What can Stress Do to Your Body- Its Symptoms, Impact and Solution

 The lifestyle we lead today is synonymous with stressful life. We desire accomplishments, but before their time. We put too much on our plates even before finishing the already existing pile. All this and more affect us physically and emotionally. 

Do you feel you are carrying a ton on your shoulders even when simply working in an air-conditioned room while being seated comfortably?

• Do you feel the need to be competitive to make your mark?
• Do you fear the troubles inside you could break you down at any point in your life?
• Do you feel the clutch of stress and anxiety to the point of being helpless? What do you do for stress relief?

 

What Causes Stress?

Stress is an emotion felt by almost everyone at some point in their lives; the intensity keeps changing based on circumstances. Teachers, politicians, doctors, engineers, students, homemakers and almost everybody experience stress in their vocations. But that’s not the biggest concern. The biggest concern is how they deal with stress and its impact on health, and also their reactions due to stress.

Stress is a stimulation that alerts your body and mind that something important needs your attention. Now you might wonder, how is stress bad then? Well, stress accompanied by overthinking and lack of emotional control can swell up our energies to make us react adversely. Take a look at the physical symptoms of stress and see what it can do to your body.

When you are stressed, you often tend to experience muscle pain, body aches, sprains and back pain. The pain often becomes unbearable and requires medical attention.

Example: As a result of extreme work pressure and crunched deadlines, many millennials complain of severe body pain and go for physiotherapy sessions. 

Insomnia

Insomnia, one of the most common disorders that plague people at old age, is a growing concern among today’s youth. Stress causes sleeplessness, exhaustion and anxiety in most people as they give in to external pressures.

• Headache and Nausea

Constant thinking about the problems that build stress disturbs inner peace and leads to headaches, nausea, dizziness and vomiting. 

• Heart Issues

When stress overpowers our awareness, it creates panic and it gets extremely tough to settle down. The physical effect of stress increases the heartbeat and can cause chest pain and other issues.

• Gastric Problems

Indigestion, diarrhea and constipation are all caused by stress and anxiety. It’s important to address stress first to stop these diseases from creeping up time and again. 

• Feeling Nervous

Have you ever experienced feeling nervous, shaky, or a dry mouth when overly stressed? It is one way your body responds to stress.

• Fatigue

The physical effects of stress come in the form of fatigue and also result in lifelong autoimmune diseases like ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, gastritis, etc. Overcome fatigue by addressing the tensions in your mind before treating physical exhaustion.

• Hair Problems

Hairfall, thinning of cuticles and scalp issues also emanate from stress, causing imbalance.

The physical effect of stress is not limited to the above symptoms. Many people experience hormonal imbalance as a result of stress. All of this reverberates a quick fix solution that reinforces the idea of work-life integration and dealing with stress effectively.