Stress Really Can Kill

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Many of us have heard the phrase that stress can kill but according to recent studies, this is actually more fact than fiction. After testing civil servants in a 12 year study, it was found that those with higher stress levels had a 68% more chance of getting conditions that can potentially be fatal such as heart disease. This is due in part to the stress hormone called cortisol. This hormone gives a burst of energy to the body similar and related to the fight or flight theory.

Another issue with those under stress is their habits that can be potentially harmful. Those under stress tend to take part in more harmful activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods such as fast food and snack foods. Combined with the stress hormone, these activities can put a double whammy on your heart and affect the rest of your body’s functions to the point of becoming ill or even having a heart attack or stroke.

If you feel that you are under a life threatening stress level it can help just to take some time to yourself and focus on doing what makes you happy. Sure, you may have to still get the work done but try to balance out the rest of your time with activities that are good for you or stress free. If you feel that your stress is out of control it can be a good idea to see your physician or even a therapist to get some ideas on how to slow down the killing effects of stress.

Disorders due to stress

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Stress has been the cause for a variety of problems. Without stress there seems to be no way get a job done. Few hours of sleep combined with pressures from multiple directions leave a person with no time to distress. It is the problem associated with every person living in an urban country. The modern life demands the person to be active twenty four hours a day, be connected to friend’s colleagues though mobile phones, internet and other forms of communication mediums. Because of all this it is the mind and the body that takes all the pressure and end up losing their strength. Stress is the reaction by the body that is raised when it feels that the muscles and the mind cannot take any more work and rest is required. It is the way your body protects you and it helps people stay alert, responsive, and energetic. It is on the other hand productive at certain times when the body needs to perform better than before. It makes the person more attentive and increases the concentration to keep him focused at the job at hand. But there is a threshold for everything and stress too stops being useful and begins to instead deteriorated body and mind. The number of stress related mental cases have seen a sudden resurgence in the past few years. It causes long term depression or insomnia in certain individuals and other sorts of mental disorders which result in her taking pills for the rest of their life. Another major problem associated with stress is the failure of adrenal glands. Adrenal glands secrete the required stress hormone cortisol to keep the body on its toes. This overworking of the adrenal glands causes the complete failure of them and abnormal hormone levels for the rest of your lives.

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