Hypertension and Heart Disease
Hypertension and heart disease are also believed to be trigg by stress. Before you can look at what you can do to manage your stress, the first order of business is understanding what, exactly, stress is. Generally, stress is defined as a negative emotional experience associated with biological changes that allow you to adapt to it. In response to stress, your adrenal glands pump out stress hormones that speed up your body - your heart rate increases and you blood sugar levels increase so that glucose can be diverted to your muscles in case you have to run. This is knoen as the fight-or-flight response.
Many people with heart rhythm disorders are able to live normal lives because of the invention of the pacemaker. This device is implanted in the body, and it sends electrical signals to the heart to keep the heart beating at a normal rate. Not everyone with heart rhythm disorders needs a pacemaker; some people can be treated with drugs.
Good things come from good stress, even though it feels stressful or bad in the short term. Stress challenges us to stretch ourselves beyond our capabilities, which is what makes us meet deadlines, "push the envelope", and invent creative solutions to our problems. Examples of good stress include challenging projects; positive life-changing events. Essentially, whenever a stressful event triggers emotional, intellectual, or spiritual growth, it is a good stress. It is often not the event as much as it is your response to the event that determines whether it is good or bad stress.
If the following statements sound like you, you are probably not managing stress very well: I tend to imagine all the terrible things could possibly happen to me rather than just concerning myself with the stressful situation at hand. I stop what I am doing and devote all my energy toward fixing the problem immediately. I relieve my latest crisis in my mind over and over again, even after it has been solved.
Stress reduction depends entirely on the source of your stress. The only way to control stress that is beyond your control is to modify your response to it. For many women, this takes time and may require some work with a qualified counselor. If you are the source of your own stress because you are too hard on yourself, or are a perfectionist, you need to work on lowering your self-expectations and forgiving yourself for not being perfect.
Some examples of bad stress include stagnant jobs or relationships, disability from terrible accidents or diseases, or long-term unemployment. These kinds of situations can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and a host of physical illnesses.
Hypertension and heart disease are also believed to be trigg by stress. Before you can look at what you can do to manage your stress, the first order of business is understanding what, exactly, stress is.
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