Stress Management
Coping with the Financial Meltdown and Stress
Are you stressed?
Stress Affects Health and Fitness
Stress is your body’s natural reaction to any kind of demand that disrupts life as usual, according to the American Psychological Association (APA).
Occasional stress can temporarily speed up your heart rate and might raise your blood pressure. But as long as you get your stress under control, there’s no damage to your health. It’s long-term or chronic stress, however, that doctors worry about. Common symptoms include:
Trouble sleeping
Headaches
Back or neck pain from muscle tension
Indigestion – constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome
Irritability and feeling down
Lack of energy
Lack of concentration
Eating too much or not at all
Weight gain or loss
Also, getting pregnant may be more difficult.
In addition, chronic stress can make health problems you already have worse:
More intense symptoms related to depression or anxiety
Increased pain from arthritis
Worsening asthma symptoms
Difficulty keeping blood pressure in the normal range
Higher risk of complications in people with heart disease
Poor blood-sugar control in people who have diabetes
Strength in Numbers
You have plenty of company if you’re feeling stressed by the recent economic upheaval. The APA’s 2008 Stress in America survey –released this month — found that 8 out of 10 Americans say that the economy is a significant cause of stress.
More people report fatigue (53% compared with 51% in 2007), feelings of irritability or anger (60% compared with 50% in 2007) and lying awake at night (52% compared with 48% in 2007) as a result of stress. Other reported symptoms included lack of interest or motivation, feeling depressed or sad, headaches and muscular tension.
Not much fun when you have a freak out attack They come in an infinite variety of methods and have an infinite range of signs or symptoms and effect individuals in so numerous methods.
With the skyrocketing price of health care and prescription medication, numerous freak out attack patients have begun looking for alternate, self-help methods to help manage and overcome their signs or symptoms.