Stress
What is stress?
Stress, Anxiety, Psychological and Emotional pressures affect all of us in our daily lives.
Stress is your body response to change. It a very individual thing. A situation that one person finds stressful may not bother someone else. For example, one person
may become tense when driving; another person may find driving a source of relaxation and joy.
Something that causes fear in some people, such as rock climbing, maybe fun for others. There no way to say that one thing is stressful? Because everyone different. Not all stress is bad, either. Speaking to a group or watching a close football game can be stressful, but they can be fun, too. Life would be dull without some stress.
The key is to manage stress properly, because unhealthy responses to it may lead to health problems in some people.
Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings. As a positive influence, stress can help compel us to action; it can result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective.
As a negative influence, it can result in feelings of distrust, rejection, anger, and depression, which in turn can lead to health problems such as headaches, upset stomach, rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.
With the death of a loved one, the birth of a child, a job promotion, or a new relationship, we experience stress as we readjust our lives. In so adjusting to different circumstances, stress will help or hinder us depending on how we react to it.
How does stress make you feel?
- It can make you feel angry, afraid, excited or helpless.
- It can make it hard to sleep.
- It can give you aches in your head, neck, jaw and back.
- It can lead to habits like smoking, drinking, overeating or drug abuse.
- You may not even feel it at all, even though your body suffers from it.
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