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What Is Stress?
Your brain treats a traffic jam the same way it treats a tiger attack.
That's because stress isn't really about what's happening to you, it's about how your brain interprets what's happening. Whether you're stuck in rush hour traffic, getting married, starting a new job, or watching a horror movie, your nervous system responds the same way: THREAT DETECTED.
The problem? Your subconscious mind cannot distinguish between real danger and perceived pressure. It just knows something has changed, and change = potential risk in your brain's ancient wiring.
This is why you can feel anxious about good things (like a promotion or vacation) and why everyday stressors (like your daily commute) can leave you feeling drained.
- The small stresses: never-ending To Do list, traffic, social media dislikes —create a constant hum of tension.
- The big stresses: moving, constant arguments with a spouse or family members, health scares, financial problems, work deadlines - can trigger full-scale panic.
- The extreme stresses - trauma, loss, violence - can rewire your entire stress response system.
But here's what most people don't realize: You can rewire it back.
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How Does Stress Affect The Body?
Not all stress is bad. All animals have a stress response, which can be life-saving in some situations. The nerve chemicals and hormones released during such stressful times prepare the animal to face a threat or flee to safety. When you face a dangerous situation, your pulse quickens, you breathe faster, your muscles tense, your brain uses more oxygen, and increases activity, all functions aimed at survival. In the short term, it can even boost the immune system.
However, with chronic stress, those same nerve chemicals that are life-saving in short bursts can suppress functions that aren’t needed for immediate survival. Your immunity is compromised, and your digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems function abnormally. Once the threat has passed, other body systems act to restore normal functioning. Problems occur if the stress response goes on too long, such as when the source of stress is constant, or if the response continues after the danger has subsided.
How Does Stress Affect Your Overall Health?
There are at least three different types of stress, all of which carry physical and mental health risks:
- Routine stress related to the pressures of work, family, and other daily responsibilities.
- Stress brought about by a sudden negative change, such as losing a job, divorce, or illness.
- Traumatic stress is experienced in an event like a major accident, war, assault, or a natural disaster, where one may be seriously hurt or in danger of being killed.
The body responds to each type of stress in similar ways. Different people may feel it in different ways. For example, some people experience mainly digestive symptoms, while others may have headaches, sleeplessness, depressed mood, anger, and irritability. Individuals under chronic stress are more prone to frequent and severe viral infections, such as the flu or common cold, and vaccines, including the flu shot, are less effective for them.
Of all the types of stress, changes in health from routine stress may be most complex to notice at first. Because the source of stress tends to be more constant than in cases of acute or traumatic stress, the body gets no clear signal to return to normal functioning. Over time, continued strain on your body from routine stress may lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, anxiety disorder, and other illnesses. (National Institutes of Health) Individual Results Will Vary from person to person.