Acute stress is the most common form of stress. All of us at certain moments in our lives can experience situations that generate this type of stress.
In small doses it is not necessarily negative, but quite the opposite, since it generally occurs in situations that are exciting and exciting to us. However, it can be exhausting when it is done very intensely, repeatedly, or for a longer period than usual.
Since it occurs for a short period of time, it does not have enough time to have serious consequences on our health.
Symptoms of acute stress
Among its most common symptoms are:
Muscular discomfort such as back pain, headache, muscle or jaw tension; or stomach such as heartburn, constipation, diarrhea or irritable bowel syndrome.
Transient overexcitement of blood pressure, which can lead to arrhythmia, excessive sweating, breathing difficulties, dizziness, or migraines.
Emotional agony, which is made up of a combination of emotions characteristic of stress: irritability, depression and anxiety.
As it does not cause serious health consequences, its treatment is simple and brief.
Episodic acute stress
However, if these episodes of acute stress occur frequently, we are faced with the next level of stress: episodic acute stress.
Common in people with great responsibilities whose lives are so busy that they cannot cope with such a number of obligations, it usually leads to an irritable and moody character since they live in constant tension.
The social relationships of people who suffer from this type of stress tend to be weakened given the hostility and pessimism that they develop and that even leads them to isolation.
Among its main symptoms, in addition to changes in character, severe headaches, migraines, hypertension and even heart conditions.
Its treatment is not as simple as in the case of acute stress, but it can last several months and requires the intervention of a professional.
