| Understanding your stress signals is the first step in | | | | about the stressor), depression, thoughts of |
| learning how to deal with stress effectively. | | | | hopelessness, loneliness, anger, resentment, and |
| However, many of the signs of stress go unnoticed | | | | difficulty concentrating. You may believe that the |
| as we just accept them as a part of normal life. And, | | | | stressful situation will never get better, or that you |
| most of the time, we don't know that something is | | | | are incapable of handling it. You may want to give up. |
| stressing us out until it's too late. Once you know the | | | | Behavioral symptoms: These symptoms are those |
| early signs of stress, you can do something about | | | | changes in your behavior that others can see when |
| before it gets the better of you. The trick here is to | | | | you are under stress. For example, you may lose |
| recognize the symptoms quickly so that you know | | | | your temper more easily or find yourself |
| your stress that way you can quickly utilize any | | | | uncharacteristically cursing. Or you may be oblivious |
| stress management techniques. | | | | to all other events and people (such as your family), |
| Stress signs and symptoms can be fairly much | | | | concentrating only on the stressor. If you have a |
| categorized in three different ways these physical | | | | tendency towards obsessive and compulsive |
| symptoms, emotional symptoms and behavioral | | | | behaviors, including addictions, you are more likely to |
| symptoms. | | | | engage in these behaviors when your stress level is |
| Physical symptoms: These occur as a direct | | | | high. One of the important principles of addiction |
| consequence of the constant level of stress | | | | recovery is not to let yourself get too stressed in |
| hormones. For examples, headaches are one of the | | | | any way, as this almost always provokes a relapse. |
| most common effects of chronic stress. The muscles | | | | At times you may not even realize that there is |
| of the face, head and neck remain tense, causing | | | | something bothering you until another person notices |
| inflammation and pain to develop. Because the heart | | | | the change in your behavior and confronts you. This |
| works harder under stress, you may experience | | | | can be very annoying, but it is essential to recognize |
| chest pain or angina, especially if you already have | | | | the stress if you are to reduce its effects. |
| heart disease. Other physical symptoms of stress | | | | If you have experienced stress for a long time, you |
| include ulcers, constipation or diarrhea, bladder and | | | | may accept the effects as a normal condition. |
| kidney infections, asthma attacks, allergic rashes, and | | | | Examining yourself in relation to the stress symptoms |
| unexpected blood sugar fluctuations (if you are | | | | discussed above can help you determine in what |
| diabetic). | | | | ways stress is affecting you. Then you can discover |
| Emotional symptoms: These symptoms refer to | | | | the causes and find ways to reduce them, leading to |
| thoughts and feelings that no one knows about | | | | greater comfort and happiness in your daily life. |
| except you. These include anxiety (excessive worry | | | | |