Our life is impossible without stressful situations. Every decision we make takes our body out of balance. Depending on how important the choice was for us, there will be a scale of the coming stress. Sometimes we just do not notice it, sometimes we feel it, but we cope, sometimes we can not cope with the stress that comes without help. But in any case, the consequences can be unpredictable not only for your psychological state, but also for the physical.
What is dangerous about stress and what are its consequences for a person's mental state:
- tension;
- depression;
- unreasonable anger;
- inadequate thinking;
- irritability;
- forgetfulness;
- lack of appetite;
- anxiety;
- inattention;
- apathy to everything and to all;
- lack of sleep.
Stress and its consequences for a person's physiological state:
- increased sugar levels;
- increased levels of fatty acids;
- decreased immunity due to decreased production of lymphocytes during stress;
- increased pressure;
- increased heart rate;
- chronic colitis;
- gastritis;
- gastric ulcer, etc.
Moreover, the consequences of severe stress can be caused not only by negative incidents, but also by positive ones. For example, a big win in the lottery, the birth of a child, unexpected joy and much more. It is generally accepted that happy events have a positive effect on a person's personality. Your body may not be completely agree with this.
Stress can be caused by a single incident, but can accumulate over a certain time in the form of small wagons. Late bus, small quarrels with neighbors, chatty colleague at work, household quarrels in the family. The consequences of nervous stress due to prolonged disagreements are more significant. Especially difficult to experience the state of stress are impressionable people with weak mental self-defense. They quickly fall into depression and can not leave it longer. As a result of chronic depression - reduced immune defenses of the body.
More than ordinary people, stress is susceptible to pregnant women on the background of hormonal changes. Negative consequences of stress during pregnancy are manifested not only on the condition of a woman, but also on the baby she is waiting for. In itself, the expectation of a child, especially a first child, is a huge stress for a woman. Fear of future birth, experience for the baby, emotional imbalance and uncertainty in the future. The situation is further exacerbated in cases of single mothers or scandalous families.
Consequences of stress during pregnancy:
- chronic depression;
- premature delivery;
- the threat of losing a child;
- the acquisition of chronic diseases by the child in the womb;
- mental retardation in the development of the baby after his birth;
- deviations in the physiological development of the child, both during pregnancy and after childbirth;
- low body weight of the child and much more.
Before starting a child, the expectant mother must first take care of her own health. After all, the consequences of stress during pregnancy can be irreversible for the baby. It is impossible to admit that the mistakes of adults could affect the life of the baby, even without giving a chance to it to be born.
Another common type of stress in people is related to their professional activities.
Negative consequences of occupational stress:
- emotional exhaustion;
- dissatisfaction with their actions;
- irritability and reluctance to work;
- unmotivated experiences;
- anxiety, anxiety;
- irritability;
- decreased self-esteem;
- decrease in productivity of work;
- frequent headaches;
- sleep disturbance.
As a result - the change of workplace due to the impossibility of further finding the body in a state of nervous stress.