The Anatomy of Stress
What is stress? What can you consider stress? How are we affected by it? Are there severities to it? Can it affect our health? Can we manage it? These are a few of the large number of questions we have about the topic. For us to be able to manage stress, we need to know how it works. The solution cannot be obtained if the problem is not known.
Stress is a normal response to events where you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger, your body reacts in what is called the fight or flight reaction. This reaction triggers a short burst of adrenaline that lets you do things way beyond your capacity. While this can be helpful, too much of it leads to the deterioration of health, mood, work, relationships, and the overall quality of life.
Since our body cannot distinguish between the physical and psychological threats around us it can be easy for us to get stressed because of a busy schedule, an argument, a traffic jam, a mountain of bills, etc. For some of the occasion this can be helpful since we will be able to work faster, harder and concentrate more, the problem is when it turns into what we call chronic stress. Chronic stress is the long term exposure to events and situations where the bodys fight-or-flight mechanism is taken into overdrive.
Chronic stress is the state of stress that causes the more serious health problems. It causes blood pressure to rise, suppresses the immune system, increases the risk of cardiac arrest, contribute to infertility, and speed up the aging process. Chronic stress is also commonly associated with anxiety and depression.
A stressed person may display unusual emotional and behavioral characteristics. Some of the signs include memory problems, loss of focus, poor judgment, moodiness, irritability, agitation, depression, sleeping disturbances or difficulties, chest pains, and a whole lot more. Collective symptoms may indicate other disorders. If you happen to have more than one of them, visit your doctor on the next available opportunity.
Stress has many negative effects. But with the right attitude and a few stress-management techniques, we can handle stress. Stress is often unavoidable. It is up to us as to how high our stress levels can get. By knowing how stress works, it is easier for us to face it head on and not let it go out of control.
Stress is a normal response to events where you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger, your body reacts in what is called the fight or flight reaction. This reaction triggers a short burst of adrenaline that lets you do things way beyond your capacity. While this can be helpful, too much of it leads to the deterioration of health, mood, work, relationships, and the overall quality of life.
Since our body cannot distinguish between the physical and psychological threats around us it can be easy for us to get stressed because of a busy schedule, an argument, a traffic jam, a mountain of bills, etc. For some of the occasion this can be helpful since we will be able to work faster, harder and concentrate more, the problem is when it turns into what we call chronic stress. Chronic stress is the long term exposure to events and situations where the bodys fight-or-flight mechanism is taken into overdrive.
Chronic stress is the state of stress that causes the more serious health problems. It causes blood pressure to rise, suppresses the immune system, increases the risk of cardiac arrest, contribute to infertility, and speed up the aging process. Chronic stress is also commonly associated with anxiety and depression.
A stressed person may display unusual emotional and behavioral characteristics. Some of the signs include memory problems, loss of focus, poor judgment, moodiness, irritability, agitation, depression, sleeping disturbances or difficulties, chest pains, and a whole lot more. Collective symptoms may indicate other disorders. If you happen to have more than one of them, visit your doctor on the next available opportunity.
Stress has many negative effects. But with the right attitude and a few stress-management techniques, we can handle stress. Stress is often unavoidable. It is up to us as to how high our stress levels can get. By knowing how stress works, it is easier for us to face it head on and not let it go out of control.
About the Author:
Johnson Star, certified behavioral consultant (USA) used to be always under stress. Just 5 years ago, he was exposed to behavioral handlement and has discovered many techniques to handle stress effectively. For additional detailed instructions on stress handlement, be sure to visit http://www.managingstresssecrets.com, and get your FREE 10-day mini-ecourse right now.
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