Causes Of Stress

Stressors are the Causes of Stress. These stressors may be physical or emotional. They can even be caused internally or externally. Events, situations, people, are the various stressors. The most common stressors in anyone's life are change, death, career change. Stressors can also vary widely from person to person. What may stress you out, may not stress out someone else. Children, teens, and adults are all able to experience stress, but may all experience it differently. There are some stressors that are specific.

Stress in children can be cause happiness or sadness. There are several signs of stress in your children. Among them are feelings of nervousness, fast heartbeats, nail biting, headaches, and stomach aches. They can experience bouts of sweating, nightmares, having fights, and crying. There are several things that can cause stress in children. The divorce or separation of their parents can be one of the most stressful things a child can go through. Losing a good friend, going to a new school, death, a big test, are also some very big stressors for children.

If your teenager is experiencing stress it can be caused from several factors. Your teen should know that not all stressors are bad. Their thoughts and feelings can make stress good or bad. If they are under a lot of stress, other than the physical symptoms mentioned before, they may experience lack of concentration, forgetfulness and carelessness. Emotionally, they may be bored. The outbursts may be in the form of anger, nightmares, depression. They may also begin to withdraw or pick fights.

As an adult, we experience stress on a daily basis. It could be that you have a deadline to meet and that you are hard pressed to finish it or you could have had a divorce. Sweaty palms, sleeplessness, heart palpitations, and hair loss are some of the symptoms. A lot of stress may even give you reproductive problems. You may have a tendency to overreact and unfortunately some people will turn to substance abuse as a means to deal with their stress.

When a stressful situation ends, then your hormonal changes would go back to normal. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world and our bodies can continue to react to stress even after it is over. If you get anxious over daily events or relationships, then the stress on you will never go away. Long-term acute stress can cause many problems in your body. You may experience some or all of these effects of stress : ulcers, obesity, heart disease, cancer, depression, anorexia, diabetes, gum disease, hyperthyroidism, sexual abuse.

It is very important that you learn how to manage your stress. Exercise can help you do this. It is important to set realistic goals for yourself. If something does go wrong, don't let the stress take control and learn to forgive yourself for your mistakes. It may take some time to find the perfect stress management for you, but once you do it, you will feel so much better.