by swalia » 26 Feb 2018, 16:41
“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” ~Margaret Fuller
Everybody is going through a lot of stress these days. You will hardly meet anyone who is stressfree. No matter how well off you are or how successful you are, there is stress in everybody’s life. We suffer from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. Even the little kids are stressed these days due to the pressure of studies. Stress is like a slow poison which is slowly killing the quality of our lives, isn’t it?
We generally use the word “stress” when we feel overburdened and wonder if we really can cope with the pressures. Anything that poses a challenge or threat to our well-being is stress.
All kinds of stress is not bad. Stress can also be termed as – positive stress and negative stress. Sometimes stress is what keeps us going and pushes us to achieve our goals. However, when stress starts to affect our physical and mental health then that’s a bad sign!
Everyone seems to be suffering from stress and anxieties these days. Even if you talk to a child, he will also talk about the stress of tests and of scoring better marks. Materialism is taking its toll on the present generation. If we compare our lives with that of our forefathers, we will find that they were much happier than us. The word ‘stress’ didn’t exist in their dictionary. They used to lead much simpler lives, had fewer wants and were relatively healthier and happier.
On the other hand, we are caught up in the mad race of earning money, hoarding material possessions thinking that’s where happiness lies. In the process, we are losing our peace of mind. Money may buy us things but it cannot buy us happiness. We all know this simple truth but still we are unable to resist the lure of money and worldly possessions. In slogging relentlessly for better lifestyles, we keep on accumulating stress and sacrificing our peace of mind.
The degree to which stress unduly influences our lives is generally under-estimated. Often we are caught up between anger, guilt or regret about the past or the anxieties about the future. This causes stress and tension both for us and for the people around us.
Prolonged stress can lead to the development of a broad range of stress-related disorders. These disorders are called psychosomatic disorders. Just a few examples of stress-related disorders include:
• Tension and migraine
• Muscle pain specific to neck, back or shoulders
• Insomnia or lack of sleep
• Anxiety attacks
• Depression
• Digestive disorders ( ulcers and colitis)
• Cardiovascular diseases (high blood pressure)
• Respiratory disorders (asthma and allergies)
One of the body’s systems that is the most vulnerable to the effects of prolonged stress is the immune system. Harmones released during stress can have a destructive effect on immune system. Under prolonged periods of stress, the immune system will become less capable of fighting off illness and diseases, thus making the body more prone to colds, flu or bacterial infections.
[i]“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” ~Margaret Fuller[/i]
Everybody is going through a lot of stress these days. You will hardly meet anyone who is stressfree. No matter how well off you are or how successful you are, there is stress in everybody’s life. We suffer from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. Even the little kids are stressed these days due to the pressure of studies. Stress is like a slow poison which is slowly killing the quality of our lives, isn’t it?
We generally use the word “stress” when we feel overburdened and wonder if we really can cope with the pressures. Anything that poses a challenge or threat to our well-being is stress.
All kinds of stress is not bad. Stress can also be termed as – positive stress and negative stress. Sometimes stress is what keeps us going and pushes us to achieve our goals. However, when stress starts to affect our physical and mental health then that’s a bad sign!
Everyone seems to be suffering from stress and anxieties these days. Even if you talk to a child, he will also talk about the stress of tests and of scoring better marks. Materialism is taking its toll on the present generation. If we compare our lives with that of our forefathers, we will find that they were much happier than us. The word ‘stress’ didn’t exist in their dictionary. They used to lead much simpler lives, had fewer wants and were relatively healthier and happier.
On the other hand, we are caught up in the mad race of earning money, hoarding material possessions thinking that’s where happiness lies. In the process, we are losing our peace of mind. Money may buy us things but it cannot buy us happiness. We all know this simple truth but still we are unable to resist the lure of money and worldly possessions. In slogging relentlessly for better lifestyles, we keep on accumulating stress and sacrificing our peace of mind.
The degree to which stress unduly influences our lives is generally under-estimated. Often we are caught up between anger, guilt or regret about the past or the anxieties about the future. This causes stress and tension both for us and for the people around us.
Prolonged stress can lead to the development of a broad range of stress-related disorders. These disorders are called psychosomatic disorders. Just a few examples of stress-related disorders include:
• Tension and migraine
• Muscle pain specific to neck, back or shoulders
• Insomnia or lack of sleep
• Anxiety attacks
• Depression
• Digestive disorders ( ulcers and colitis)
• Cardiovascular diseases (high blood pressure)
• Respiratory disorders (asthma and allergies)
One of the body’s systems that is the most vulnerable to the effects of prolonged stress is the immune system. Harmones released during stress can have a destructive effect on immune system. Under prolonged periods of stress, the immune system will become less capable of fighting off illness and diseases, thus making the body more prone to colds, flu or bacterial infections.
