, I was far from finish. My nervousness got more serious time by time. And I was under stress. At 5 p.m. I still had one task did not finish, I was scared that my boss would sack me when I was not finished on time. I started to seek help but all my colleagues were busy. I felt anxious. At 6 p.pm. My boss did not come back on time, I continuous to finish all the works. It was thankful that I had finish all the records before my boss came