I am a fan of Matt Damon and the Bourne series.Both the books and the movie series are gripping , edge of the seat thrilling.
Unfortunately just like Bourne suffers amnesia you are at risk of every disease under the sun related to lifestyle if you have work or personal stress.
Stress is a silent killer and it not painless.Chronic and acute stress both are equally bad.While acute stress can help you adapt or get you killed.Chronic stress can cause all lifestyle diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, insomnia, depression and more.
During acute stress, the flight or fight response helps us survive.It kick starts the Sympathetic pathways in our body.
While peaceful conditions stimulate parasympathetic pathway.
A little excitement feels good.This is momentary stimulation of your sympathetic response.That’s how you feel when fall in love!
But when this response is chronic (as in chronic stress at work or home)you suffer palpitations and anxiety attacks.Stress hormones are released during stressful situations and these are responsible for the long term and short term ill effects of high level of stress
What are these stress hormones?
Cortisol : The effects of high levels of cortisol is many folds. Cortisol influences a lot of the other endocrine glands too.Circulating cortisol and psychological stress have a direct correlation with childhood obesity, adult obesity, and metabolic syndrome.
Catecholamines increase makes your heart overworked.
Insulin decreases: This causes there to be a hyperglycaemic state and there is a high risk of Diabetes Mellitus.
TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone decreases.This can precipitate hyperthyroidism(more thyroid hormones in the blood).This has an effect on the heart and almost all systems of our body.
How do they affect you?
Chronic stress is first in the brain.
It makes you eat more, smoke more chance of addictive behavior, poor quality of sleep and low happiness quotient.Altogether these affect your lifestyle an long-term personal and professional life.
What should you do?
I wrote about 32 ways to beat chronic stress a long time back .but every day I try to do the following 5 things to feel good and relax.
- I cuddle my baby a lot
- I water my plants and stare at them.
- I walk every day on the treadmill at least for 60 minutes.
- I read
- I write
At the end of the day a life well lived should make you happy .If your health is not your best friend ,you cant be happy!What are you doing to be healthy, happy and stress-free?
Comment below to let me know.
Stress is a killer and can be really bad for our health. These are some great points to identify the symptoms and stay away from stress.
We all are dealing with stress and it exists in may form. Spending time with kids and plants is the best way to deal stress. I used to listen music and eat chocolate to combat stress
Your posts have been a source of information always…and this one is much needed in today’s time when we hardly have time for ourselves.. thanks for sharing 🙂
Cuddling your little ones to reduce stress is the best treatment ever. I have done that and it makes me feel so good and I get a positive rush through my body. Lovely post this is.
Those stress busters are just what the ‘doctor’ ordered!
A very useful post Amrita. With home, toddler and a job I think I am really prone to stress and thanks for these tips .. For me listening to music (even if it for 15 minutes) helps a lot
my baby is my stress buster and yes stress is a silent killer..taking a break in this busy life to be thankful of things around can help overcome stress too
Stress makes us mad- emotionally and physically and I have seen that myself
My stress busters are very much similar to yours. Additionally, I paint if having time which is hard to find with my little one..:-)
Health is wealth indeed and stress is messing our life big time.
I absolutely loved the 5 easy ways to beat stress, I seem to be gettng stressed for no reason at all, I really need to focus and do somethings to help me!
I love the header by the way. And I totally agree about stress killing us
No doubt spending times with kids and plants gives best mental relief
This is such a nice article. Everyone must read it and work upon it.
Great tips to bust stress! One has to keep your mind away on your own from stressful things.
Walking, sleeping , going on a Holiday , cooking are some ways to reset life back on track and beat the stress.
Amazing write up and great to address this new killer monster we need to combat.. But there’s love around us that we can embrace and tackle this issue
I have felt how stress affects so we need to find alternatives to keep ourselves stress free.
To be healthy and stay far from stress, i do yoga and spend quality time with my family.
Walking is always a good stress buster! And, nothing beats cuddling your babies!
So true, stress is chronic and Jason Bourne is not ????