“Stress kills you everyday but suicide kills you once” This is the last message of a person to his friend and then he committed suicide.
How depressing, huh!
Firstly what is stress?
Mental Stress can be defined as something that causes physical, emotional or psychological hassle or strain. It is a condition in which human body is unable to carry out daily task efficiently.
Is Stress Helpful?
What, stress… helpful? Sounds ridiculous, right!
But stress is helpful to some extent. Stress helps you to extend your boundaries and motivates you to achieve your goals. Like stress before any presentation or debate helps you to do extraordinary and perform well. Stress before big events like interview, marriage, stage performance etc. is normal and can be helpful. It boosts your memory and confidence.
But if stress is chronic, it is harmful. Long-term stress can be caused due to today's lifestyle like heavy workload or too much responsibilities and long working hours.
Emotional problems like childhood trauma, guilt, low self esteem also add on to chronic stress. A consistence feeling of pressure and grief are symptoms of chronic stress.
Does Stress Affects Our Body?
Yes, stress not only affects our mental health but affects our physical health too. It slows down normal body systems like digestive system and immune system. It reduces our responsiveness.
Our body reacts to stress in many ways:
Fatal Problems Due To Stress
Stress affects the basic body functions. Our immunity drops to many fold, so we are unlocked to several diseases. People face difficulties in day to day activities. And eventually our body degrades to some extent.
Mental Tension has been linked to fatal illness like heart problems, cancer, multiple diseases, liver failure, suicide and so on. As per many researches, tension reduces the efficiency of life and can have fatal effects on a person.
Conclusion
Mental Stress eventually leads to fatal conditions. It decreases the quality as well as years of your life. So to overcome , it is important to
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one better thought over another” - William James
