While small doses of stress may motivate you under pressure or provide you with the adrenaline to get through a challenging time, chronic stress adversely affects all dimensions of your health. Chronic stress exhibits similar symptoms to other...
Stress is an everyday occurrence--and not all stress is bad. If you feel stress about an upcoming test, you study. If you are feeling tension about an argument with your friend, you make an effort to resolve the conflict. When the stress in our...
Nutritional deficiencies may have a significant impact on mental health conditions such as anxiety and stress. Stress and anxiety can also lead to a depletion of your body's supply of important nutrients such as magnesium. Magnesium is important...
Your body needs more nutrients when you are under stress. Stress depletes certain vitamins by increasing your body's metabolism, write Michele Grodner, Sara Long and Bonnie Walkingshaw, in their book "Foundations and Clinical Applications of...
Stress is typically accompanied by muscle tension, headaches or even just a general uptight feeling. Listen to your body to learn how you respond to stress physically; sometimes this is the easiest way to work with stress in your life. Feelings...
If you suffer from chronic stress and anxiety, you may experience symptoms such as muscle tension, insomnia, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and difficulty concentrating. It's easy to feel overwhelmed, especially if this chronic disorder interferes with...
It will be hard to work if you have chronic fatigue syndrome. The insomnia and lack of restorative sleep will impact your memory and concentration, and the fatigue itself may keep you from getting out of bed on some days. Some people with chronic...
Stress triggers physiological changes in your body that cause healthy short-term weight loss and increase the chances that you could experience unhealthy long-term weight loss or gain. Losing weight because of constant stress could be a signal...
The challenge of losing weight becomes compounded for those people who experience resistance to weight loss. Certain medical conditions, such as Cushing's syndrome and hypothyroidism, not only cause weight gain but make losing weight nearly...
Weight loss poses a challenge for most people. Cultivating good habits such as a healthy diet and exercise regimen can seem daunting if you have never paid attention to diet and exercise previously. However, for some people, the task of losing any...
Stress is a normal reaction to any given situation that causes frustration, anger, worry or excitement. Stress is individualized and typically manageable. Anxiety is a more persistent feeling of fear and uneasiness. According to the National...
A food craving can be a mild distraction or an outright obsession. Most cereals are high in sugar and carbohydrates and may also be high in fat. Sugar, carbs and fats are the most commonly craved types of food. A craving for cereal can have...
Exhaustion is a term that describes both a physical and mental condition. It is the result of chronic stress and requires very individualized treatment. When your body is under stress, adrenal hormones are produced. These hormones help your body...
When faced with a menacing threat, your brain's stress response system harnesses your body's energy resources in order to help you get out of harm's way. In the short-term, this response keeps you safe. If, however, your stress response system is...
Resistance to weight loss may occur as the result of a chronic condition, such as hypothyroidism and Cushing's syndrome. Difficulty losing weight may also occur due to lifestyle factors such as chronic stress. In addition, periods of weight loss...
If you have ever been under stress, you probably know that it has a negative effect on your body. But just how it affects your health is a matter of debate. Alternative health practitioners believe that chronic stress taxes the adrenal glands,...
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), there are three different types of stress based on the duration, symptoms and triggers and can differ between individuals. Like stress, depression is very subjective based on the...
Stress and nervousness are physical and emotional responses to real, perceived or potential events. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, some stress is a normal part of a healthy life--it can help you become more productive and...
Emotional stress can elevate your heart rate, increase your blood pressure, and flood your system with stress hormones, including epinephrine, also known as adrenaline. All of these things increase the work load on your heart.
Dopamine is made by the inner part of the adrenal gland, called the adrenal medulla, and is one of the hormones responsible for the "fight or flight" reaction to a stressful or dangerous situation. During times of stress and anxiety, dopamine is...
Stress affects everyone to some degree. Some people experience more stress than others and handle it quite well. Others have more difficulty, and if they do not handle it correctly, stress can cause a variety of health concerns. Stress can cause...
All humans require some stress to stay motivated and stimulated. Stress can be detrimental to health if it is excessive in that it exceeds normal tolerance, and/or is negative in nature. Stress can induce weight gain due to an external response...
For many people, stress is an unavoidable part of daily life. Learning techniques to help cope with stress are important in relieving stress's physical symptoms and preventing serious health problems. Acupressure, a form of traditional Chinese...
Your body's response can save your life if, for instance, you have to suddenly jump out of the way of an out of control car. Stress produces a host of physiological and psychological responses that can heighten awareness, quicken reflexes and help...
Chronic stress is the result of the fight or flight response occurring for a long period of time, a response that should typically last for a few minutes under extreme circumstances. According to the Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine,...
Pelvic pain is any pain located below your belly button and between your hips. If it lasts six months or more, it is considered chronic. Locating the exact area of the pain can be difficult, and the pain may be a symptom of a disease or a specific...
Material engineering and physics often rely on the concepts of stress and strain. Engineers are keenly interested in how much external force, or stress, they can apply to a part or product. Strain is the effect force has on a material. Apply...
The forehead is one of the most prominent places for wrinkles to appear. Once skin begins to age, it loses elasticity because of decreased collagen production, and other factors, such as smoking, malnutrition, sun overexposure, chronic stress and...
Adrenaline is a stress chemical secreted from the adrenal glands sitting above the kidneys. Neural brain signals and the electrical excitability of the adrenal cells determine the rate at which adrenaline is secreted into the blood stream,...
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