Reblogged from PPC PRIVATE PSYCHOTHERAPY AND CARE IN ENGLAND LONDON - SENIOR CBT PSYCHOTHERAPIST DR.FAWZY MASAOUD:

Chronic stress occurs where an individual is subject to successive stress producing events, e.g. a battered wife in a domestic situation. While violence might only occur occasionally, its prospect is always close at hand.

Acute stress arises from more catastrophic events which are sudden and immediate (e.g. death of a spouse or child, personal injury or illness, divorce, etc.)

In this case, even though the actual cause of stress could be sudden and short lived, its effects could persist for a long time.

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DEFINE:CHRONIC&ACUTE STRESS