stress signs and symptoms

Signs and Symptoms of Stress

There are various signs and symptoms of stress that an individual may experience when they are stressed.

• Weight gain or loss
• Headaches
• Skin problems
• High blood pressure
• Digestive problems
• Unusual sleep patterns
• Chest pains
• Irregular heartbeat
• Muscle pain
• Muscle tension
• Sweating and trembling
• Fatigue
• Breathlessness
• Infections
• Loss of sex drive
• Palpitations
• Hear attacks

How stress can effect the mind:

• Making decisions becomes difficult
• Lack of concentration
• Increasingly becoming confused
• Poor judgment
• Repetitive thoughts
• Desire to run away
• Becoming extremely negative
• Memory problems
• Panic attacks

How stress can make you feel:

• Depressed
• Urge to cry or laugh at the wrong times
• Moody
• Angry
• Resentment
• Easily annoyed or irritated
• Feeling overwhelmed

How stress can effect your behavior:

• Isolating yourself from others
• Sleeping too much or too little
• Loosing your temper easily
• Consuming more alcohol or drugs
• Eating more or less
• Over doing things such as shopping
• Neglecting your responsibilities
• Over reacting to things
• Bad habits such as biting nails
• Deterioration of personal hygiene and appearance

So that you can better understand what you are up against, lets now look at the types of stress.

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