Saturday, July 16, 2011

Stress Symptoms You Should Know About

By Athena Hunter


Stress is something that can creep up on you in a number of ways, and very often you're not aware of it until it's quite severe. One reason it can be hard to notice is that we all respond to stress a little differently, so it has many diverse symptoms. If you learn to recognize the symptoms of stress faster you'll be able to treat it sooner. To make this easier, in this article we'll be exploring some stress symptoms that many people experience.

Stress can be a common result of you feeling an overall lack of energy or frequent bouts of fatigue. Experiencing stress can be physically and mentally tiring. When we are experiencing stress, even doing normal things can make us feel worn out.

Stress can have an effect on the way you think, making it harder to think clearly, plan ahead and make decisions. The more pressure you're under the more difficult it becomes to make those calm and collected decisions you're often called upon to make. It's true that your mind is racing at times like these but because you can't concentrate properly most of your decisions are based on emotion and not logic. For this reason you should consider meditation or other relaxation methods to help you concentrate before making big decisions. If you aren't careful, you might allow stress to push you into bad decisions that will leave you feeling even more stressed.

Another way that stress hurts is by making it more difficult for you to think clearly. People experiencing a great amount of stress find it difficult to make decisions, collect their thoughts, and respond to many situations. Your mind is moving fast, it's true, the problem is that your mind is unable to focus and this leaves you making decisions that are made on emotional impulses and not with logic, reason, and all the facts in mind. For this reason you should consider meditation or other relaxation methods to help you concentrate before making big decisions. If you aren't careful, you might allow stress to push you into bad decisions that will leave you feeling even more stressed.

Aside from headaches, stress can cause you to clench your jaw or grind your teeth, which can lead to dental problems or TMJ. As you can see, these are just a few examples of symptoms that can get worse over time if you don't deal with your stress now. Many people find that as they learn to manage their stress that their physical symptoms vanish.

You can find methods to relieve stress related symptoms no matter what kind of symptoms you experience. It could be that you experience one of the symptoms mentioned above or you could experience something completely different. The beauty is that no matter what your symptoms are, they do not have to be permanent because there are so many methods to successfully handle stress.




About the Author:



No comments: