A little stress even for prolonged periods can be good for us, exiting and be the spice of life. However, unresolved stress of mind, body or emotions can lead to the following problems:
- Run a person ragged until they capitulate
- After being ignored for a considerable time can even become addictive.
- Inability to cope may strike unexpectedly, become tolerable with an inexplicable bewildering sense.
- Excessive drinking, smoking, gambling, aggressive behaviour, inappropriate relationships, inability to manage/control anger, drug and food abuse as a thin veil to mask poor coping strategies.
- Prolonged stress can even kill its victims.
- Not all, but many critical illnesses are a direct result of unmanaged stress.
- Phobias, allergies and compulsions are also stress related.
- Managing stress it is not as complicated as it might seem even if it leads to unhealthy psychological functioning and/or unsustainable lifestyles.
Too much stress for too long is the silent enemy of humanity itself and living being. You may think that a therapist would say that and you are right to think so of course. But these aren’t exaggerated statements and if you were stress free you would not be visiting sites like this. So pause for a few seconds and know that there are effective ways to live life differently.
If adverse stress has become your constant companion then professional help could prove cost effective physically, emotionally, mentally and financially then suffering silently.
Do not decide off hand that your challenges, problems or difficulties are too much or perhaps (according to others) too trivial to do something about.
Some people lament that they used to thrive on stress all their lives. But what we could do at the age of twenty may lead to chronic or terminal illness five years later.
Everyone can succumb to stress. You needs not take my words for it ! Just listen to the news or open a newspaper to be impartially informed about what the pressure of stress can cause on a daily basis to otherwise calm people.
The process of change is inevitable, universal and can enhance life. But stress adversely affects the very young and extremely mature, the privileged, successful, rich and poor, be it physically, emotionally or mentally. Unchecked stress may destroy even the most successful relationships. But problems do not have be terminal before addressing them, even at those time this entails enlisting a therapist’s help.
