Summary | Are you stressed out? – These are the signs

Summary

Stress symptoms manifest themselves in heart and circulation problems such as high blood pressure, palpitations and breathing difficulties. Pain such as headaches, neck pain, back pain and joint pain can also occur. In the gastrointestinal tract, stress causes symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, stomach pressure, irritable stomach, irritable bowel syndrome and heartburn.

Loss of appetite or ravenous appetite can occur. Sleeping disorders such as difficulty falling asleep, falling asleep or sleeping through the night can occur. Other symptoms of stress can include dizziness.

Dizziness is a very unspecific symptom and has many different causes. In addition, uncontrollable symptoms such as twitching and muscle cramps can occur. Stress can also cause allergies and skin irritations.

Those affected often complain about concentration disorders, mental blocks, forgetfulness, problems finding words and easy irritability. Nail biting, teeth grinding and swallowing difficulties are also frequently observed. Restlessness, restlessness and nervousness occur.

In addition, chronic fatigue, listlessness, sexual problems and erection problems are also observed. Psychological symptoms often show themselves in being unable to switch off mentally, feeling foreign, feeling helpless, feeling overwhelmed and trapped, or feeling like being trapped in a hamster wheel. The patients are irritable and sometimes show aggressive behavior.

They are often dissatisfied and listless, sometimes without drive. Those affected are anxious, they often fear that they are no longer up to the job requirements and will be dismissed. They often have anger and rage about themselves and about the decreasing mental and emotional resilience.

They are often depressed because they doubt themselves and their abilities and they do not know how to achieve an improvement of their complaints. Chronic stress leads to the following symptoms, such as insulin resistance and thus diabetes, an aggravation up to doubling of the attacks in multiple sclerosis, increased risk of prostate cancer, increased risk of breast cancer, increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and increased mortality from cardiovascular diseases.