symptoms of stress?

Answer 1

if you think you may have stress you should go to your gp , i went to mine and he gave me a simple form to fill in with 10 quiestions and answers .
that way he has an idea if you are suffering stress and it may be as simple as talking to a councilor if your practice has one or they may send you to one .
1st call is to see your gp .

Answer 2

stress, you can't live with it, but you could definitely live without it! but in todays times stress is a common part of everyday life, just count how many times a day you get wound up, this could be from missing the bus or losing your pen. You'll be surprised at the amount of things that can stress you. Add all these things together and well were all very stressed out people. But if you can reduce the number of things that stress you or turn them around into positives, then youre on to a winner.

Answer 3

Stress is actually a good thing. it only becomes negative when we are unable to handle it and then it is called distress. Symptoms of what you mean include panicking about not getting your life organised and not getting things done in time. You need to organise your time and prioritise if it affects you. Not being able to cope under pressure. You will panic, show poor performance, possibly be a bad timekeeper, develop poor communication skills as it will affect your personality, make you upset and unhappy, you may feel everything is too much for you and you have no support. You may lose your focus on situations and blow them out of proportion.it may affect your physical health by sweating, fast heart rate, palpitations, high blood pressure but not in everyone.

Answer 4

Here is some info from an amazing multi-part article on STRESS and what to do about it.

Full article series is at: http://www.troubledwith.com/Web/groups/public/@fotf_troubledwith/documents/articles/twi_topic_003555.cfm


Symptoms of Anxiety

by Archibald D. Hart, Ph.D.

Anxiety symptoms fall into three categories: physiological, cognitive and emotional. Count the following symptoms that apply to you:

Physiological symptoms

Do you feel:

Weak all over?
Rapid, pounding heartbeat or palpitations?
Tightness around your chest?
Hyperventilation (a feeling that you cannot get enough air)?
Periodic dizziness and sweating?
Muscle tension, aches or tremors?
Chronic fatigue?
Cognitive symptoms

Do you think to yourself:

I can’t carry on. I’ve got to get out of here.
What if I make a fool of myself?
People are looking at me all the time.
I’m having a heart attack.
I’m going to faint.
I’m going crazy.
I can’t go on alone; no one will help me.
I can’t go out; I will lose control.
I feel confused and can’t remember things.
Emotional symptoms

Do you think to yourself:

I’m full of fears that I can’t get out of my mind.
I feel like something terrible is going to happen.
I worry excessively.
I feel uneasy and alone a lot of the time.
I often feel isolated, lonely, down in the dumps and depressed.
I feel I have no control over what happens to me.
I feel embarrassed, rejected and criticized.
I often feel like screaming with anger.

Answer 5

All the things that other respondents have listed, plus your immune system won't work so well & you'll be constantly suffering low level symptoms of all sorts of illnesses. For example flu-like symptoms that stay with you for months.

Answer 6

indignant, quite some yelling. Yeah that's tension. My eye has been twitching for 3 weeks now. yet basically at artwork. After an hour or so at living house, i'm great. learn how to loosen up. Yoga, meditation, a tumbler of wine...

Answer 7

Tired all the time, poor sleep, under/over eating. Avoiding situations, lower or no sex drive. Feeling irritable short temper.

Answer 8

Migraines, stiff neck, hot flushes,confusion in speech, hate, hard to sleep,aggressive, and all in all wanting to drop dead!!!

Answer 9

headaches, tiredness, insomnia or sleeping too much, short temper just to name a few

Answer 10

feeling worn out, prone to pickin up infections, depressed, bad tempered, tearful