Stress:
Anxiety and Stress II
Definition of Stress
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Stress Article II
Emotional Stress
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Emotional
Stress.
According to one survey, nearly three-quarters
of adults feel great emotional stress on a weekly basis. Experts
say 22.7 million Americans will suffer from an anxiety disorder at
some point in their lives.
Excessive emotional stress can come between us and loved ones. On
the negative end of the spectrum, too much emotional stress puts
our lives out of balance. We neglect work, relationships and
creative hobbies.
If you experience high levels of emotional stress because you are
always working to make more money to buy more material
possessions, you may begin to feel incomplete or empty. Stress can
suck up your energy and vitality, taking away the simple pleasures
such as enjoying a delicious gourmet meal or breathing fresh air
while watching the sunset.
Too much emotional stress can lead to health problems. Headaches,
upset stomachs, ulcers, rashes, insomnia, high blood pressure,
heart disease and stroke can all be the result of too much
emotional stress.
Stress is your body’s way of dealing with perceived threats. In
the past, humans felt stress when animals or rival humans
threatened their lives. Today, emotional stress is usually
self-imposed when we take on more than we can chew either
physically or mentally.
Responding to a perceived danger, our bodies go on red alert when
under emotional stress. All systems of the body go into protection
mode: the immune system, digestive system as well as the brain,
heart and lungs. Stress can interfere with your bodily processes,
leading to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and heart
disease.
Negative emotional stress can exacerbate existing medical
conditions. People who do not view emotional stress as a positive
influence tend to hold onto feelings of distrust, rejection, anger
and depression.
On a positive note, you can harness your emotional stress for
good, to move yourself and others forward. By managing emotional
stress, you will reap the positive benefits of good stress. By
allowing just the right amount of emotional stress to move us
forward, we are less likely to become bored. Stress may compel us
to complete a worthwhile project.
Stress has the ability to move us forward or
holds us back. Emotional stress, though sometimes a vice and other
times a virtue, is a normal part of our lives. Without some
emotional stress we might never finish deadlines. Sometimes we can
be overwhelmed by stress, which may actually cause us to become
stagnant or depressed.
Positive emotional stress brings color and flavor to our lives. We
all thrive under a certain amount of emotional stress especially
when it comes to competitions. Stress even propels some of us to
confront our fears and other people so we can work out problems,
ultimately relieving the emotional stress and feeling at peace
with others and ourselves.
By working through the emotional stress in our lives, we overcome
sorrows, enrich other people’s experience of the world and feel
less frustrated or confused. Researchers who study emotional
stress suggest it is important to work out emotional stress before
stress leads to more serious mental illnesses.
Stress can be positive or negative. Stressors -- the situations,
issues or actions that cause stress -- can be short-term or
chronic. Some people feel chronic emotional stress when they
imagine a threat, are in confined places or in crowds. Chronic
stressors include isolation, noise, infection, hunger, long-term
relationship problems, a high-pressure job, loneliness and debt or
financial worries. Once the stressor has passed, you should find
your levels of stress hormones return to normal.
On the other hand, short-term emotional stress has to do with the
fight or flight response. Your body responds to short-term
emotional stress whenever you feel threatened.
Stress can be the result of external situations such as an abusive
relationship or poor working conditions. Stress can also be the
result of internal situations or stressors such as worrying or
having pessimistic thoughts about the future.
If the emotional stress you are experiencing is the result of
external situations, make the necessary changes to your behavior.
Take breaks if your job is stressful. Get out of an abusive
relationship. Make new friends. See a debt counselor. Take up
yoga.
Ultimately, the good news about emotional stress is that you have
more power over stress than you may realize. To most effectively
manage your emotional stress, first identify if the stress is
external or internal. If the emotional stress is internal, you
have all the power to eliminate the stress by making your
perceptions, feelings and thoughts more positive.
If you have trouble dealing with emotional
stress, we recommend using
Extress.
Extress is a homeopathic and nutrition
supplement that is exceptionally effective in providing the body
with the nutritional requirements which aid the body during
periods of stress, tension, anxiety, minor phobic reactions and
complaints of generalized patterns of anxious discomfort.
The natural ingredients in Extress complement the body's natural powers
to reduce stress and anxiety. The specific doctor-formulated Extress
formula naturally diminishes emotional sensitivity and mood
swings, calms and focuses attention, relaxes muscles and reduces the possibility of stress-induced head pain and muscle aches.
Extress also helps diminish hyperactivity, aggression and anger
outbursts.
