Stress Is An Unavoidable Part Of Modern Life But When It Gets Too Bad It Can Negatively Affect Your Health.
Unless you drop all societal ties and elect to live in a cave somewhere you are going to have to deal with stress on a daily basis.
A little stress isn't a bad thing. Without it we wouldn't feel the urge to get anything done, try new things or reach our goals. It can actually keep us motivated to complete tasks that need doing.
Stress can also keep us alert to dangers in our physical environment. If we are in unfamiliar and scary circumstances, walking alone down a dark and deserted street for instance, our bodies release hormones and chemicals that make us more alert and ready to run to safety at a moments notice.
As can be seen, it's not stress per se that is damaging. It is too much stress that does the damage.
How does stress affect health?
While small doses of the hormones and chemicals that motivate and alert us to danger are useful and even desirable, prolonged exposure is harmful. We then experience the negative consequences of stress and this can affect us physically, mentally and emotionally.
The symptoms of stress include sleeping disorders, fatigue, chest pains, anxiety, depression and the list goes on....
Over the long term stress accelerates the aging process, plays havoc with your immune system, causes colds, headaches, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more. It's estimated that 85% of doctor's visits are for issues who have their basis in stress.
It's a tragedy that can be avoided by keeping stress under control and fortunately there are many ways this can be done.
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