| Before we begin to discuss on the effects of stress | | | | levels of stress before surgery had a better recovery |
| on the body, here is a simple definition of stress: | | | | than those who felt low or high levels of stress. The |
| "Stress is the body's reaction to any change that | | | | reason is because moderate stress levels helped this |
| requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts | | | | group realistically appraise and anticipate their |
| to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional | | | | circumstances. On the other hand, with low levels of |
| responses." | | | | stress, people tend to be unrealistic and unprepared; |
| Stress is a normal part of life. Many events that | | | | while high levels of stress led others to be so anxious |
| happen to you and around you and many things that | | | | that they couldn't cope. |
| you do yourself put stress on your body. You can | | | | The negative effects of stress only starts to show |
| experience stress from your environment, your body, | | | | when stress remained high without providing any |
| and even stress from your own thoughts. | | | | forms of relief. This often leads to many stress related |
| The way stress affects a person may differ from one | | | | symptoms, which if left unattended will ultimately affect |
| to another. Some people are profoundly affected, | | | | your overall health. In fact, recent studies reported that |
| while others can be unscathed. Stress is often | | | | up to 90% of all visits to doctors are stress related |
| mistaken to be bad but it can be both positive and | | | | diseases which include headaches, high blood pressure, |
| negative. On the positive side it alerts us to a threat | | | | stomach upset, weight loss or gain, heart problems and |
| and increases our level of arousal and activation, which | | | | many more. |
| can help us, be more effective in coping with the | | | | With accumulating evidences showing a direct effect |
| threat. Stress also acts positively by inspiring us to do | | | | of stress on health, it's only wise for one to learn more |
| our best and to perform better than if we were under | | | | about stress before it takes toil on your health. Make |
| no stress. | | | | sure you check out the section on "Symptoms of |
| Studies have shown that our body seems to react | | | | Stress" and "How Does Stress Affect Health" to |
| best to a moderate amount of stress, which seems to | | | | better equip yourself in coping with stress and in |
| have a positive effect to our health. In one study, it | | | | maintaining a healthy lifestyle. |
| was found that people who experienced moderate | | | | |