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