Taylor Diehl Mr. David Schultz Speech 1010 16 September 2014 Stress and what causes it Stress is a very common everyday thing. People have stress so much that most of the time they don’t even know how much it’s affecting them. Stress can really affect your body, mind, and behavior. It is a normal response to situations that make you feel upset or threatened in a way. Stress is the body’s way of change. The change can either be good or bad. Stress affects your health without you even realizing it. Constant headaches or trouble sleeping would be something stress causes often. This can get bad enough which leads to serious health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Stress effects your body with things like muscle …show more content…
Stress can get bad enough to where it starts to affect your body system. Things like depression, heart attacks, diseases, rashes and a low immune system can all occur to people dealing with stress bad enough. The number of common signs and symptoms is outrageous and is depressing to see that there are so many people dealing with this and how it’s such a common thing in this world. On stress.org, they talk about the different body systems and how they’re affected. The nervous, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastro and reproductive systems are all affected in some way and in many ways to say the least. If your stress ever gets so bad, I consider seeing a doctor or specialist seeing how dangerous this can get. There are four different kinds of stress warnings; Cognitive, Emotional, Physical, and Behavioral symptoms. These all range from moodiness, depression, worrying, aches/pains, and nervous habits. This can all be caused by other medical problems too so make sure you go get checked to find out what’s causing it fully. People can deal with stress like its apart of their life and some can’t deal at all. The way certain people handle stress can depend on your outlook on life or the decisions you make. Mostly if you have a lot to do or a lot of responsibly, your body has its emergency stress response on most of the time. Long term stress leads to depression over anything though. Overall, stress affects everyone in different
Stress may affect people in different ways. The body is what we call our temple and if we do not take care of it, who will? It can cause you to fall into depression which leads to either eating a lot which will make you gain weight. Some people can turn into the dependency of alcohol or drugs. I can become with my stress due to my late submissions in school very sad the point I will probablky end
As WebMD states, stress is the human body’s normal response to changes that may require a response or adjustment. The human body responds to these adjustments with emotional, mental, and physical responses. Despite varying levels of stress, this is a natural part of human life. Anything that an individual may respond to may cause stress in the human body. Stress may occur from tour body,
General or specific disorders of body and mind can directly and indirectly result from stress. Stress can have a major impact on the physical functioning of the human body. Such stress raises the level of adrenaline and corticosterone in the body, which in turn increases the heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and puts stress that is more physical on bodily organs. Heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and other illnesses result from long-term stress.
Stress impacts the body in many ways. According to Joseph Goldberg ”Distress can lead to physical symptoms including headaches, upset stomach, weight gain, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, and problems sleeping.” One of the reasons that stress can have such a negative impact on the cardiovascular system is because it can result in increased serum cholesterol. Serum cholesterol consists of
For example, stress can affect the body by causing infertility, a weakened immune system, damaged respiratory and cardiovascular systems, depression, and a host of other illness. The effects
A little stress is good for the mind and body, but a great deal of stress can be harmful. So how does great amounts of stress affect the body and mind? According to the article THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON THE BODY by Ann Pietrangelo, “Frequent or chronic stress makes your heart work too hard for too long, raising your risk of hypertension and problems with your blood vessels and heart. You’re at higher risk of having a stroke or heart attack.” Chronic stress can cause health issues that can damage the body.
The symptoms of illnesses caused by stress in a physical way is headaches, upset stomach, high blood pressure, chest pain, and problems sleeping. Stress can worsen these symptoms. The mental way stress is bad ,because it leads to depressing feelings The way I know this ,because I have been through it in
Throughout life, and as we get older, you will start to notice that people develop worries about various things more then they would at a younger age. For example using money for paying monthly bills, car expenses, and buying groceries is a common cataylst for stress for many adults. Sometimes, they don't even notice it, it may only affect them sub-counsiously. Some people may never notice this, and it may never affect them, however, I've never personally met someone who doesn't experience some form of this "stress". Stress is a bold concept, and can have a variety of meanings, but generally defines any emotion or feeling you don't want to experience. Stress is one of the many negative emotions that come with the positive aspects of life, meaning, even if you are satisfied with your current state, you can still have bad feelings. Stress is relatively easy to handle, as confusing
Stress is a pressure that we cannot get rid of in our lives, and it can strengthen or impair our ability. In my opinion, stress can affect us positively in life.
Even lowering resistance to certain type of viruses. Stress does not only cause detoriation to heart but to your gums as well making you less immune from common colds to cancer. People who are stressed are very much more likely to pick up habits like smoking, over eating, and are even less likely to exercise.
According to doctor Michelle Albert “an abundance of stress can overpower the body and put you in a constant “fight or flight” mode, which can have negative effects on multiple organ systems, including the heart” (Is stress making you sick, 2012). Constant or too much stress is harmful for the body. It can lead to “type 2 diabetes, impaired immunity, worsening depression, and gastrointestinal problems” (Is stress making you sick, 2012, p. 3-4). Other less serious effects such as colds and fatigue can also occur. While being stressed, it is very important to learn and develop ways to cope with the stress and prevent these complications that can
Stress is something I deal with on a daily basis. Stress can affect your body, your thoughts, feelings, and your behavior. When I feel stressed I feel under pressure, nervous and tense. My mind starts to race and I try to do too many things all at once. Stress can be both a positive and negative thing.
Stress is what happens when the body responds to a threat. When the brain feels that the body is being threatened or the brain feels pressure the brain causes the nervous system to release stress hormones and “awakens” or alarms the body to create stress. Stress can also be explained as when you are mentally or emotionally strained or tired from difficult or very demanding tasks. Another way to define stress is when you feel as though something or someone is making you feel like everything is very hard to overcome. Stress can create various threats such as raising blood pressure, can cause stomach aches, shut down the immune system or slow it down, and it can also put you in more risk or either having a stroke or a heart attack in a later period
For instance; stress can affect you by not allowing you to sleep, or even cause a heart attack, stress can cause headaches, heartburn or even high blood pressure. For woman, it can cause irregular menstrual cycles, and/or infertility. And for men, erectile dysfunction. There are many ways that stress can harm you, you just need to figure out what your stress reliever is, rather it’s cleaning, exercising, reading, talking to a family member or a friend, or even having sex. Not everyone is the same, we all have different ways of dealing with fighting our
In our text stress is described as situations that trigger a physical and emotional reaction and also includes the reactions we have to the stress. The places and areas that stress come into our lives are endless. Most of us have a family, friends, and work we have to juggle on a shoestring schedule and sometimes the budget is on a shoestring too. Money can be a huge stressor especially if you do not have enough to pay the bills, buy your baby a new pair of shoes, or purchase that plane ticket to paradise. Problems at work can also give stress and anxiety to everyone. Stress creates problems with your health such as the nervous system, Endocrine system, Immune system, cardiovascular health, sleep, and can also affect relationships. I think