CAUSES OF STRESS
Death: of spouse, family, friend Health: injury, illness, pregnancy
Crime: Sexual molestation, mugging, burglary, pick-pocketed
Self-abuse: drug abuse, alcoholism, self-harm
Family change: separation, divorce, new baby, marriage
Sexual or Relationship problems: getting partner, with partner
Arguments: with spouse, family, friends, co-workers, boss
Physical changes: lack of sleep, new work hours
New location: vacation, moving house
Money: lack of it, owing it, investing it
Environment change: in school, job, house, town, jail
Responsibility increase: new dependent, new job
HOW TO REDUCE STRESS
Sports and exercise
Reading, relaxing
Spending time with friends or family
Art projects or home improvement projects (hands on activities)
Physiological effects of stress on the body
Chronic stress leads to an out of balance biochemistry with elevated cortisol and suppressed serotonin. A LOT of stress causes mental and physical problems. In some cases, a little stress is good but too much stress is bad.
Tracey,
ReplyDeleteThis blog was very accessible. If someone was too stressed out this would definitely cure them. You have many methods to deal with stress and the comics are a great and funny addition. It was very easy to read and had a lot of great information.
Molly
Tracey,
ReplyDeleteI loved the pictures! Very cute and funny. Your blog also gives some great pointers on how to relieve stress... I'll definitely refer to this when I'm getting stressed out in my classes! Nice job :)