What Are The Negative Effects Of Stress!
Steffen A.Hall
Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we
adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical
and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative
feelings. As a positive influence, stress can help compel us to
action; it can result in a new awareness and an exciting new
perspective. As a negative influence, it can result in feelings
of distrust, rejection, anger, and depression, which in turn can
lead to health problems such as headaches, upset stomach,
rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease,
and stroke.
Negative Effects of Stress
In prehistoric times, the physical changes in response to
stress were an essential adaptation for meeting natural
threats. Even in the modern world, the stress response can be
an asset for raising levels of performance during critical
events such as a sports activity, an important meeting, or in
situations of actual danger or crisis. If stress becomes
persistent and low-level, however, all parts of the body's
stress apparatus (the brain, heart, lungs, vessels, and
muscles) become chronically over- or under-activated. This may
produce physical or psychological damage over time. Acute stress
can also be harmful in certain situations.
Stress-related conditions that are most likely to produce
negative physical effects include:
1. An accumulation of persistent stressful situations,
particularly those that a person cannot easily control (for
example, high-pressured work plus an unhappy relationship).
2. Persistent stress following a severe acute response to a
traumatic event (such as an automobile accident).
3. An inefficient or insufficient relaxation response.
4. Acute stress in people with serious illness, such as heart
disease.
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through a period of stress they feel the need to do something
with their hands.
For example some people play with the loose change in their
pockets while others make patterns and shapes with their
fingers or tap them rhythmically on the tabletop.
Stress balls are a cheap alternative to the incessant hand
movements that some people find annoying. They can be squeezed
over and over again until you feel your nerves calming down
because most are made from materials that regain their original
shape when they are not being squeezed.
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