This is a long-awaited continuation of the last article!
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Stress takes away the courage
This is the case: in many cases, stress is accompanied by headaches arising from the fact that the body, which is experiencing intense emotional shock, redirects the flow of blood to other parts of the body, such as the heart or limbs. As a result, the thinking gets confused, the consciousness becomes blurred, the brain stops working normally - there is simply not enough resource to maintain optimal functioning. This is especially true in situations where a person is required to be determined and courageous: in a state of danger, many people begin to hesitate, doubt and fear.
Stress causes suicidal thoughts
Sometimes stress can be accompanied by the strongest negative emotional reactions that affect the person's consciousness. And they influence in the following way: the life tone is lost, the will to overcome obstacles is weakened, motivation to study, work, new achievements disappears. As a result, it plunges a person into a depressive state, in which there is already a question of a real threat of suicide. A person who is constantly depressed loses all sense of life and finds a way out of one thing - to end his suffering as soon as possible.
Stress shortens life
And another fact that is not in favor of stress is that stress is considered one of the main reasons for shortening life expectancy. People who live for a long time are highly stress resistant. This allows them to minimize the damage caused by stressful experiences and even turn stress into an incentive for personal growth and development. Everyone who wants to live as long as possible must learn to develop stress tolerance, and some methods of its development can be learned from the article "Stress resistance: characteristics, benefits, methods of increase.
Stress can cause imaginary incentives
Strange as it may seem, stress can be caused not only by real, but also imaginary factors - stimuli that exist only in the human consciousness in the form of images, for example, a picture of dangers, troubles, difficulties, etc. Another interesting fact is that "imaginary" stress can affect the individual in both the short and long term, and even such stress can become chronic. To prevent imaginary stress, experts recommend autogenic training, imagination training and image manipulation (other options can be found in the article "Stress Prevention and Stress Resistance Development").
Stress is contagious
Scientists have discovered that stress can be transmitted from person to person. People are social beings, and they are influenced by the environment and other people. This is especially true in cases with easily suggestible and emotional people, as they are more susceptible to outside influences.
Specialists at the Max Plan Institute in Germany have learned that people who have been watching other people's stressful activities for a long time are soon beginning to experience anxiety and anxiety themselves. Interestingly, the personal acquaintance of the "observant" and "observant" increases the risk of exposure of the former to stress many times over.
The results of the experiments have enabled researchers to formulate empathic stress theories based on the compassion and compassion of strangers for each other. The fact that this theory works is confirmed by the practice of art, when the effect of empathy is achieved without any acquaintance of the observer and the author of any work of art.
Stress is caused by money
Stress is directly related to finance. Not so long ago, in 2009, the American television channel CNN conducted a survey on the main stress factor for the U.S. citizens. It showed that for Westerners who share Western values, the main cause of stress is money. And it is not a question of lack of funds and not their deficit, but of financial instability, the risk of losing a source of stable income and the usual level of comfort. In addition to the U.S., Singapore, China, and Malaysia are also on the list of countries subject to "monetary" stress.
Stress is being inflated by the media
One of the most serious causes of stress is the media. Often on television, on the Internet and in advertisements, people are shown stressful characters, negative stories, thus imposing a stressful lifestyle. Here comes into force the factor of contagion of stress, and sometimes it is enough just to watch the news or a couple of videos on the Web, so that not only for the whole day the mood is spoiled, but also there is a stressful state. Therefore, smart people often say so often that you should not constantly watch the same TV - the lion's share of media content negatively affects the psycho-emotional state.
Stress is closely related to psychological qualities
We spoke in detail about the connection between stress and psychology in the article "Stress and psychology: how they are connected", so here we will outline only a few of the most significant features. Stress specialists argue that the causes of stress are often to be found in a person's psychological qualities. For example, the Georgian academician Tsotne Mirtskhulava has established a whole list of qualities that increase stress. Among them:
A high degree of ambition (overestimated in relation to the possibilities of the goal, inappropriate to the capacity of the load, etc.);
- suspiciousness;
- pessimism;
- jealousy;
- secrecy;
- gloominess;
- fussiness;
- vanity;
- greed;
- greediness;
- anxiety;
- Conflict;
- anger;
- suspiciousness;
- malevolence;
- Vindictiveness.
C. E. Mirtskhulava also identified a number of factors that exacerbate stress:
- Fast rhythm of life;
- abrupt changes in life;
- serious shocks and failures;
- Loss of loved ones;
- loss of life values;
- Frequent exposure to risk situations;
- Treason;
- sicknesses;
- Insomnia.
In addition, the scientist named qualities that increase the resistance of a person to stress, as well as transform stress in situations for development. These qualities and factors include
- the ability to manage one's claims;
- optimism;
- passion for activity;
- mental self-regulation;
- peace of mind;
- modesty;
- restraint;
- friendliness;
- Coldness;
- Tolerance;
- sociability;
- high intelligence.
The most stressful factors are the level of ambition, greed, irritability and envy, because he who constantly requires something and who always does not like something, feels much worse. The same applies to jealous and irritable people, as well as the greedy and those who do not like to share and give.
And vice versa: a person will feel better if he is able to get carried away with something, can if necessary limit themselves and their desires, to manage emotions, with optimism perceive reality. And similar analogies can be drawn with all the above qualities.