What is stress? In principle, it is a physical response that our body has to various situations that we live every day.
If we sleep little, work a lot and do not exercise, these are factors that can alter our mood and cause stress and an irritable character.
The negative and positive side that stress causes us
Although it may seem like a trivial matter, stress can lead to many diseases. It will also have a very negative influence on our work, emotional, family and sexual relationships.
Nevertheless, stress also has a positive effect. The rush of energy that it carries with it, makes it easier for us to face certain situations of special difficulty, in our day to day life.
Negative effects: stress and our mood
As we have seen, stress causes a modification of a neuroendocrine nature in our body. Although the consequences of stress can reach any part of our health, the first symptoms will be in our emotional state.
In addition to anxiety and irritability, stress it takes away our motivation for our tasks, it generates a bad mood and even depression. The effects on social relationships, but there may also be a clear decrease in our judgment ability and memory problems arise.
Physical risks in stress
The changes in our nervous system that can occur are acceptable if they have a short duration. On Long periods of time, they will be negative effects on different organs and systems of our body.
- In episodes of acute or intense stress, hyperventilation may form, shortness of breath and sudden asthma attacks.
- In the muscular system, tension in muscles caused by stress, it can cause dizziness, migraines, etc.
- Stress causes a increase in blood pressure and heart rate. This could lead to a heart attack.
- Our body consumes more minerals, during stress, which causes premature aging, in addition to weight gain (We eat more than necessary to compensate, and we also store more fat).
- There are many more physical effects, such as headaches because of the tension, digestive disturbances, decreased sex drive, alopecia, acne, etc.
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