stress, a huge stone in the path of your success

stress, a huge stone in the path of your success | how to fix it

What Is Stress?

Stress is a physical response to what is going on around you. Stress can also be created by your thoughts, frustration and anger. It helps you to survive in difficult situations. It puts your brain in fight or flight mode when it seems a dangerous situation by releasing some complex hormones and chemicals (such as adrenaline, cortisol and norepinephrine) in your brain. And there is a third type, called freeze mode. In this mode the energy stimulated by threat gets locked into the nervous system and we freeze. (1)

What Is The Difference Between Anxiety And Stress?

stress,-a-huge-stone-in-the-path-of-your-success-|-how-to-fix-it

medlineplus.gov

Stress is a sudden response to any situation in order to tackle it. It helps you to avoid danger and meet a deadline. But if stress lasts long for a longer period of time then it can prove to be harmful for your body, this is called anxiety(2). Anxiety is a stress that remains with you if the stressor is gone. (3)

How Stress Protects You From Dangerous Situations?

These hormones or chemical substances prepare your body for action in a dangerous situation. This leads to faster response to any action going on around you by diverting the flow of blood towards muscles of the body and cuts-off the unusual supply of blood towards digestion. (4)

What Temporary Changes Occur During Stress To Your Body?

During stress, releases of complex hormones do many changes in the body such as increases the heart rate, increases the rate of heart breathing, boosts the supply of energy to muscles and improves the quality of attention by hindering the thinking part which might become a barrier in doing actions and also minimize the functions of the brain. (5)

How Many Types Of Stress?

Majorly, stress is only of two types ; one is called acute stress and other is called chronic stress.

Acute Stress :

That stress which lives for a shorter period of time, called acute stress. This is very common and good for you to handle new situations in your life. You might be facing it in every exciting situation or in every new turn in your life. Reason behind the acute stress might be fighting with someone, when you slam on the brakes, your work pressure and something like these factors. (6)

Chronic Stress :

That stress which lives for a longer period of time, called chronic stress. This might be because of money problems, having problems with your marriage life, or unhappy life and any kind of situation which is going on for about a week or more. You can become so used to it that you don't feel it as a problem in your life. If you are not able to manage your stress then it can create a lot of health problems in your life. (7)

What Are The Negative Effects Of Stress?

Stress releases hormones which makes you more alert and prepares you for dangerous situations. Makes your muscles more tense and increases the pulse rate. This is good for you if your body stay in this state when danger is in front of you but if this state remains for longer period of time then it causes health problems :

diabetes
heart diseases
obesity(8)
skin problems such as acne, eczema (skin become inflamed, itchy, red, cracked, and rough).
menstrual problems
high blood pressure

The reverse is also true, if you have serious health issues then it can cause stress, may be chronic or may be acute. (9)(10)

What Are The Signs Showing That You Are Suffering From Stress?

Sometimes stress helps you to be motivated. We all face minute stress everyday but they are limited to a small time span. Therefore sometimes people fail to recognize stress as a serious problem as he considered it same as the normal stress. But this stress if not cured, then can create serious health problems. I will give you some situations and signs that helps you to recognize that you are suffering from stress or not :

you school or work life performance is suffering
you are over using smoking or alcohol
you are suffering from unknown fears and anxiety
your routine of eating and sleeping is not fixes or facing difficulty to follow your routine
you are thinking about hurting yourself and thinking about to attempt suicide
you are struggling to follow your daily responsibilities
facing difficulty to concentrate
you are not willing to talk with your friends or family
making bad decision
having anger and irritability
intrusive thoughts and constant worry

if you have some above mentioned signs then you should consult with the doctor. (11)

How To Overcome Stress?

The only way to overcome stress is to control the amount of stress hormones in your brain. For this there are lots of methods to do this :

Do Exercise

Exercise helps to reduce the amount of stress hormones in your brain and relaxes your body. Even 5 minutes of exercise can contribute towards your overall health and fitness(12). With this, it helps to concentrate, reduce fatigue, improves alertness, and enhances the level of mood which helps to overcome your stress. (13)

Meditation

We feel stress mostly because of intrusive thoughts often going on in our mind. Meditation keeps your brain in the present moment and stops the unwanted thoughts. Especially, vipassana(14) meditation helps you to experience the state of mindfulness. There are different types of meditation which helps you to stay positive. After doing this type of meditation you will experience the world with different eyes. You will show your love and love every person in your life. It will also take away the feeling of harming others.

Make A Well Managed Routine

A good routine helps you to manage your responsibilities and your professional life. You will feel less pressure from your professional life by completing your work on time. And you can spend time with your family which provides dopamine to your brain, motivates you to work hard and reduces the chances of stress in life.

Always Compliment About Yourself

Whenever you achieve something, never forget to compliment yourself which will help you to elevate your mood and boost your self-esteem. Never try to be hard on yourself. If you lose something then it is ok. Even failure has more value than winning something because a loser knows something special that a winner does not know.

Avoid Smoking And The Consumption Of Alcohol

Before this you might be believing that alcohol and smoking helps to reduce stress but in the long term, this can be the reason for your stress. The reason behind this is that smoking narrows your blood vessels and creates a hindrance in the flow of blood, the result is that it increases respiration rate and the heart has to do more efforts in pumping blood and increases the blood pressure (B.P.) which ultimately affects the functioning of the brain.

Increases The Consumption Of Water

Water(15-how to get max. benefits) helps to reduce the concentration of blood. The result is, the heart faces less difficulty in pumping the blood and controls the blood pressure which contributes in the dysfunctioning of the brain.

Spend Time In Good Environment

This good environment includes positive people, nature's beauty, funny shows and all other things that can help you to lift your mood up. Whenever we interact with our basic nature, it gives us pleasure. We are deeply connected with nature, that's why spending time with natural beauty makes us feel good. Funny shows and positive people help our mind to stay away from negative thoughts which is the basic reason for stress.

I hope, you found it to be helpful.

If yes, then subscribe this blog to get notified so that you never miss a chance to read this type of health related knowledge and tips.

Comments

Weight Training is not enough | Do 10 best cardio abs exercises for shocking results

For obtaining well sculpted and toned abs, we can do three things; strength training, a proper diet plan for us, and cardio workout for fat burning. For the purpose of cardio workout, there are a lot of exercises but we have found some of the most effective exercises which help you in burning calories, make your abs visible, and also to get the harder core. Why is there a need to do cardio for abs? We know that cardio is not for muscle building. Weight training is the only way to build abs muscles therefore we have to go for abs workout ( 22 days abs workout without equipment ). So why is there a need for cardio? The answer is simple, you can make your abs by doing weightlifting but the bitter truth is you can't see them. The reason is the layer of fat covering your abs. This is the reason why we go for cardio abs workout. The cardio exercise helps you to lose your fat without taking your much time. Now the question is how much cardio you should do to see your abs? There is no exac...

How much body fat is needed to lose to see your abs? Experts can answer this!

What we will discuss : What is the maximum amount of fat on the body so that you can see your abs? What is the minimum amount of fat to see shredded abs? Why can't we reach the 0% fat stage? How is our abs and body look at different fat levels? How much fat is the healthiest option for us for muscle building? What are the negative sides of reducing fat level at the maximum level? What are the methods to check the body fat percentage? Watch this video which will help you to understand this post better! Here is the example of a bodybuilder at different fat levels from 18%-6% Many people do a lot of hard work to make shredded six-pack abs but the results are far less than their expectation. What will be your reaction if I say that you have got your 6-pack abs but you can't see. This is because your abs are hidden by the layer of fat on your abdominal region. {This fat is measured in the percentage called the body fat percentage (which represents the total body fat you have).} ...

one step towards health, replace toxic sugar with beneficial honey

Honey is a substance produced by bees from the nectar of plants. Honey is a natural ingredient used for its sweetness, nutritious values and used for other health benefits. It is a healthier option as comparative to sugar. It is mainly used as a sweetening agent and has some medical uses. In cosmetics, it has the role of fragrance and a moisturizer in soaps and medicines. Sometimes people confuse honey with bee pollen, bee venom and with royal jelly. gettyimages What Is Honey? Honey is nothing but mostly sugar containing vitamins, iron, minerals, mix amino acids, zinc and antioxidants. With this it has the properties of anti-inflammatory, antioxidants and antibacterial. (1) Sometimes people use it for the treatment of wound healing, dry skin, burns, diabetic foot ulcers, acne and for many other diseases by direct application on skin. (2) How Is Honey Made? This journey begins with honeybees and flowers. Honeybees extract the nectar and enzymes (present in the saliva of bees) break down...

Can Drinking Water Harm Your Body?

Introduction Yes, drinking water may be harmful to you body, if you are drinking it in a wrong way. As we know 2/3rd of our body is made up of water. So for the proper functioning of the organs, adequate water is essential. However the same water is consumed in a wrong way becomes the reason for most shocking health problems like migraine, arthritis, weak digestion, allergy, hairfall, lethargy, heart and kidney problems. The sad part is that 99% of the people drink water in a wrong way due to which they are unintentionally harming their body, rather than getting benefit from this miraculous drink. So if you want to know the right way of drinking water then read this blog till the end. Water is most important for our body. Without water we can't use the nutrients that come from carbs, proteins and fats. Because water is so essential and beneficial, it does not mean that we can drink water whenever we want. In this blog, I will share with you five reason that you are ...

What can happen to your muscles when you do cardio exercise? Myth-busting article

Hi Guys, I'm Prabhat, This is the only comprehensive article on the internet about the effects of cardio on muscle building. Before making this article, I came across many rumors about cardio such as it can kill your muscle gain and many more. But there is no comprehensive article related to this on google. So we decided to research to get our answer and came across myth-busting facts which we have covered in this article. This article will cover all the queries. So if you want all the answers to your queries, you will love this article. Can cardio kill our body muscles, if yes, then how? What should we do first: cardio or strength training? Should we do a cardio workout every day or a few days a week? Can cardio lead to muscle gain, if yes, then how? Have we noticed that athletes do cardio most of the time but still they have a decent muscular body, how? Both cardio and weight training burns calories. So why is weight training not used for fat loss? How can cardio be modified so t...

how to gain weight in a week naturally (fast and safe)

gettyimages Idea of this topic Having your body in underweight is like a god gives a golden chance to make your body stronger. It is easier for the underweight person to make a muscular body than the overweight person. But for this you must have to take some steps and follow some regulations. There are a lot of similarities between a person underweight or overweight. Underweight person also faces a lot of health related issues same as the overweight person. If a person is underweight might be facing social problems same as a person facing the social pressure of being overweight. Eating fat in the diet may be like hell for the health of a person who is suffering from his low weight. But the same fat is like a miraculous thing for the underweight person. Having fat on skin is not always so bad. It has its own importance on skin. Fat is nothing but stored energy on the body which comes in the category of good fat. Dietary fats are responsible for several optimal functions of the body...

6 best and safe tip+stretches for pregnancy lower back painxercise

Image Source - Google|Image By - healthline.com During pregnancy, it is very common for women to suffer from lower back pain especially during early stages. It is due the softening and stretching of ligaments in your body to prepare you for labour. This will put a strain on your lower and hence causes pain There are some exercises which help you to reduce the pain of the lower back. But there are also some precaution that we have to follow to reduce pain which we will discuss after covering exercise portion Exercises Of Lower Back Pain During Pregnancy Important Note : These exercises are not for pregnant women who are suffering from back disc injury. And these exercises are appropriate for all stages of pregnancy including the last trimester Stop any kind of exercises during pregnancy if any of sign appears : bleeding from the vagina feeling dizzy or faint shortness of breath before starting exercise chest pain headache muscle weakness calf pain or swelling regular, painful cont...

how to stay fit : 8 steps remove your laziness(without gym)

Image source - Google|Image By - healthcise.com We all have some health related issues which we carry with us in daily life and make our life boring, resist us from enjoying all aspects of life which we imagined in our past days. Most of the people do a lot of hard work to stay fit but due to some reason they will not be able to achieve it. Therefore today, we will share about some steps which are easy to follow and help us to stay fit and healthy. For achieving fitness at first we have to follow some basic healthy life style which includes daily proper physical exercises, daily bathing, brushing, doing conversation with others if some is suffering from mental problems and like other good stuff that can makes you feel good without harming our body. Eating fast-food can make you feel good but not good for your fitness and same with alcohol that can make you feel good but not good for your health. We have 30 steps which make your healthy and fit life better. 8 steps which makes your...

All You Know About Mastectomy : Types, Problems, Recovery Time and Much more

What is Mastectomy? A mastectomy is a surgery to remove a breast or part of breast. It is usually done to treat breast cancer. Are You looking for a Surgery for DCIS or Breast Cancer? You might come across two types of surgery Breast sparing surgery (In this surgery only that part of breast will remove which have cancer with some normal tissues) Mastectomy (In this surgery the whole breast will be removed) Each surgery has its own advantages and disadvantages. But today we will talk about only mastectomy. In this surgery, you can face some problems after surgery and you may also go through another surgery which is breast reconstruction and therapy such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy. Basically Mastectomy is of two types : Total Mastectomy Modified Radial Mastectomy Image Source -Google|Image By - cancer.org Total Mastectomy (Simple Mastectomy) : In this, with your whole breast, surgeon also take...

Fitque

Search This Blog

Recent Posts

[2020] Update-The dark truth of the physical and mental condition of bodybuilders.