I am Too Stressed…
Don’t Stress me…
Areyy, don’t get stressed yaar…
Yeah we hear these a lot often. Stress one of the most commonly heard words but not many knows about stress and how it affects our wellness and health, so we thought of giving you the required knowledge and things that you need to know about stress. So, here we take you through the facts of stress.
Facts Of Stress
What is Stress?
According to Palmer, 1989 Stress is a psychological, physiological and behavioural response by an individual when they perceive a lack of equilibrium between the demands placed upon them and their ability to meet those demands, which, over a period of time, leads to ill-health.
Stress Is a Harmonal Response Of Your Body
In simple terms you can explain about stress as a response that starts with a small part of your brain known as the hypothalamus. When you are stressed out, your hypothalamus gland in your brain sends signals to your kidney through your nervous system. Then your kidneys will be releasing adrenaline and cortisol which are known as the stress hormones.
Women Are Prone To Stress More Than Men
Compared to their male counterparts women are more likely to witness or experience more physical signs of stress. But this doesn’t mean that men don’t face or experience much of stress. Men try the most to escape from stress and don’t exhibit any stress signs.
Stress is not only bad for your mental health but some of the physical systems may also get affected due to the raised stress levels. Stress can make your digestive system go haywire causing you diarrhea, upset stomach and excessive urination.
Insomnia is a kind of a sleeping disorder that occurs in many people and not many people know that this sleeping disorder can also happen due to stress. Stress can one of the most common causes of insomnia.
This is one of the very lesser known facts about stress. But this needs to be known for all those skin care enthusiasts. In some people stress may cause acne breakouts and some may face other issues like itchy rashes. Both the symptoms are an inflammatory response from stress.
Fat accumulation may happen due to excessive release of cortisol in the adrenal glands above the kidneys. Eating habits related to stress like eating junk food may also help in weight gain. Many people out of stress tend to eat junk or much more than they usually eat, this may make them gain excess pounds.
Most Stressful Jobs
The topmost stressful jobs according to the recent studies are surgeon, pilot of a commercial airline, photojournalist, real estate agent and advertising account executive. We hope these facts of stress and stress management techniques will be useful to you.
