Symptoms of Stress

Stress refers to the combination of all those physical and mental symptoms that are a result of physical and mental exertion on the body due to a number of factors like heavy workload, doing a lot of different tasks at the same time, etc. The symptoms of tests are many and so are categorized into physical symptoms which affect the body, mental symptoms which affect the mind, and relational symptoms that affect relationships between two or more people. Let us discuss in detail each of the symptoms in the next few paragraphs. As mentioned before physical symptoms are symptoms that affect the body. Some of the most common symptoms on the body due to stress are sleeplessness at night as well as pain different parts of the body like the back and the shoulders. Increased stress may also lead to high blood pressure in the long run as well as weight problems like excess weight gain or excess weight loss. The immune system of the body may also take a beating as a result of which you contact illnesses more quickly. Now we discuss a little on emotional symptoms that are caused due to excess stress. The most common emotional symptoms due to stress are a feeling of tiredness all the time as well as depression. The person who is suffering from stress may also get irritated very quickly as well as lose his temper on other people. Also due to multi tasking one can suffer from memory lapses as one easily forgets simple things like where he has put the car keys or a friend's birthday or an important appointment. One may also face lack of concentration and one can also start substance abuse like resorting to drugs or alcohol. Last but not the least is the relational symptoms. These symptoms include constant arguments with your colleagues or your partner, frequent job changes, constant conflicts with co workers and also isolation from any social gatherings. The intensity of all the above stress symptoms can increase tremendously if preventive measures are not taken in the future. Your stress symptoms may also induce irreparable damage if you don't take care immediately. Hence all measures to decrease physical as well as mental stress should be taken so that your health returns back to normal. You can decrease your work burden by proper planning and also do yoga and medication which have proved to be great healers of stress. There is Teen Stress as well.