Stress and Distress, Reasons, Cures

Stress is the physical, mental, and emotional reactions you experience as the result of changes and demands in your life. It is a well known saying of some renounced scholar that life ends but Demands never ends, they keep coming after one an other, Some peoples even say that Human are made of Demands, and all the time he/she runs to fulfill their Demands, The Famous Inventor of "Economics" also Adam Smith. He says that resources are less and Demands are many, so all troubles in life we face are due to low resources,

One way to cope with Demands is to not let them born in heart. lols just kidding because, it looks also a negative thinking, But there is no way to avoid Demands to being born in ones heart, it is a Natural way Man is made by.

Stress is part and parcel of common life events, both large and small. It comes with all of life's daily hassles, traffic jams, long lines, petty argu­ments, and other relatively small irritations. Stress also comes with crises and life-changing events, such as illness, marriage problems or divorce, losing a job, getting a new job, or children leaving home.

All these events may force you to adjust, whether you are ready to or not. Unless you can regularly release the tension that comes with stress, it can greatly increase your risks of physical and mental illness.

Because many major life events are beyond your control, take charge of those aspects of your life that you can manage. One major change doesn't mean that all areas of your life must change. Continue to partic­ipate in the same activities you did before the event happened.

Not all stress is bad. Positive stress (eustress) is a motivator, challenging you to act in creative and resource­ful ways. When changes and demands overwhelm you, negative stress (distress) sets in. This section has specific techniques you can use to cope with stress in your life.

What Stress Does to the Body

At the first sign of alarm, chemicals released by the pituitary and adrenal glands and the nerve end­ings automatically trigger these physical reactions to stress:

• Heart rate increases to move blood to the muscles and brain.

• Blood pressure goes up.

• Breathing rate increases.

• Digestion slows down.

•  Perspiration increases.

•  Pupils dilate.

•  You feel a rush of strength.