Type of Stress: Chronic Stress

In some cases events of acute stress passed, threats were gone but stress will remain then it is expose to more complications and become chronic stress which generate more disturbance in body and mind. In prehistoric times, the physical changes in response to stress were an essential adaptation for meeting natural threats. Even in the modern world, the stress response can be an asset for raising levels of performance during critical events such as a sports activity, an important meeting, or in situations of actual danger or crisis.

If stress becomes persistent and low-level, however, all parts of the body's stress apparatus (the brain, heart, lungs, vessels, and muscles) become chronically over- or under-activated. Such chronic stress may produce physical or psychological damage over time. Acute stress can also be harmful in certain situations, particularly in individuals with preexisting heart conditions.

Chronic stress also may result in other physical ailments such as tension headaches, muscle spasms, gastrointestinal problems, and elevated blood pressure. It can also lead to fatigue, depression, and a sense of hopelessness.

The role of psychological chronic stress seems as obvious. The brain structures involved in stress can affect the production of key hormones in the body, suppress the body's immune system, and activate the autonomic nervous. These are the same biological changes that may occur from physical stresses on the body-the body may not differentiate between physical and psychological stress. The net effects of these changes on the body are to lower our internal resistance to pain, thus further encouraging the chronic pain cycle.

Many sources of stress feed into the chronic stress cycle. First off, as you would expect, stress itself is stressful. stress sensations are perceived as undesirable and are at very least annoying. Chronic stress creates tension, both physical and emotional. Physical tension may show itself as muscle tension or affect the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, or immune systems. Emotional tension may reveal itself as anger, frustration, worry, depression, or frustration. Both physical and emotional tension, initially set in motion by stress, worsen stress. Thus the vicious cycle of chronic stress begins- leads to tension and tension leads to more chronic stress.

Common chronic stressors include:

• On-going highly pressured work in modern time and competitive world

• Long-term relationship problems with spouse or relatives

• Loneliness is major cause of chronic stress.

• Persistent financial worries is major cause of chronic stress

• Depression of depressive thoughts along with anxiety real or imaginary are lead to painful chronic stress

• One cycle of depression and chronic stress start, chronic stress lead to more depression and depression lead to more stress and worsen the situation

• Inability to control emotion is major source of chronic stress

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