Here's how stress could silently be killing you
| Updated: Jul 22, 2019, 12:21 IST
In today's time and age, if there's one health problem that's plaguing people across various ages, it has to be stress. Stress is something that can affect anyone irrespective of age, gender or qualification. It can take a severe toll on one's physical, mental and psychological health. Researchers have now started to look at stress as one of the identifying terms of hypertension and diabetes.
Doctors have tried to find conclusive factors that can lead to stress but since each person's lifestyle is different, the factors that lead to stress are different too. The way a person's lifestyle is can directly affect whether or not they feel stressed or how stressed they feel. But even though there is no definitive age group that feels the most amount of stress, clinical trials have been able to narrow it down to adolescents and middle-aged people.
Some factors that could contribute to stress in these people are examination fear, fear of letting down their parents, meeting society's demands, earning enough to live up to society's standards and so on. Most of these people also suffer from some form of sleep disorders. Some of the most common signs of stress that were recognised are eating disorders, fatigue, lethargy, mood swings, rapid weight fluctuations and major alterations in the sleep cycle.
One known method to deal with such stress is to opt for cognitive behaviour therapy which can prove to be quite the task. The very first thing a person would need to do would be to accept that he has stress. The next steps include going for therapy sessions that will go on for quite some time. Stress is a battle that takes time to fight. One can always go to a counsellor as well if they don't want to go to a therapist right away. But it is important to acknowledge stress and get it treated accordingly. Stay tuned for more updates.
Doctors have tried to find conclusive factors that can lead to stress but since each person's lifestyle is different, the factors that lead to stress are different too. The way a person's lifestyle is can directly affect whether or not they feel stressed or how stressed they feel. But even though there is no definitive age group that feels the most amount of stress, clinical trials have been able to narrow it down to adolescents and middle-aged people.
Some factors that could contribute to stress in these people are examination fear, fear of letting down their parents, meeting society's demands, earning enough to live up to society's standards and so on. Most of these people also suffer from some form of sleep disorders. Some of the most common signs of stress that were recognised are eating disorders, fatigue, lethargy, mood swings, rapid weight fluctuations and major alterations in the sleep cycle.
One known method to deal with such stress is to opt for cognitive behaviour therapy which can prove to be quite the task. The very first thing a person would need to do would be to accept that he has stress. The next steps include going for therapy sessions that will go on for quite some time. Stress is a battle that takes time to fight. One can always go to a counsellor as well if they don't want to go to a therapist right away. But it is important to acknowledge stress and get it treated accordingly. Stay tuned for more updates.