Health problems related to stress

What is stress?
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.It's our body way to responding to any kind of  demand.We generally use the word "stress" when we feel that everything seems to be overloaded and think whether we can cope with the pressure placed upon us. It is a feeling  when we are in under pressure.In short anything that poses a challenge or a  threat to our well- being is a stress.


Symptoms of stress:

• Cold or sweaty hands,feet
• Insomnia
• Low energy
• Headaches
• Obsessive or compulsive behavior
• Frequent colds and infection
• Dry mouth and difficult swallowing
• Reduced work efficiency and productivity
• Avoiding others ,no socializing
• Problems in communication
• Low self-esteem, depressed,lonely
• Weight gain or loss without diet
• Difficulty in relaxing
• Increased anger and frustration
• Increased smoking ,alcohol or drug use
• Difficulty in breathing,chest pain,nervousness
• Increased or decreased appetite
• Constant tiredness,weakness and fatigue
• Difficulty in making decisions
• Excessive defensive or suspicious

Health problems related to stress

• Insomnia: Stress causes insomnia by making it to difficult to fall asleep and to stay asleep and by affecting the quality of your sleep.Stress causes hyper-arousal, which can upset the balance between sleep and wakefulness.
• Heart disease:Stress increases the heart rate ,constrict blood vessels.This forces your heart to work harder and increases blood pressure.It can be a cause of heart attack.
• Obesity:Stress has linked to biochemical changes that can trigger cravings and leads to obesity.Stress appears to alter overall food intake in two ways ,resulting under or overeating.
• Asthma:Stress may cause asthma symptoms to worsen and cause you feel frighten.As the wheezing and coughing gets worse,your health becomes one more reason to worry.
• Diabetes:Mental stress often raises blood glucose level.Often we see that the people who are under stress may not take good care of themselves.They may drink more alcohol and exercise less.
• Accelerating aging:When it come to aging,we've all heard that worrying will give you wrinkles.
• Depression :Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts,behavior, feelings and sense of well- being.
• Weak Immunity:Stress weakens the immune system.when long term stress become chronic ,many systems in the body are affected.

Stress management 
As  we can see stress is very dangerous for our health .It not only affect our physical health but it also affect psychological or mental health.There are many ways through which we can reduce stress:

• Meditation
• Take up a hobby
• Socializing with positive peoples like your friends and family.
• Regular physical activity
• Listening to music
• Keeping a sense of humor
• Keep yourself busy
• Spending time in nature
• Pamper yourself
• Spend time with yourself