Definition of "eustress" [eustress]

• A healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress. (noun)

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• "Selye 1974, 1978 uses the two separate terms eustress and distress to distinguish between positive and negative life consequences of stress for the individual, even though chemically the two forms of stress are exactly the same."
• "Some stress, called eustress, can be good for the body, such as the stress involved in winning the lottery and trying to figure out how to spend the winnings."
• "There are two types of stress, positive stress, sometimes called eustress, and negative stress."