Question

What is the difference between stress and eustress?

Answer 1

Answer:Eustress means beneficial stress—either psychological, physical (e.g. exercise), or biochemical/radiological (hormesis). ...

Eustress refers to a positive response one has to a stressor, which can depend on one's current feelings of control, desirability, location, and timing of the stressor.

Explanation:

Stress is simply the body's response to changes that create taxing demands. The previously mentioned Dr. Lazarus (building on Dr. Selye's work) suggested that there is a difference between eustress, which is a term for positive stress, and distress, which refers to negative stress.