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Feeling Stressful? There might be More Help Coming Your Way

de Max Pearce, December 14th, 2011

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People need stress to live – that’s what gives us the motivation, the zest, and the energy to cope with life. Too much of it can kill. According to a feature article on BBC on “The consequences of too much stress“, too much stress can cause blood pressure, stroke, a slew of heart diseases, anger, anxiety, fear, and of course destroy relationships at work and at home.

Emotional and psychological stress can also cause depression, obesity, premenstrual syndrome, postpartum depression, cushing’s syndrome otherwise known as hypercortisolism, epilepsy, and osteoporosis.

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How The Brain Responds To Stress

de Art Writ, October 5th, 2011

Stress is a force coming from inside or outside of the body which affects a person. This activates the brain to respond to the stressor. A new discovery by the research team from the University of Leicester has discovered the nerve cells which are responsible for coping mechanism to stress.

In general, stress is related to both external and internal factors. External factors include the physical environment, including job, relationships with others, and all the situations, challenges, difficulties, and expectations a person is confronted with on a daily basis. Internal factors determine the body’s ability of a person to respond to, and deal with, the external stress-inducing factors. Some of these internal factors which can influence a person’s ability to handle stress include his nutritional status, overall health and fitness levels, emotional well-being, and the amount of sleep and rest you get.

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Top 10 Ways To Fight Stress

de Art Writ, May 26th, 2011

STRESS—who hasn’t tasted this yet? Perhaps everyone already did experience a certain event when all you just wanted to do is to unwind, lie on the bed for a day or two, and leave all your worries behind. Although it may sound so simple of a problem, stress is actually damaging to the health, most especially when we are exposed to stressful situations frequently.

Stress can produce a lot of effects in our system. In terms of our cardiovascular system, we may experience an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. When we speak of our GI system there is an increase of hydrochloric acid production which can lead to episodes of heartburn or acid reflux. We may also suffer from either constipation or diarrhea when exposed to stress and anxiety.

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Stress can cause premenstrual syndrome

de Emily Norman, August 25th, 2010

Recently new studies states that increased stress in woman can lead to premenstrual syndrome (PMS).The major symptoms of the (PMS) premenstrual syndrome is anxiety, anger, mood swings and decrease in concentration on everything due to increase in stress.

Nearly more than 10 studies had discovered a relation between premenstrual syndrome symptoms and stress, still no one was able to say did stress make symptoms severe or either severe PMS make the woman to feel stressed out. To get a answer for this one National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and colleagues gathered information from more than 259 woman nearly for two-and-a-half menstrual cycles to observe how Stress can affect the premenstrual syndrome. When compared with low stress woman, high stress woman were likely to have more short temper, anger and mood off during menstrual cycles. By this , researches says that stress is only a cause not affect .

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Seven Tips To Relieve Stress

de MedLady, June 1st, 2009

Most days we come home feeling at least a little bit of stress. Even the best of days may have had some tense moments in them. Then when we get home, we feel angst and pressure, trying to figure out how to get some release. Some people drink, some smoke, and some do drugs. Some just deal with it and hope they can get to sleep later on.

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Here are some tips to help you relax once you’re in for the night:

1. Take off your tight clothing. Even if all you’re wearing is a dress, it’s still much tighter than possibly taking everything off, including bra and underwear, and putting on something very light, such as a large t-shirt, sweats, or something satiny. If you feel comfortable in your own skin, go nude.

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