Can Stress And Anxiety Affect Your Body?

Shawn Huber • March 15, 2022

Stress is good for you and bad for you.

Stress is the body's reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses. Stress is a normal part of life. You can experience stress from your environment, your body, and your thoughts. Even positive life changes such as a promotion, a mortgage, or the birth of a child produce stress.

Stress and anxiety are a normal part of life. They can help us respond to danger, but they also occur when there's no real threat.

In some cases, stress and anxiety can be helpful. For example, if you're studying for an important exam or are in a new job, feeling stressed might encourage you to work harder. But if they're not kept in check, stress and anxiety can have serious consequences on your health and well-being.

Anxiety is the feeling of nervousness or worry about something that may happen. It's very common for people with anxiety to feel stressed too. Stress is the body's response to pressure from a situation or life event. Stress releases hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol into the bloodstream, which increase your heart rate and breathing and raise your blood pressure.

It's not surprising that stress and anxiety are bad for us. It's a constant in our everyday life. However, it’s important to understand the difference between these two issues – anxiety is an abnormal response to positive and negative situations, whereas stress is the body’s normal response to certain challenges.

If you've never considered how stress can affect your body, here are some of the most common ways it does:

Physical effects of stress
Cognitive and emotional effects of stress
Behavioral effects of stress

When you get stressed out, you're frequently in a state of fight or flight, which means that your body is flooded with chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol for longer than usual. That's why when you're stressed out, you can feel psychologically and physically on edge. You might have trouble sleeping or feel exhausted all the time – either way, your energy level will be below. This chronic physical state makes it harder for your immune system to fight off infections, making you more vulnerable to illnesses like colds and flu.

There's also a relationship between your gut health and stress levels. When we are under pressure, our digestion system slows down as blood flow is diverted away from the stomach to muscles that can help us escape danger.

Unfortunately, we usually treat the symptom with something fast-acting like prescribed medication and self-medication.

So how do we reduce anxiety and stress? It might be easier than you think! The first step is mindset awareness. Ask yourself these four questions. Are you ready? Where are you now? Where could you be? Do you actually care enough to take action?

If you are ready, there are two options. One, you do it yourself, or two, you can join our 5 Day Challenge. To learn more about our challenge visit challenge.shawnahuber.com.

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