Cognitive Skills,
Impairment and Stress

Webster’s Dictionary defines cognition as… “the act or process of knowing, including both awareness and judgment.” Stress can impair vital processes that your brain needs to function in daily life.

After a particularly stressful day at work, have you ever come home to find that suddenly your whole world has become a lot more complicated? You start to forget things easily, and find it difficult to concentrate on a single thought at once. Your mind is cloudy and you can’t seem to get yourself to focus.

This could be a sign or symptom of chronic stress.

Cognitive Signs of Stress and their symptoms are:

* Forgetfulness

* Lack of Concentration

* Impaired Judgment and Thinking

* Inability to be Productive

* Short Attention Span

* Disorganized Thoughts

* Short Attention Span

* Blurred Vision

* Feeling Preoccupied

Cognitive Function

Here are some common outcomes that can take place when we experience impaired cognitive skills: we make hasty decisions, we stop feeling like we are in control, we want too much control, we experience negative views of others or negative views of ourselves, and we make irrational decisions or become indecisive.

What Happens in Our Bodies

During a stress response, our bodies release certain stress hormones. Some of these hormones can interfere with the proper function of neurotransmitters in our bodies, which in turn, ends up impairing our memory and cognitive functions & skills.

Stress also boosts the production of free radicals. When free radicals are released in our bodies, they cause various problems and health issues. If free radicals are not kept in a balance they can cause damage in our brains, and the impairment of cognitive skills.

Again, proper stress management and prevention is the key to keeping cognitive function in a healthy state. Yet another way to promote brain function is supplementing you diet with the proper vitamins and supplements. An effective supplement is Omega 3, which helps increase healthy brain function. An antioxidant supplement can also be implemented to lower oxidative stress and free radical damage, and also increase healthy brain function.

Here is a list of positive lifestyle changes you can make to effectively manage your stress level.

Good Exercise for a healthier body.

Antioxidant Rich Diet for more energy, and positive mood.

Proper Stress Management Techniques for times when you know you are under stress.

You don’t have to allow stress to take over your life. While some stress is normal and in certain instances can be helpful, too much can be damaging. Take the necessary steps to lower the amount of damage it can do by being proactive. It is your life. You only get one chance. Identify, Prevent, and Manage.

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