“Mom, please! I don’t want to talk now. I am very stressed.”– Stress is a common word that is widely used in the modern competitive world. The fast-paced lifestyle of human beings has accelerated the amount of stress experienced by a person.

 

Yet the causes of stress can range from minute issues like assignment submission to life-altering events like the diagnosis of cancer.

 

However different people respond to these tensions in different ways. Some may find ways to be happy even after being a cancer patient while some others may get into prolonged depression after a breakup.

 

So, let’s try to know what stress is and how it works.

 

WHAT IS STRESS?

Stress is the way your body reacts to a certain situation or a sudden change that occurs in your life. That is, it is the response your body gives when it senses any danger or adverse effects to protect you.

 

This response is known as the fight-or-flight response where on detection of a threat your body releases certain hormones which result in sweaty palms, faster heart rate, nausea, and even trembling. During this time, you react to stress either by facing it or by avoiding it. However, after the danger is gone the body comes to its normal condition.

 

On the contrary, stress also acts as a motivator that keeps you on your toes before an interview, exam, or deadline. For example, when you stress before an interview you try to practice more so that you overcome your weaknesses.

 

But life-changing events like work, disease, financial problems, and marital unhappiness can create a lasting and continuous stress cycle resulting in clinical depression, anxiety as well as physical problems.

 

CAUSES OF STRESS

Although stress is both positive and negative, the effects and realization of negative stress are more profound. While positive stress can make you achieve your goals in life, negative stress acts as a barrier in your day-to-day life.

 

So, let us know what are the main stressors which cause this negative feeling among people:

 

1. Tensions From Your Everyday Work:

The job holders remain under extreme pressure when it comes to securing a position in a job for a long time except for government jobs.

 

Be it less salary with long working hours, a huge number of deadlines, making the boss happy, or fear of being fired all these keep the individuals under constant strain. This in turn causes physical and psychological problems like:

• Headaches
• Mood swings
• Bad stomach
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Degrading personal attachments etc.

 

2. Problems In Personal Relationships:

Personal relationships are a huge area in present times which includes even the school-going children to an elderly couple.

 

Men, women, boys, and girls all suffer from some form of depression after a breakup, divorce, or abuse in relationships. This not only hampers their growth but also instigates some to commit suicide while some find happiness in drugs and alcohol.

 

3. Facing Financial Complications:

The world today has become a place where one cannot survive without money. The majority of the people earn money and spend it except a few. The more they spend on unnecessary things the more they suffer from financial crises.

 

As a result, these people remain under huge pressure to meet the financial needs of the family anyhow. They eventually succumb to depression due to prolonged stress. The effects of financial problems can include:

• Rude behaviour with family and friends
• Worrying all the time
• Not being happy at anything etc.

 

4. Disease And Other Physical Problems:

Suffering from any kind of disease like cancer, sinus, tumour, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Migraine, menopause, or an accident can create tension in a person’s day-to-day life.

 

When a man cannot function properly due to physical restrictions it becomes obvious for him to feel like a burden to his near and dear ones. Thus, he deteriorates his health further by constantly stressing about his situation.

 

5. Life-Changing Events:

Events like marriage, the death of a loved one, and sudden loss of work act as huge stressors. These when giving someone tension for a long time can also result in medical disorders.

 

In addition, these can create a sense of low self-esteem and confidence among the sufferers.

 

As an example, when a mother cannot accept the death of her newborn child, she falls into depression which when not treated concludes in non-treatable disorders.

 

6. Your Personality:

How one perceives pressure depends on her personality along with genes.

 

An extrovert who is inherently more chilled out in life takes stress in a casual way where they don’t care about the stressful events in their life. They remain in the moment and take the outcomes with a smile. These types of people do not stress over little things and believe everything will be alright eventually.

 

While the introverts who have the habit of analyzing every event of their life be it good or bad start panicking when faced with any danger. They think about a certain issue all the time, critique their doings, and imagine how things could have been different if they behaved in other ways. This process makes them depressed, sad, and self-conscious.

 

Again, an ambivert who possesses both the qualities of an introvert and an extrovert takes stress positively sometimes while sometimes he also gets deep into the sadness and tension of a strenuous situation in his life. These are some of the non-controlling traits of humans. They are built in this unique way.

 

While these are some of the common causes of stress anyone can get tensed for even a trivial issue. As we all know sharing reduces half the pressure, so don’t hold back your feelings and comment below what events or situations cause stress in your life.