Stress Overview

Stress is encountered by everybody, sometime or the other. Tackling situations like traffic jams, settling bills, job changes to peer pressure and family issues, all lead to stress. The fast pace of life creates near panic situations that affects everyone. Stress brings about immediate adverse reactions in the body. The heart rate increases, breath becomes shallow and fast, nerves are taut and there is a sudden burst of energy. This is quite normal as this is the body’s own mechanism to combat stressful situations. In fact, it is quite useful when increased energy is needed to complete some project, manage an event or while taking part in the athletics. Blood rushes to the limbs to help you run away from danger in the situations that are threatening.

Stress is not harmful when it happens occasionally, but prolonged state of stress leads to various complications in the physiological system. It is believed that stress reaction acts as a contributing factor in almost every illness. Headaches, stomach disorders, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, weak immune system, depression, sleeplessness, fatigue and even heart attacks are some of the known throwbacks from stress and anxiety.

Stress not only causes headaches and heart attacks but it tends to worsen whatever illness is present in the body. The good news is that stress can be managed with a little change in lifestyle and is not an illness requiring complex medical treatment. Take care of anxiety conditions better using non-sedative anxiety products.When we are under stress, the brain produces neuro transmitters which alter heart rate and other metabolic processes.

Stress can be diagnosed as a state of anxiety that produces symptoms of sleeplessness, depression or high blood pressure. You feel helpless to cope and may get irritated or jittery. The immune system becomes weak, making you prone to catching infections, memory gets impaired and nervous tension peaks. Maintain a diary to find out the cause behind your daily anxieties. This will help in learning to overcome these situations by finding ways to handle them. 

Short term stress brings the body back to normal once the anxiety is reduced but long term stress which causes health issues need to be treated with more care. Talking to people and learning to express your feelings is important. Meditation and several breathing techniques reduce stress immediately. Listening to music, walking, avoiding smoking and alcohol is also helpful. Home and herbal remedies have specific stress reducing agents that are inexpensive, easy to administer and have no side effects. Engaging yourself in a hobby like writing, painting or gardening is also stress relieving. If you still cannot manage, don’t get more stressed about stress, go for medical advice to help you let go of anxieties and relax.