Greater susceptibility to infection after prolonged stress. Different individuals may be predisposed to respond to stress in particular ways. As a result some people may develop ulcers while others may end up with high blood pressure. Adaptive significance of the changes in the body which mobilize resources necessary for fight or flight. Maladaptiveness of increased arousal when it can't be dissipated via physical activity.
Stressed individuals are often in a permanent state of increased arousal.
Role of physical exercise in decreasing arousal. Role of cognitions and interpretations. What may be an unbearable stress to one person may be a challenge to another. Lazarus incorporates the process of psychological appraisal. Subjective experience of stress is based on the balance between primary and secondary appraisal.