What is Stress? to answer this question is very difficult for scientists says American Institute of Stress. Stress is simply put a response to stimulus of physical or mental demand. It is an omnipresent part of Life.
Can you do anything without getting stressed?
Please introspect there is always stress to do something. So stress is not bad ? read on.
What is Good Stress and Bad Stress?
- Good or Eustress
Good and bad stress
- Causes you to perform
- Increase productivity
- Operates in the comfort zone
- Bad or Distress
- Causes exhaustion
- Decreased concentration and performance
- Ill health
- Starting with fatigue
- Finally breakdown and depression
What is Physical Stress?
- That response involves your physical
- Physically exhausting
- Challenges your body
- Stamina
- Strength
- Symptoms when crossed threshold
- –Headache, Neck pain, Back Pain
What is Mental Stress ?
- That response involves your Mind(thoughts)
- Mentally exhausting
- Lack of energy
- Symptoms when crossed threshold
- Unable to focus or concentrate
- Looking to Fight or Flight
Diseases caused by Stress
- Asthma
- Hyper Tension, depression
- Indigestion – Gastric, Acidity, Ulcer
- Diabetes
- Thyroid
- Arthritis
- Psychosomatic Panic Attack
- –Pain in chest region, Shoulders back etc
- Heart problems
- Kidney diseases
- Skin infections
- Less immunity
- Prone to all types infectious fever
- Back pain