Stress is a normal physical response to pressures or dangers that can negatively impact health over time. Early symptoms of stress include headaches, digestive issues, fatigue, and mood changes. If left unmanaged, long-term stress can lead to more serious issues like depression, heart disease, obesity, and skin conditions. Identifying symptoms is the first step to managing stress through techniques that reduce its negative effects.

1. Symptoms Of Stress

2. At times, stress seems to bombard you at every
turn. Work, home, family, relationships and money
can all contribute to feelings of stress. For most of
us, these factors will occasionally combine to result
in negative physical or mental effects on the body.

3. What is Stress?
Stress is a completely normal physical response to
any event or occurrence that impresses pressures or
danger upon your daily life. Your body’s response to
stress evolved as a way to remain alert and aware
during times of physical danger.

4. Early Symptoms of Stress
Stress is such a common part of everyday life that
many people fail to recognize when it begins to
adversely affect health. Simply by being self-aware
and pinpointing early symptoms, you can often take
steps to alleviate stress before it causes more
detrimental and hazardous symptoms. Some of
these early symptoms are physical, while other are
emotional.

5. Early physical symptoms of stress include
the following

6. Headaches

7. Problems with
digestion

8. Increase blood pressure

9. Lowered sex drive

10. Constantly feeling tired or
worn out

11. Emotional and behavioral symptoms that may
indicate the necessity to cope with stress
includes the following

12. Poor memory

13. Poor concentration

14. Pessimistic attitude

15. Anxiety

16. Mood swings

17. Short temper

18. Altered eating habits

19. Long-Term Symptoms of Stress
If stress continues long enough without proper
management techniques, then symptoms will
exacerbate and could lead to more long-term
symptoms. Long-term symptoms associated with
stress includes the followings

20. Constant aches and pains

21. colds and other viruses

22. Obesity

23. Depression

24. Heart disease

25. Diabetes

26. Eczema

27. Hair loss

28. Ulcers

29. Tooth and gum disease

30. Achieving Proper Stress Management
Identifying the symptoms associated with stress is
just the first step in learning how to manage problems
related to physical and mental health. Once you have
admitted that you are stressed out, the next logical
step is finding ways to minimize and manage the stress
While it may seem impossible, even the busiest, most
stressed out people can cope with stress.

31. The Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety
12300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 325
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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