Stress, Depression And Anxiety Relief

Everybody might have gone through some sort of stress, depression and anxiety in their life. Day to day problems can affect the health both physically and mentally. Stress is a situation of emotional strain which might have occurred when you have to handle many challenges like overwork, emotional pressures or physiological problems in your life. If a person is suffering from continuous gloomy or despaired state, he or she may be suffering from depression. Anxiety is a state of fear, nervousness and restlessness which may be accompanied with depression.

Stress, depression and anxiety can affect you if brain chemicals and neurotransmitters are in an imbalanced state. But it is often seen that people doesn't give much importance to these illness and tries to deal with it alone. Some of the factors like genetic inheritance, physical illness and environmental factors are found to be contributing for the loss of essential chemicals in your brain like serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine neurotransmitters. Use of certain medications; sleeping pills, alcohol, nicotine etc and diseases like heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, low thyroid activity, Alzheimer's etc were also found to be the cause for depression and anxiety. Most of these problems arise with traumatic events in the life like death of someone very close, divorce, a serious illness etc. It is also found that women are more likely to have stress and depression problems than men due to hormonal changes taking place in their body.

Unrelenting stress can bring many destructive biological changes in your body. It may lead to depression and can suppress the immune system. The risk for heart attack and cancer is also high for such people. A person suffering from stress often has fast heart beat, fast breathing, shaking of hands, sweating especially in palms, back pain, stiff neck or tight shoulders, an upset stomach with nausea or diarrhea, blurred vision, dry mouth etc. A person suffering from depression often have loss of interest in day to day activities, fatigue, weight loss or gain, insomnia, impaired thinking, loss of sexual interest, pessimistic thoughts and low self esteem along with problems associated with stress. If a person gets anxious without any visible cause, it can be the symptom of anxiety disorder .Anxiety disorder may be showing symptoms like breathlessness, fast heart beat, stiffness to the chest, joint pains, stomach problems, sweating, dry mouth etc.

Taking adequate changes in your lifestyle is the primary step for controlling the problems related with stress, depression and anxiety. First of all you have to keep an optimistic attitude in your life. Regular exercises are good for relieving stress and depression. A nutritious well balanced diet is also necessary. Always let your feelings out by crying, laughing, showing anger or talking with someone who is very close with you. Writing about the problems was also found to be relenting during stress. Do the hobbies which make you most pleasing. Take rest and sleep well. Don't get bothered much about future and focus on the present. You can try meditation, breathing exercises etc and try to avoid alcohols, smoking and drugs completely.

A lot of medications and treatments are available for curing stress, depression and anxiety. SSRI antidepressants like lexapro, paxil and Zoloft are commonly used today. But they are accompanied with lot of side effects. Talk therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy which can help you by changing your way of thinking is also a way of treatment. It would be good if you go for natural treatment using ingredients developed from herbal extract. A combination of nutrients like SAMe, phosphatidyl choline, 5-HTP, huperzine A, vinpocentine, omega 3 fish oil etc are having a major role in prevention and treatment of stress, depression and anxiety without any side effects.

By: Simon J Pearson

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