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Stress



Do you ever feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? Are you worried about pressures from work, home, or school? This common condition is called stress and the causes of stress are not the same for everyone. Some individuals perform better under pressure and stress may actually push them to complete tasks. However, long-term stress can increase the risk of some diseases such as depression and heart disease.

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Causes and Risk Factors

Stress is often used as a common term to refer to a variety of conditions such as anxiety, antagonism, exhaustion, frustration, distress, despair, overwork, premenstrual tension, over-focusing, confusion, mourning, and fear. When an individual is encountered with stressors (stress-causing stimuli), the brain releases stress hormones (cortisone and adrenaline) to respond to stress. This is commonly known as the fight or flight response. These hormones increase the heartbeats, increase the speed of breathing, and increase energy.

Stressful situations within an individual’s family life are one of the primary causes of stress. Having difficulty in maintaining relations with friends or family members, marital troubles, communication problems with children or parents, and illness or death of a loved one can also cause stress.Sudden changes in life can contribute to developing stress. Relocating to a new home or city, joining a new organization, marriage, pregnancy, divorce, and midlife crisis are some examples of these causes. Children also experience similar feelings when they move to a new school or neighborhood.

Work-related stressors are pressure to meet deadlines, achieving targets, excess workload, competition, job dissatisfaction, insecurity, politics and conflicts in the office, low remuneration, important meetings and presentations, and sexual harassment. Environmental stressors include poor living condition, pollution, and man-made or natural calamities.



Financial crunch and impending debt are also major causes of stress. Other factors are personal failure, unemployment, inability to deal with stress, fear, insecurity, pessimistic attitude, and low self-esteem and confidence. Not all of these factors are necessarily real; some may only be perceived but then eventually lead to stressful conditions. Research has also exhibited a correlation between a person’s attitude toward handling stress and stressors and his or her genes.


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