Stress is a huge weight on the body for many people and can lead to poor health. Things such as work, school, and other life factors are often major causes of stress. Managing stress is essential to a clear and healthy mind and I believe stress management should be practiced more. Stress management should be promoted more, emphasized more, and utilized more.
Some of the negative effects of stress on the body include poor health with the heart, immune system, muscles and more. The following symptoms can occur from too much stress as well; elevated heart rate, migraines, unhealthy eating patterns, sleep deprivation and more (Stress Management, Web MD). As time goes on, things will continue to grow on one another. One's health could continue to decline and stress levels could increase.
A few ways that one can begin to cope with stress and lower stress levels include writing, meditating, and exercising. All of which help me relieve stress as well. I took a class called 'Promoting a Happy and Healthy Work Place' and one of the main focuses of the class was to work through stress. Everyday in class we meditated and performed mindful activities that would help each student relieve stress and improve their performance. I found this to be a great instrument in creating a healthy mind and body. Promoting healthy behavior and working with stress management should be advertised to the public more often. I have found many students and and young adults to face enormous amounts of stress while not being aware of the success and power of stress management. Educating more people on stress management as well as promoting meditation and other exercises could help lower stress for thousands of people. This decline in stress levels could then improve the health of thousands and promote a happier and healthier environment.
The deleterious effects of stress on the body are real, in no small part from how Mother Nature programmed us to ensure the survival of the species. In other words, the fight-or-flight respose built into the primitive part of our brainstem. Google "cortisol and stress" and you'll get an eyeful. Stress management is an investment in one's mental and physical health which pays compound interest. I'm glad you found this topic and I highly encourage you to develop and practice effective stress management techniques. You'll be glad you did.
ReplyDeleteAll very good points! I wish I could have taken that class, it sounds so interesting.
ReplyDeleteSleep and exercise make such a big difference with coping with stress. If I've gone more than a few days without going to the gym, I am noticeably more on edge.
I recently did a 5 day trial on a Mindfulness app that was really interesting! I wasn't able to stick with it but it is great how many tools are out there in the app world.
I literally just left a comment on another student's blog about how I know meditation would be good for me, but I just can't discipline myself to do it. Oh well. That's really the problem of pop health - most of the things we should do require discipline.
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