if stress can make you very sick, what does it do to you?

Question

I heard stress can make you very sick if you stress so much. What does it do to you, how does it make you very sick?

Answer 1

Intellectual symptoms: How stress can affect your mind
Memory problems.
Difficulty making decisions.
Inability to concentrate.
Confusion.
Seeing only the negative.
Repetitive or racing thoughts.
Poor judgment.
Loss of objectivity.
Desire to escape or run away.

Emotional symptoms: How stress can make you feel
Moody and hypersensitive.
Restlessness and anxiety.
Depression.
Anger and resentment.
Easily irritated and “on edge”.
Sense of being overwhelmed.
Lack of confidence.
Apathy.
Urge to laugh or cry at inappropriate tim

Physical symptoms: How stress can affect your body
Headaches.
Digestive problems.
Muscle tension and pain.
Sleep disturbances.
Fatigue.
Chest pain, irregular heartbeat.
High blood pressure.
Weight gain or loss.
Asthma or shortness of breath.
Skin problems.
Decreased sex drive

Behavioral symptoms: How stress can affect your behavior
Eating more or less.
Sleeping too much or too little.
Isolating yourself from others.
Neglecting your responsibilities.
Increasing alcohol and drug use.
Nervous habits (e.g. nail biting, pacing).
Teeth grinding or jaw clenching.
Overdoing activities such as exercising or shopping.
Losing your temper.
Overreacting to unexpected problems

Answer 2

My sickness from stress included acid reflux, which i still fight to this day, chest pains and a number of other sickness. Stress does nothing but hurt you and make you have grey hair at a very early age!

Answer 3

High stress levels cause you blood pressure to rise and stay high. Your pulse rate goes up. It also cause the higher release of acids which cause ulcers and constant heartburn.

The above mentioned issues deal with the "body" part of stress. The "mind" part of stress is the bad part of stress. You suffer the body part of stress but everybody around you suffer the mind part of stress.

You become absent minded because your brain constantly try and "solve" the stress causing issues. You can't sleep at night and you become grumpy. You loose your temper for no reason at all and you start to think everybody go out of their way to make you angry. This is obviously due to the fact that you can't seem to accept that there is two sides to a story and that you can't be right every time.

The worst come when you get a "stress attack". Your blood pressure go up very high, your pulse start to race and you hyperventilate. Your "internal protection" system make you faint to try and stop this and you start to have the shakes - much like a fit. This is obviously not how far you want to stretch the stress in life but it happens to some people. With medication and rest you get out of this but it is like doctering the illness and not the cause.

If your job cause stress, make sure that you "leave your job at work" and "switch off" from it when you go home. Get something to do which take your mind away from the "stress cause". It is the only thing that work. Docters will give you anti-depressants etc. but eventually you must handle it yourself. They treat the "body" but you must get the "mind" part in order.

Answer 4

Stress causes muscle tension....to much tension can cause chest pain...which can result in a heart attack. (the heart is a muscle) Also, if you are stressed you can also become depressed and depression can sincerely make you hurt all over like you've been hit by a train....If your body is tensed up it gets tired and if it's tired....your chances to get sick are greater because you won't have the strength to fight off cooties.

Answer 5

Stress canreally ware you down physically and emotionally.
Can't sleep, which makes you real tired
Can make your hair fall out
Change eating habits..more or less, and if you don't eat, then your body won't get needed vitamins...which can result in a weakend immune system, which can make you get sick easier
Make you lose, or gain weight
Make you break out with pimples
Make you cry
Can alter your state of mind
Make you "crazy" or depressed

Answer 6

Stress is the cause of most disease. I've heard it said that cancer is the ultimate stress disorder. Uncontrolled stress can hurt any part of your body from intestinal pains to heart problems, to migraines, to obesity or malnutrition. Ulcers are stress related. Muscle spasms, back pain, even grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw can cause dental problems. High blood pressure, strokes, anxiety, panic disorders, mental instability can all be related to uncontrolled stress.

Answer 7

Yes stress can make you sick, and I can not afford to get sick so I try to combat stress,by being alert,focus pleasant , relax, and joking at work, in other words I laugh.

Answer 8

It is with out a doubt very hard on a person physically and mentally. It can age you very quick. The more you laugh the longer you will live. Don't stress out.

Answer 9

It gives me chest pain, neck pain, and shoulder pain. I was stressed out so much before I ended up with a bald spot on the top of my head, since I'm a woman that was embarrasing.

Answer 10

A lot of 'diseases' that doctors can't explain, are caused by so-called stress - ACTUALLY, many very BAD diseases are exacerbated by stress, like Parkinson's Disease, MS, chronic fatigue syndrome. If you were to go to websites about diseases, you would find STRESS is one of the contributors to ALL of them. Surprises me that doctors don't call stress a 'virus'! hehe It seems to be their cover-all word for what they can't explain. I guess they are supposed to believe they are God or something, instead of just sayin' "GEE! THAT'S A RUM'UN!"