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Recognizing Physical Signs and Symptoms of Stress

Grabi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:20:56 +0000

Increased heart rate, pounding heart, elevated blood pressure, sweaty palms, tightness of the chest, neck, jaw and back muscles, headache, diarrhea, constipation, urinary hesitancy, trembling, twitching, shuttering and other and other speech difficulties, nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbances, fatigue, shallow breathing, dryness of the mouth or throat, susceptibility to minor illness, cold hands, itching, being easily startled, chronic pain and dysponesis.

Assessing the existence of Stress

Grabi — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:08:47 +0000

Attitude: The attitude of an individual can influence whether a situation or emotion is stressful or not. A person with negative attitude will often perceive many situations as being stressful. Negative attitude is a predictor of stress, because this type of person responds with more stress than a person with more positive attitude.
Physical well-being: If the nutritional status of the person is poor, the body is stressed and the person is not able to respond to a stressful situation. As a result, the person can be susceptible to infections. A poor nutritional state can be related to unhealthy food choices, inadequate food intake, or an erratic eating schedule. A nutritionally unbalanced eating pattern can result in an inadequate intake of nutrients.
Physical activity: Inadequate physical activity can result in a stressful state for the body. Physical activity has many physiologic benefits. A consistent program of physical activity can contribute to a decrease in depression, if it exists. It also improves the feeling of well being.
Support systems: A minimal or total lack of support systems can be a sign of family problems or of social interaction in general. Social situations can be beyond the coping ability of stressed person.
Relaxation: When a person has no hobbies or means of relaxation, they may be unable to handle stressful situations because the individual has no outlet of stress.

Factors effect in developing Stress

Grabi — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:50:42 +0000

There are several factors that effect in developing stress. This stress starts right from childhood. The school is one of the factors for developing stress in certain students. The pressures in the school may develop good amount of stress. The causes may be analyzed frequently and find the results to overcome the stress. Job is another factor that develop stress. Due to pressure in office or by working for long hours may raise stress. Lack of coordination with colleagues and lack of appraisals by superiors also may develop stress. Financial matters also may develop stress. In tax season it may raise a bit more. Relationships will also develop stress due to non availability of time to spend with them or other conflicts with them. Many other factors will effect in developing stress.

What is Stress

Grabi — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:59:35 +0000

Stress is a physical and psychological reaction to excessive stimulus. It is considered by some experts to be a stant mental strain, but it is also a physiological response.

Psychological stress, to a minor degree is necessary for normal alertness and awareness, but excessive stress can have the opposite effect. Stress may be aggravated by a physical illness or by a mental disorder such as depression.
Stress management is the understanding of stress and its symptoms, and the performing of activities that increase relaxation. The changes in the body that produce fatigue are not fully understood. A person naturally feels tired at the end of a stressful day or after heavy physical exercise. A violently stressful situation car crash for instance, produces severe fatigue a few minutes after the event, even if the person is not injured by the accident. If a person does not and sleep properly, important faculties such as concentration and reflexes are impaired. Fatigue also changes a person’s ability to cope with stress. In some persons stress contributes to disorders like diarrhea, migraine, skin eruptions, and even asthma.

Also many authorities believe that stress may have a direct link with high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. There is also evidence that stress has an adverse effect on the immune system. If a person pushes himself or herself to the limits of fatigue, he or she is unable to deal adequately with stress and health suffers.