The causes of stress range from major life changes such as a birth or death, to daily frustrations such as a difficult commute. Each of the different causes of stress can have a slightly different effect on your mind and body. Of course, the effect of the external stressor is also mediated by your internal characteristics such as attitude, belief system, mood, and level of openness.
Major life changes are obvious stressors. Even if the change is perceived as positive, such as a new baby or marriage, you will have to adjust to differences in every aspect of your life. Negatively perceived stressors can have an even greater effect. Major life changes include birth, death, serious illness, moving, changing jobs or schools, marrying or living together, and divorce. Although these causes do have great impact, the positive side is that they are recognized as stressful by others and they are relatively short-term in comparison to some other causes.
Traumatic experiences such as natural disasters, war, child abuse, domestic violence, and rape are both short and long-term cause of stress. When the event happens, the acute effects may be so great that you are unable to cope with them. Many people who experience trauma do not fully progress through the stages of grief; instead they remain stuck in shock and denial. In this case, the effects of the trauma are long-term, like a thorn constantly irritating your mind. Like other causes of stress, trauma can result in mental disturbances such as depression and anxiety, as well as physical conditions such as muscle and joint pain, irritable bowel syndrome, or multiple allergies.
Chronic pain or illness is another of the long-term causes of stress. Its effects build over time and, like water dripping on a rock, it wears down the body and the mind unless steps are taken to overcome it. For example, if you have diabetes you must be constantly watchful of your blood sugar and be aware of all the factors that can affect it such as what and when you eat, how much you exercise, illness whether minor or major, and other causes of stress. Worrying about your diabetes can, in itself, make the stress worse!
Another long-term stress cause is an unpleasant workplace. You may have one or more co-workers with whom you are in constant conflict. If your job is boring or distasteful you may dread going to work each day. Work issues are especially stressful if they are combined with financial hardship. When you live in constant fear of being evicted or being unable to pay your bills, knowing that you absolutely must go to work can lead to feelings of being trapped in a hopeless cycle. Perceiving a serious threat, your body reacts with its usual stress response, releasing hormones that increase your heart and breathing rate, as well as muscle tension, while reducing the activity of your digestive system, reproductive system, and kidneys.
Similarly, problems within the family can be significant causes of stress. For example, if you have a rebellious child who is experimenting with drugs, frequent fights with your significant other, an unfaithful spouse, or a child with a disability, you will experience the stress response on a daily basis, possibly for long periods of time. Like chronic illness, the problems in your workplace or home can cause deterioration of your physical condition as well as mental and emotional changes such as apathy, hopelessness, and depression.
An important cause of stress that is sometimes overlooked is sexuality. From puberty onwards, you may experience stressful sexual situations. For example, losing your virginity, feeling sexually unattractive, difficulty achieving arousal or orgasm, and impotence are issues that can cause significant short or long-term stress.
Every stressor has two components, the external and the internal. An external cause of stress is either outside ourselves (such as work or trauma) or a natural aspect of being human (such as sexuality). Internal causes of stress refer to characteristics of your mind that influence whether or not you perceive an external event as a threat – personality, belief system, and attitudes. You can usually change or at least influence the internal causes, while some external causes of stress can be changed but others cannot.
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"The Great Warming: Climate Change and the rise and fall of civilizations, "Brian Fagan" God is Not Great "by Christopher Hitchens." People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present "by Howard Zinn" Good Medicine, Great Sex! "By David R. Ford" Raw Food for 1 or straightforward 2 people "by Jennifer Cornbleet
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