Stress the Silent Killer
STRESS: THE SILENT KILLER
LEKHA NAGAR JARAL*
“No one dies from working hard. But when people don’t get any recognition in their work, the stress of that lack of control can kill them”
We all have heard about the term stress but what is the real meaning of stress. Stress is a strain, force, tension, difficulty and breakdown, anxiety or depression. During the course of our life, we encounter stress, some in high levels, and some in low. But what exactly is stress? It is the result of placing undue expectations or desire on ourselves, creating images of our self and trying to live up to the image that has been created by others. When we compare the image of ourselves to the reality of ourselves, opposing forces are created, and our mind tries to match the created image with the current situation. Stress can be made worse by other people’s expectations, and as being human we always care what others think of us - even though we tell ourselves that we do not. We try to change ourselves so that we can be accepted by other people, regardless of whether or not they care. Negative thoughts about our self image also add to the stress. We remember everything that we have done in life, but more so the negative ones. We re-live those negative moments over and over again in our minds, lowering our self esteem. The first thing we have to learn is that what has happened in the past cannot be changed, or erased. All we can do is take the lesson we learnt, and learn not to do it again. What happens in the past is exactly that, passed, and we must learn to live for now. People feel stress as they can no longer have complete control over what happens in life. There is no escape from stress in modern life.
Day to day life is full of stress both on
LEKHA NAGAR JARAL*
“No one dies from working hard. But when people don’t get any recognition in their work, the stress of that lack of control can kill them”
We all have heard about the term stress but what is the real meaning of stress. Stress is a strain, force, tension, difficulty and breakdown, anxiety or depression. During the course of our life, we encounter stress, some in high levels, and some in low. But what exactly is stress? It is the result of placing undue expectations or desire on ourselves, creating images of our self and trying to live up to the image that has been created by others. When we compare the image of ourselves to the reality of ourselves, opposing forces are created, and our mind tries to match the created image with the current situation. Stress can be made worse by other people’s expectations, and as being human we always care what others think of us - even though we tell ourselves that we do not. We try to change ourselves so that we can be accepted by other people, regardless of whether or not they care. Negative thoughts about our self image also add to the stress. We remember everything that we have done in life, but more so the negative ones. We re-live those negative moments over and over again in our minds, lowering our self esteem. The first thing we have to learn is that what has happened in the past cannot be changed, or erased. All we can do is take the lesson we learnt, and learn not to do it again. What happens in the past is exactly that, passed, and we must learn to live for now. People feel stress as they can no longer have complete control over what happens in life. There is no escape from stress in modern life.
Day to day life is full of stress both on