How Stress Can be Bad for Our Health

We all know that dealing with stress in our everyday life is not easy. It doesn’t just affect us mentally, it can get to you physically too. In my previous posts, I talked about ways to simple ways to reduce stress in our busy lives, but I realized that it is also very important to know what stress does to us, and our health.

According to womenshealth.com, stress can be created by our body’s emotional needs and challenges. Some of these challenges can be when we are dealing with a traumatic accident, death or emergency situation. However, there are other factors that affect our daily stress levels: the workplace and family responsibilities. It’s hard to stay calm and relaxed in our hectic lives, but we need it for our own good.

Now, how does it affect our body? The way our body responds to an external stressor is meant to protect and support us. However, as the level of pressure increases, stress eventually surpasses our ability to cope with it in a positive way. For more information about these, go tohttp://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/Stress_and_Your_Health_How_Stress_Affects_Your_Immune_System_and_More.htm