Stress and Relaxation
It is commonly believed that only rich middle-agedbusinessmen suffer from stress. In fact anyone maybecome ill as a result of stress if they experience alot of worry over a long period and their health is notespecially good. Stress can be a friend or an enemy: it can warn you that you are under too muchpressure and should change your way of life.
It can kill you if you don't notice the warning signals. Doctors agree that it is probably the biggest singlecause of illness in the Western world. When we arevery frightened and worried our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us fight what istroubling us.
Unfortunately, these chemicals produce the energy needed to run away fast from an object offear, and in modern life that's often impossible. If we don't use up these chemicals, or if weproduce too many of them, they may actually harm us. The parts of the body that are mostaffected by stress are the stomach, heart,skin, head and back.
Stress can cause car accidents, heart attacks, and alcoholism, and may even drive people tosuicide. Our living and working conditions may put us under stress. Overcrowding in largecities, traffic jams, competition for jobs, worry about the future, any big changes in our lives, may cause stress. Some British doctors have pointed out that one of Britain's worst waves ofinfluenza happened soon after the new coins came into use. Also if you have changed jobs ormoved house in recent months you are more likely to fall ill than if you haven't. And morepeople commit suicide in times of inflation. As with all illnesses, prevention is better thancure. If you find you can't relax, it is a sign of danger. "When you're taking work home, whenyou can't enjoy an evening with friends, when you haven't time for outdoor exercise—that is thetime to stop and ask yourself whether your present life really suits you." Says one family doctor. " Then it's time to join a relaxation class, or take up dancing, painting or gardening."
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