Few days ago my best friend’s cousin was diagnosed with Cancer. I started searching for the causes and found out something shocking… something which is ignored by us and which has been accepted as a part of daily life, can kill us!!!
S T R E S S. Also known as Tension in few countries.
Sometime it may seem there’s nothing you can do about your stress level. There will never be more hours in the day, your career/family responsibilities will always be demanding, the bills aren’t going to stop coming, exams will always be around the corner for students…
But you have a lot more control than you might think and managing stress is all about taking charge: taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems. Our ultimate goal is a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation and fun.
It starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
Become aware of your habits, attitude, and excuses.
Do you define stress as an integral part of your work or home life or as a part of your personality. Have you accepted it as a part of Your daily life? Do you blame your stress on other people or outside events?
Until you accept responsibility for the role you play in creating or maintaining it, your stress level will remain outside your control.
Unhealthy ways of coping with stress, which may temporarily reduce stress, but they cause more damage in the long run, include –
* Smoking (affects finances too)
* Drinking too much alcohol (affects finances too)
* Overeating or under-eating
* Spending hours in front of the TV/computer/internet/games
* Withdrawing from friends, family, and activities
* Using pills or drugs to relax
* Procrastinating
* Filling up every minute of the day to avoid facing problems
* Taking out your stress on others (angry outbursts, physical violence)
Click here to read how the above listed ways are related to mental health
Work Stress Leads To Heart Disease and Diabetes
(a study published online by the British Medical Journal*)
Biological link between Stress, Anxiety and Depression identified
(published in the Nature Neuroscience journal by the Scientists at The University of Western Ontario*)
Stressing out can cause people to gain weight
(American Journal of Epidemiology*)
Stress might have an effect on our risk of disease by influencing us into unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking and drinking. Stress may also damp down our bodies’ immune response and make us more likely to get ill.
(cancerhelp.org.uk*)
Stress “could cause cancer”
(The Daily Telegraph*)
Researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported that emotional stress contributes to the development of cancer and might also reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatments. (Journal of Biological Chemistry*)
IBS may be triggered by the immune system, which is affected by stress.
(“Many IBS patients will meet the criteria for one or more psychiatric disorders” says a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Albany*)
The levels of stress/anxiety are increasing in students because of Classes and Exams, Jobs and Money, Career prospects, for being away from home for potentially the first time and in some countries fulfilling the ambitions/dreams of their family.
Out of every three cases of suicide reported every 15 minutes in India, one is committed by a youth in the age group of 15 to 29 (rediff.com)
In the developed countries over 70 percent of students don’t consider talking to a counsellor to help them deal with stress or other emotional issues. In developing nations most of the schools and colleges don’t even have a counsellor!!!
Children’s panic attacks grow as exams increase.
(telegraph.co.uk*)
Don’t wait until it turns in to a life threatening problem… TAKE ACTION NOW…
click here for Effective techniques
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NB: Teachers/curriculum designers/education coordinators/department heads please email me to discuss further for how we can create awareness amongst the students of your school/college.
education@forbetterment.com
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*information found on the internet.
Madhur,:)
Your insights are truly life giving..thanks for sharing these perspectives ..really need people like you for happiness and peace in this world:)
Great blog Maddy, and this is the very reason as to why I decided to meditate, workout, choose productive hobbies and love being a mommy. I’m so glad that you are making this a major point, because a lot of us don’t know how stress causes various illnesses mentally and physically.(Now I’m no doctor, but just a little research even I understand now)Mentally Maddy it can make us behave as a very odd person, a sensitive person. Crazy behaviors, and it is not an easy task to recognize the character, and finally stress sometimes leads to death. Thanks for insight thought I drop a few tips. I hope many gets information from this bog. Thanks
very true .. it is an eye opening article.. :).we must include this in the education syllabus
very gud article…..
And the given techniques are highly effective …it will help alot not only to reduce stress but can help to make a happy life too!!thanks
Very nice article. Specially “Unhealthy ways of coping with stress” are a great reading…
Thank u and keep it up…!
Indeed, stress/tension is a major cause of most fatal diseases/disorders. We all encounter it, we all have our own ways of dealing with it, but one thing I personally believe is that if we can develop a philosophy of Balance within ourselves, we can cope better in stressful situations, if indeed they do occur.
Thanks for good information that comes out to read.
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Thans
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