stressor

But they missed a crucial and very big stressor if they want to compare it to a real space stay...

It’s a chronic crisis, a chronic stressor, and it affects the way people think.

Among the people I've known, pets are quite probably the biggest nonhuman financial stressor - bigger than cars.

(...) Unlike major depression the disorder is caused by an outside stressor and generally resolves once the individual is able to adapt to the situation.

But is there any reason for us to believe so, other than the observed correlation of some stressor with the onset of an episode?

Upon arriving to the laboratory, the initial social encounter with the researchers can act as a differential stressor yielding an increase in participants’ T levels.

They will work you out and I promise that there is no better de-stressor than punching a bag for an hour.

This is a much more realistic "on the job" stressor than being able to code out loud / on a white board.

If you want the scientific version of this, it's called "situational depression", is commonly (1 in 5 sufferers or so) connected with suicidal attempts or obsession, and is described thusly: An adjustment disorder (AD) (sometimes called exogenous, reactive, or situational depression) occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stressor, like a major life event.