Stress is our body’s automatic and natural response to all those situations that we assimilate as threatening or challenging. As such, from a psychological point of view, any emotional change we are faced with can create stress for us.
The combination of negative thoughts, the environment, and our body’s physical responses cause us to experience stressful situations.
Our thoughts, our worst enemies
On certain occasions, we ourselves can be our worst enemy since we are the ones who feed stress with our own thoughts. Their negativity makes us feel more nervous and insecure about what we are facing, causing stress levels to increase.
The competitiveness of the world in which we live makes us increasingly demanding and perfectionist with ourselves in order to achieve our goals and this generates pressure and tension that we are often not able to cope with.
Many times the fear of failing in certain situations or important decisions in life makes us think a thousand times about how to deal with them. In this way, we generate a multitude of thoughts that do not allow us to see clearly since stress acts as an invisible barrier.
According to the World Health Organization, psychological disorders derived from stress such as depression and anxiety are the factors that most influence the appearance of chronic diseases in the world. For this reason, we must take care of ourselves and stay away from everything that causes us excessive stress through different anti-stress therapies such as meditation, sports or satisfying activities.
