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STRESS EFFECTS
- How Your Body Reacts To Stress
- The Basic Stress Response
- Physical Effects
- Minimize The Effects
- The Mind Body Connection
How Your Body Reacts To Stress
Stress is the response of your body to all demands made upon it Understanding these demands and their effects can help you learn to recognize your own "stress response", as well as ways to counteract distress to lead a healthier life.
The Basic Stress Response
Your body responds to all stress, both positive and negative, by trying to get back to normal. Depending on the stressor (whatever causes the stress response), hormones, like adrenaline, may surge. Your heartbeat and blood pressure will probably increase. Your blood sugar rises.
Physical Effects
Today, we experience stressors which are very different from those early survival ones. Yet positive stressors such as getting married, negative stressors such as family conflicts, still cause the same physiological fight or flight response. If a stressful situation goes on for too long without any relief, you might experience diseases and disorders, such as colds, ulcers, asthma, heart attack or stroke. You may feel tired, irritable, depressed, or anxious. You may have trouble with sleeping, eating (either too smoking.
Minimize The Effects
There are many ways to keep all the negative effects of different stressors to a minimum, including:
- Take time for yourself to relax each day.
- Exercise regularly, after getting your doctor's okay.
- Learn to "let go" of things which are outside your control.
- Learn to adapt to changes.
- Learn to take action when you can make a difference.
- Avoid excessive alcohol, caffeine, fats, and sugar.
- Don't smoke.
- Go away for the weekend.
- Give your time to something or someone you believe in.
The Mind Body Connection
Your mind and body are connected. When your mind is healthy, your body can resist illness better. When your body is healthy, your feelings are more positive. During stressful times, take care of both for maximum health and satisfaction.