What is stress?

There are three types of stress which can adversely affect our body: trauma, disease, and emotional anxiety.

Emotional stress is when we are confronted with a situation or series of situations which are basically beyond our understanding, control or desire. Our body has a complex system of chemical releases which are basically designed for our survival. For example if we came face to face with a man-eating tiger down the high street, adrenalin will be released into our body which will give us greater energy and strength for us to either run away or kill the beast – probably the former. In fact you could say that our body is a chemical producing factory because every set of strong thoughts we produce will create an emotion which is the result of some chemicals being released within us. What separates from all other animals is our level of consciousness and awareness of what is around us, together with our ability to create change, hopefully for the better. We are not only aware of all that is going on around us but uniquely we have an emotional response too. Our ability to think, calculate and act is what marks us out as amazing beings of creation. But this comes with a price because the simple act of thinking puts demands up on us. Our brain uses around 20% of our blood supply, quite a lot for what appears on the outside to be an inert mass of heavily wrinkled, pale thick custard. However, the harder we think the more oxygen and blood our brain demands and this can stress our body because it makes our heart pump faster. This is fine for short periods but not if this happens constantly. It is no wonder that thinking too much can make us tired.

The additional problem we have with our ability to think and problem-solve is that often the problem seems not to have an immediate answer. Take for example, our view of how we see ourselves. We may be satisfied with what we see or we may not be satisfied. We may be happy with our lives or unhappy but if we feel the latter and also feel we cannot change how we see ourselves or change what we feel about our lives, then we inflict stress upon ourselves and it is this feeling of being unable to change which can be very insidious and damaging. Stress doesn’t always make a big play, in that it doesn’t turn us into psychos but it can undermine our joy of life.

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We should not live with high levels of emotional turmoil, for not only does it have a major impact on our health and wellbeing but it also affects those we love and those we come into contact daily. We need to learn to alleviate these feelings within us, which make us angry, frustrated and impatient. I use several relaxation techniques which help me personally when I feel things getting on top of me. Try them and see if they help you too. They are not the only ones of course, there are many around. It is a matter of finding which work the best for you.

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