Question

In your opinion, does any one source of stress or related type of stressor seem more amenable to using the more involved, but permanent solution of enactive strategy? If so, what source of stress or type of stress is that? Why?

Answer 1

• Enactive Strategy
  • The best way to manage stress is to minimize or eliminate stressors.
  • These create, or enact, a new environment for the individual that does not contain the stressors.

Types of Stressors

• Acute Time-Limited Stressors
  • Acute time-limited stressors are ones given in a controlled environment
  • Enactive Strategy could be applied here.
    
• Brief Naturalistic Stressors
  • Brief naturalistic stressors are ones that occur naturally in your environment such as taking a test.
  • Enactive strategy cannot be fully utilized as these are naturally occurring phenomenon.

• Stressful Events Sequences
  • Stressful events sequences happen when there is a traumatic event that causes additional stressors.
  • Enactive Strategy could be applied here.

• Chronic Stressors
  • Chronic stressors are situations that happen that force you to change your identity or social roles.
  • Enactive Strategy cannot be applied here; however support groups could help.

• Distant Stressors
  • Distant stressors are stress that happened a long time ago but continue to affect your immune system negatively because of emotional and cognitive issues.
    • Child abuse
    • Prisoner of war
    • Loss of a loved one
    • War trauma
  • Enactive strategy cannot be fully utilized as these are ingrained in the memory of an individual.