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The Damaging Effects Stress has on Your Health
Stress is
something everyone suffers from in their lives, be it teenagers, adults
or children. Sometimes stress arises from situations that could have
been avoided and most of the time, stress can be reduced through
meditation, exercise and relaxation. However, though stress can be
reduced, it is always better to avoid taking on too much stress on
yourself as it proves to be very bad for your health. Stress is
something that affects your body just like food and exercise do. Stress
can sometimes help you face challenges and problems, and in other times,
make things worse. It all depends upon you and how well you handle
stress. To handle stress, you have to first know its source and know
your stress management options so that you can adopt the best option for
stress management for you.
You know
when you are stressed, when you come up against something that
irritates, scares, or angers you. Sometimes, stress can also make you
nervous or pissed off, wherein a part of the brain tends to shoot stress
hormones into your body. With this, you find changes in your body's
functions. The heart starts beating faster, palms start sweating, knots
form in your stomach and sometimes, you also find a lump in your throat.
These feelings can either make you drowsy, or wired; it depends upon
you. Some people tend to get more upset with these feelings so that more
stress hormones are released wherein the body is upset. This in turn
leads to another distress message being sent to the brain and again,
stress hormones are released. This ends up as a vicious stress cycle.
It is
necessary to have stress hormones in the body as it is these hormones
that warn the human body of incoming danger. With a racing heart, you
are ready to speed away from danger. The jumpy nerves you get before an
exam, a competition or interview help you put more efforts into your
preparations. However like all of these things, too much stress is too
bad for you. The main thing you have to know is how to break this cycle,
and this is the meaning of stress management. It is ok if your stress
responses are short where you are only warned of danger. However, if
they continue to stay in you, it can lead to harm, you tend to become
lousy, and develop a bad attitude with stress, you tend to become a real
drag when experiencing too much stress, and worst of all, stress can
make you unhappy and prevent you from doing what you can and would do to
have the type of life you have always wanted. Sometimes, stress can
bring about illness, as the body becomes weak under stress. People get a
cold or infection because of stress; and this is another reason stress
tends to be bad for your health.
Even
overdriving or exerting yourself can lead to stress. This is because
with over exertion, the body does not have enough time to fix broken and
tired cells. This leads to negative effects on your health as well. With
overexertion and stress, many people tend to turn to tobacco, alcohol or
drugs for solace. This is a very bad move as all of these things are
toxins, which end up destroying the healthy cells of the body, causing
disease. In times of stress, many people tend to end up binge eating and
bingeing results in obesity. Some people eat more chocolates and some,
greasy, salty foods. This is very bad for your health as it only leads
to an increase in weight, and the penultimate consequence of stress is
depression. Many people cannot tolerate stress and end up depressed,
which makes them moody, sad and they end up crying on a daily basis.
It is
always better to avoid stress; and if stress does start, it is better to
try some stress management tactics before it becomes bad on your health.
If you're feeling stressed out, exercise; go to the gym, take a walk, go
hiking. If you would rather relax to relieve stress then go to the beach
or get a massage, read a book or take in some culture and instead of
focusing on how stressed you are go to a museum and take in the beauty
of what human beings are capable of creating or take a class and learn
how to create something yourself; use your mind, expand your knowledge,
relax, get busy, just don't let stress take over.
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