
Sleep Deprivation
Stress is our response to daily life. It affects us emotionally, physically, and behaviorally. The right amount of stress can be a positive force that helps us do our best and stay alert and energetic. Too much stress, however, can make us tense a...
Depression
Depression has many possible causes such as genetics, brain chemicals and your life situation. Chronic, stressful life situations can increase the risk of developing depression if you aren't coping with the stress well.
Headache
A tension-type headache is the most common everyday headache that many individuals experience. It may feel like a constant ache that affects both sides of the head. You may also feel the neck muscles tighten and experience a feeling of pressure be...
Gastrointestinal Disorders
When stress activates the "flight or fight" response in your central nervous system, digestion can shut down because your central nervous system shuts down blood flow, affects the contractions of your digestive muscles, and decreases secretions ne...
Obesity
When you're under stress, you may find it hard to eat healthy. Also, during times of particularly high stress, you may eat in excess as an attempt to fulfil emotional needs leading to phenomena referred to as emotional eating.
Asthma
While feeling stressed out isn't good for your overall health, it can trigger asthma attacks just as much as smoke, pets, polluted air and anything else that causes your asthma to flare.
Diabetes
When stress occurs, the body gears up for a fight-or-flight response. In such instances, the levels of many hormones shoot up. Their net effect is to make glucose and fat available to cells. In people who have diabetes, the fight-or-flight respons...
Heart Attack
More research is needed to determine how stress contributes to heart disease. But stress may affect behaviors and factors that increase heart disease risk such as, blood pressure, cholesterol level, smoking, physical inactivity and overeating.
Alzheimer's
The connections among stress, physical and mental health are undeniable. According to recent research, stress also appears to be related to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Accelerated Ageing
Although more research is still needed on the exact mechanisms by which psychological stress contributes to biological aging, what we do know is that stress can be a contributor to premature aging.