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everyone in today's video we will be
discussing the six signs of stress you
shouldn't ignore it's important to
listen to your body it gives many
signals that show you it's time to
de-stress sometimes you may think you're
not stressed but your body can tell you
otherwise let's take a look at some
signs now one your appetite changes
making unhealthy or eating choices you
may start eating irregularly whether
that is overeating or under eating a
study by Candia Lake Jones and Meyer on
272 female college students revealed
that 81% had a change in appetite when
stressed while 80% of the students
reported that they made healthy eating
choices regularly only 1/3 of them ate
healthy when stressed people who ate
more when stressed chose foods that were
significantly sweeter or greasy er than
their usual choices - you experienced
digestive issues has there been a time
when you had digestion issues out of the
blue your digestive system may also work
against you regardless of what you eat
even if you eat healthy stress can cause
issues such as stomach pain bloating
diarrhea constipation and more maybe
it's not the foods fault your tummy
feels funny it could mean that you're
stressed Larry you feel all sorts of
negative feelings you may feel all sorts
of tension restlessness and even
depression stress impacts muscle tension
and mood it can be why you feel anxious
irritable overwhelmed sad or depressed a
study found significant associations of
acute and chronic stress with depression
while stress doesn't necessarily cause
depression it can be a possible factor
as stress dysregulated Baddeley
functions and moods
for you experience sleep issues and
low-energy are you having a hard time
with sleep lately a study on 2316 people
showed that those experiencing more
stressful events had a higher risk of
insomnia continuously having poor sleep
may make you feel sluggish during the
day the change in eating habits
mentioned before may also contribute to
low blood sugar leading to feelings of
low energy 5 deep breathing can become
difficult stress and strong emotions can
cause the breathing airway to constrict
resulting in symptoms such as shortness
of breath and rapid breathing almost
like panting some studies show that
acute stress can actually cause an
asthma attack or a panic attack and 6
cravings for substance misuse become
stronger like food substances may cause
temporary immediate satisfaction in the
brain so you feel better
however if using anything you intake and
have devastating consequences such as
excessively consuming alcohol or
nicotine are you craving substances or
even unhealthy food more than normal it
may be a sign that you're stressed we
can see that all these physical symptoms
impact each other impact your mood and
impact your behavior if you notice that
you're experiencing several of these
symptoms mentioned it may be your body
telling you to take a break be sure to
take care of yourself and get the rest
you need after all you only have one
body and all your bodily systems affect
one another how do you distress let us
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with someone you think might be showing
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