The 7 warning signs of stress are fatigue and low energy, behavioral changes, cognitive difficulties, emotional instability, digestive problems, sleep issues and even physical pain and tension.
When you're experiencing stress you may have frequent headaches, migraines and even tight and aching muscles in your back, neck or jaw.
You often also have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or waking up feeling unrefreshed when you're stressed.
Digestive problems that can occur with stress are stomach aches, nausea, heartburn, diarrhea or constipation.
Emotional Instability with stress can cause increased irritability, anger, impatience or feeling tearful and overwhelmed.
Stress can also lead to an inability to concentrate, cause racing thoughts, poor decision making and even forgetfulness.
Behavioral changes that can occur with stress are changes in eating habits, like overeating or even a loss of appetite, social withdrawal or an increased use of nicotine and alcohol.
Fatigue and low energy are also common in stress and it can result in feeling constantly tired or physically exhausted despite plenty of rest.
These symptoms in stress are your body's way of signaling that it's under too much pressure and requires intervention through relaxation techniques, lifestyle adjustments and rest.
Stress is your body's and your mind's automatic fight or flight response to or a perception of demands that are overwhelming or worry.
Being stressed causes physical reactions like headaches, fatigue and even high blood pressure, alongside of emotional symptoms like anxiety, depression and even irritability.
Common causes of stress are financial issues, work and life changes.
Stress on the body is often by overwhelming external pressures including major life changes like the death of a loved one, someone dying, moving, marriage, divorce, work and school demands like heavy workloads, tight deadlines or job insecurity and money problems, bills and even minor conflicts, noise or traffic.
When you're stressed, your body releases hormones like cortisol and adrenaline which cause immediate physical reactions which include skin rashes or exhaustion, insomnia and other sleep issues, digestive issues like nausea, constipation and or diarrhea, chest pains, rapid heart rate or palpitations and headaches and muscle tension pain.