Suppose you have woken up from sleep in the morning. There is a message on your phone from your boss, in which it is written that a big mistake has been made in your work yesterday.
You have been called for a meeting today at 10 am. You have got ready from home and left for office, due to less time you are in a hurry. As soon as you reach the metro station, you see that the train has started and you quickly enter the metro. As soon as you go inside, you realize that you have boarded the wrong metro. Meanwhile, your mind goes towards the door and by then it closes. Now you are busy trying to find out which is the next station of the train and how to reach there on time by changing trains. It will take you a few minutes to do all this. The thoughts going on in the mind are how long will the next train take, what will happen if we reach the office late… etc. Finally, you will reach the office after a few minutes delay. As soon as you reach there, you realize that it was not your fault for which your meeting was scheduled.

But have you thought about what effect it had on your mind between the time you saw the message in the morning, boarding the wrong train, and reaching the office late? What effect did the stress that occurred in your mind during this period have on your body? Let us know...

What will be the effect?
During this entire incident, whatever happened in your body also happens in the body of the deer when the leopard is chasing it. Our brain also does the same thing. Whenever a stressful situation arises, all the energy of the body is spent in dealing with that situation. In such a situation, energy is not spent on other activities (like digestion or healing a wound). Our body is designed in such a way that it is the first to deal with stressful situations. In such a situation, it can be estimated how harmful prolonged stress can be to health.

How does stress happen?
In simple words, stress is caused by our everyday events. Like getting a proposal rejected, going for an interview, phone falling, pressure to finish office work on time, fear of getting fired from a job, hair fall, break up, increasing obesity, not having a clean stomach, Etcetera. This stress reduces the body's immunity.

Symptoms?
There can be many symptoms of being under stress. Let us know about some of these main symptoms.
- Reduced thinking power
- Lack of self-confidence
- Feeling like a sudden block of the brain while thinking about something.
- Decreased ability to remember
- Lack of concentration of mind
- Having anxiety
- Falling asleep again and again
- Constipation etc.

How to protect yourself?
If stress is in its initial stage then it can be easily avoided.
1- Walk regularly in the morning and do yoga.
2- Tell your friend or family about your anxiety.
3- Take time out for yourself and evaluate yourself.
4- Avoid alcohol, smoking and caffeine
5- Try to stay positive

But if someone is troubled by chronic stress then he should consult a psychiatrist.

(PC: Freepik)