Physical Symptoms Of Severe Stress – Bodily Signs To Look Out For

by Inspiration4Living.com

Tense muscles or frequent muscle pain are also an indicator that you are suffering from the physical symptoms of severe stress, because our bodies are simply not able to cope with long-term stress. If you need to have surgery, you should know that stress can delay your recovery and compromise your immune system.

Our adrenal glands are constantly required to pump out cortisol and adrenaline to cope with our ‘flight or fight’ response to stressful circumstances, in which the body uses hormones and chemicals to give us a quick boost of energy to either run away from a fight or to stay and fight our way out. However, in stressful situations that persist for long periods of time, our bodies can’t cope with so much increased chemical activity and we develop the physical symptoms of severe stress because of this.

Severe chest pains, for example, are one of the most dangerous and potentially life-threatening physical symptoms of severe stress and must be taken very seriously. Don’t assume that it’s just indigestion. Call 911 or go to the emergency room immediately to be evaluated and rule out the possibility of a heart attack.

There are many long-term and serious physical symptoms of severe stress, not the least of which is that you lose brain cells in the memory part of your brain – and it’s not just your brain that ages more rapidly because of stress; our body’s cells age more quickly, too.

So, take note of the physical symptoms that stress can cause; be aware of them and make an attempt to take small steps to gradually change your stressful lifestyle. Your body and brain will thank you!

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