Stress response

When you get stress or one of reason – your hypothalamus, a tiny region at the brain’s base, sets off signal system in your body. Through a combination of nerve and hormonal signals, this system prompts your adrenal glands, located atop of your kidneys, to release a surge of hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol.

Adrenaline increases your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure and boosts energy supplies. Cortisol, the primary stress hormone, increases sugars (glucose) in the bloodstream, enhance your brain’s use of glucose and increases the availability of substances that repair tissues.

Stressors are always present, and you constantly feel under attack. The long-term activation of the stress response system and the overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones that can disrupt all your body’s processes.

Stressors are;

Unrealistic beliefs and expectations

Excessive worrying

Loss of employment

Separation or divorce

Workplace stressors

Chronic illness or injury

Unhappy lifestyle

Unhappy marriage

Unhappy childhood

Physical and emotional trauma (Neglected or abused childhood)

Money problems

Perfectionism

Low self-esteem

This puts you at increased risk of many health problems;

Depression

Headaches

Heart disease

Insomnia

High blood pressure

Increases sugars level

Aches, pains and tense muscles

Loss of memory

Lack of concentration

10 Steps to help protect yourself from stress

Identify the causes

Talk to someone

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Meditation

Listen to relaxing music

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Eat healthily

Be aware of smoking and drinking alcohol

Spend time with friends and family

Exercise

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