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The world is witnessing many changes; we are forced to go through all sorts of difficulties to achieve our objectives, in the process we endure stress which little by little generates mental and physiological reactions which lead to many health hazards.
So, can one control stress and lead a healthy life? Dr Aruna Ramakrishnan, gynecologist, child specialist and general physician, enlightens us on how to go lead a stress-free life.
Stress generally happens when you fail to complete your work on time. Fright and flight lead to stress. When you can’t manage your work you normally tend to feel afraid more and try to escape from your work. In the present scenario, we find a lot of stress even in school-going children as all parents want their child to come first in class and win competitions. These young minds suffer excess pressure imposed on them. Likewise, marketing people ranging from 21 to 40 years of age are stressed to a greatest extent as they are bound to achieve their sales targets on time.
What is it we gain from this sort of
stress, pressure, tension and anxiety in life? It is nothing
but loads of illness. Heartburns, known as acid peptic
disease (APD), is one of the results of stress; secondly,
hypertension, which leads to added internal side-effects like
temporary palpitation and heart-related problems also comes
with stress. Stress also leads to diabetes mellitus, says Dr
Aruna Ramakrishnan.
To avoid such trouble, we ought to lead a
stress-free life, our internal rhythm should not be affected
which is possible by doing some recreational activities. Yoga
and meditation help vastly in controlling stress, and doing
exercise regularly, laughter therapy, having good food habits
like consuming green vegetables and avoiding salt and junk
food which leads to obesity in future, all help fight stress,
explains the doctor.
In foreign countries, employees work hard
for five days from Monday to Friday. They relax completely
during the weekends and resume work the next week. We follow
many unwanted habits from other countries; we must follow
some good methods from overseas which help in reducing
stress.
Twentyfive years ago, men were more
stressed than women. But with women now working the same
hours as men and also managing the household work, they are
also stressed out. Further, at present, competition is
getting tougher to maintain their position at the work place.
Consequently, they are as stressed out as the men, feels the
doctor.
On the other hand, men feel that if they
devour drinks they will be free from stress, but it is not
so. They slowly get addicted to alcohol and in the later
stages they land up with liver damage.
IT people are the worst hit due to stress.
Nowadays women are more in this field and due to enormous
stress and pressure, infertility has become common, says the
gynaec.
Besides ‘stress incontinence’ occurs
where one cannot hold urine which happens after 50 years of
age and usually it’s not common.
“Stress is a silent killer,” warns the
doctor.
When you keep the pressure within yourself
for a long time and let it out one day, its consequences will
be severe. In this mechanical world, the best and easiest way
to control stress would be following our ancestors' rule of
being punctual and calm as far as possible.
Saranya Sridharan
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