Stress Causes

What problems does stress cause?

What are your stress causes? The many situations and people that we encounter can cause us stress or be classified as stress causes. Identifying what causes you to feel stress can be a step to managing or preventing further problems, especially when related to your health.

Stress has many affects on your health. It can impact your nervous system, emotional well-being, digestive tract, muscles, sleep patterns, immune system, and much more. Once again the key is to find the who or what that causes you stress in order to address it.

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Main Causes Of Stress

The main causes of stress are classified into groups:

Relationship Stress/Interpersonal Stress learn how every relationship can contribute to stress.

Work Related Stress see why work can add or be your stress load.

Time Management understand how the demands of time cause stress.

Lifestyle Choices poor choices and planning can lead to stress.

Traumatic Events can cause chronic stress.

Health Issues cause anxiety and stress.

Internal Stress/Mental Stress effects your view of situations.

Each one of our stress causes can be classified as either internal stresses or external stresses. Both with the proper techniques or help can be addressed and managed. Often any one of these stress causes that are introduced suddenly in our lives is not a cause for major alarm. It is usually the abrupt introduction of two or more of these stress causes that gets us overwhelmed.

What medical studies show is when a particular stressor is unrelenting as humans our body's' do not always adapt well. Hence our body gets overloaded and we feel the impact in our health.

The exception to this thought is traumatic stress. This type of stress deals with serious life changing events. These events cause us deep emotional pain, and often require professional help.

Another exception is health issues which can in certain instances be classified in traumatic stress. Serious health issues whether yours or a loved one can have dramatic effects on your emotional well-being and your nerves. Both should be treated with sensitivity and not ignored.

Handling Stress

THINKING. How do you feel when an unexpected situation comes up? Do you automatically assume the negative? Much of how you view the situation will cause the reaction you give. There is always positive in a situation however bleak it may seem. If the circumstances are horrible you know you can at the very least grow and learn from it. We are never at the peak of our maturity and grace. We can always grow to be better people. Maybe even help others with what we have learned if they face the same situation.

Positive Thinking tips and techniques for you.

REACTION. Are you the ostrich or the bull? Being an ostrich do you bury your head in the sand or into your pillow? Are you the bull? Do you see red and charge, so full of anger or rage ready to make a good offense? Either of these behaviors is unhealthy. You have to find a balance. If you learn to be balanced you will handle the stress better and be a more desirable person to be around. Ask yourself these questions. How bad is the situation and how can I change it for the better?

Can I contribute something positive to the situation? What was my immediate reaction in my mind to the situation, and is there room for improvement? What is my normal reaction? How will I Turn this stress into a manageable experience? That is not to say that you will not have down days or cry. What we are saying is there is find a balance between the two so you can feel less stressed. you do have power over your reaction. Use it for the good.

HOW WILL I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER MY STRESS CAUSES? You have mastery over your own outlook. How you choose to remember the stressor has an impact on how you will handle a similar situation when it arises. If you felt hurt and angry over a specific challenge in the past you will likely associate that memory with any new challenge that proves to be similar. This memory association will have an effect on your immediate reaction whether for the positive or the negative.Remember your memory is a powerful tool, and you can control with a little effort, your feelings on the matter.

So regardless of the situation you can analyze and control how you will react. Don’t dwell on undue anxiety. If nothing can be done, don’t sweat it. Move on. Take it as it comes. Develop your endurance skills. This skill along with management techniques can aid you through life and it’s stress causes. See coping with stress for tips and techniques for dealing with stress.

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