Definition of stress
Are you suffering from stress? What exactly do we mean by
stress? It may be the emotional and physical trauma caused due to our inability to cope up with the problems and pressure from outer world. Common symptoms of stress include tension, outbursts of anger, constant irritation, lack of concentration and numerous other physical conditions such as severe headache, palpitations and faster heartbeats.
Some classy examples of a stressful life are as follows:
- you may be a too busy family, with both you and your partner working full time. But your parents may be old and in poor health. They may be reliant on you for daily chores and shopping. Office hours plus these home works may be leading you to live a stressed life.
- You may have bought a home of your own, but paying the installment for home loan and managing other sundry expenses and bills may be taking its toll on you.
- You have got a recent promotion, but the duties and responsibilities have also increased threefold. Coping with all the office tensions, plus the guilt of neglecting your personal life may be too much to cope.
Stress is a condition, which involves excessive demand on your physical and mental energy, it literally drains you and you may feel like an old deflated balloon. Little
stress is involved in everyone’s life, but overstressing is certainly not normal. Stress can be the underlying cause of various diseases like headaches, IBS, gas, allergies, insomnia, leg cramps, and back pain, common cold. Mental conditions like anxiety, hypertension, asthma, heart disorders, diabetes and even some forms of cancer. An expert Indian psychologist quotes that almost 80 percent of people visit doctors for stress-related conditions. So what is the solution for this?
Stress management
Apt management of stressful conditions involves being aware of it and finding ways to gain more knowledge for eliminating some tensions, if not the full package:
- Learn how stress can adversely affect your mind and body?
- Knowing about some physical signs of stress like-undue anger, irritability, feeling tired, constant dry mouth, fast heart beats, upset stomach, frequent bowel movement and urination, trembling and sweaty palms.
- Learning good stress relief techniques like yoga, meditation, daily exercise, once a week chill-outs, taking out time for pampering yourself, going for a long drive, listening to soothing music and devotional songs, getting up early mornings to hear the wondrous sounds of nature.
- And when you feel that the situation is going out of hand, seek immediate professional help, take a stress test.
But in this fast-paced modern life, every individual faces some stress and tension in his/her daily life. Look at some positive factors of stress; it actually gives your mundane life some excitement and challenge. That inclusion of spice in the name of
stress is very essential for proper functioning of human beings. It is stress that keeps us on our toes and helps us lead a disciplined life. But too much of a thing is also bad, you can say the same for stress, when daily tensions and problems gets too much, it may actually be harmful for your health. It may negatively affect all your relationships and you may always live a life derived of any enjoyment or merry making.
