My lady in stress: Birthday cake for Jesse hidden in the cellar as a surprise. Oops! Stress announced or maybe fun?
It is advisable to read the Introduction beforehand.
Stress in humans
Do you remember ? Exam stress, maybe an unannounced exam. What a stressful moment! Then visits to the dentist. I just experienced today. It's a lot of fun !!!
Definition
Wiki: "Stress is understood as the strain (effect of stress) on people through internal and external stimuli or stress ... These can be artificial as well as natural, affect both the body and the psyche of the person and ultimately as positive or are perceived negatively or have an effect.
Coping with the stress depends on the personal (including health) characteristics and cognitive abilities of the individual. Dealing with a threat is also called coping. Possible behaviors include: B. aggression, flight, acceptance or denial of the situation."
Aggression is mostly rewarded in our society. The tugger gets his right, while the silence goes unnoticed. Here it is important to learn to differentiate between the real values.
Positive Stress - Eustress
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Positive stress increases alertness and promotes maximum performance of the body without harming it
Eustress occurs when a person is motivated to perform certain things. Even with frequent, long-term occurrences, it has a positive effect on the psychological or physical functionality of an organism.
. Wonderful! Not all people experience it that way. For many, driving is a distress!
Negative stress - distress (or distress)
Stress is only perceived negatively if it occurs frequently or permanently and cannot be compensated physically and / or psychologically and is therefore rated as unpleasant, threatening or overwhelming. In particular, negative effects can occur if, because of your interpretation of the stimuli, the person does not see or has no opportunity to cope with the situation (hopeless). The Greek prefix 'dys' means "bad, bad".
What causes distress in the body?
This stress is more than an increased pulse or nervousness. It sometimes means a massive burden on all body systems, including the brain.
Extreme stress floods us with chemical substances. Feelings like anger, fear, worry or bitterness can have a long-term devastating effect on our health. Buried feelings, hostility and anger also create volcanic structures in the body.
Today, neuroscientists are able to understand the sequence of reactions of toxic thoughts fairly accurately. But as soon as we have knowledge and understanding about it and develop understanding, then we have tools in hand.
Two cell functions are particularly important in this context:
the protection - by the immune system, which takes care of internal threats, and the HPA axis (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex), which protects us from external attacks.
Growth - is responsible for breaking down and replacing millions of cells every day. For example, the intestinal mucosa is replaced every 3 days!
Ideally, the body should be able to focus more on growth than protection. But as soon as there is distress, the organism defends itself and fights the stress factors with full energy and all possible reserves.
Our immune system, for example, can destroy most cancer cells itself. But as soon as we fall into a state of stress, the wrong amount of chemical substances is released, which falsify the DNA of the immune cells, thereby impairing their effectiveness.
General: The body can no longer perform at its peak under stressful stress, which makes it prone to all kinds of problems.
Take cortisol, for example
Cortisol regulates and supports functions in our heart, immune system and metabolism. If the cortisol level rises due to stress and excessive amounts are released in the brain, this leads to a temporary loss of memory. (Check with blackout). The transmitters and receivers of electrochemical impulses (dendrites) begin to dissolve and the hormonal balance goes crazy.
The following problems can then arise:
Depression, phobias, panic attacks
Fatigue, lethargy, exhaustion, insomnia
Anxiety, confusion, lack of creativity
Headaches, migraines and forgetfulness
Psychoses and neuroses are statistically on the rise. Many people have become victims of their own system and need support.
