Kinetic Movement and Stress Relief

Posts Tagged ‘Emotional Stress’

When the origin of a physical problem has its starting point in a psychological aspect, then we speak of psychosomatic disorders. In this blog we tell health details of a problem estimated to affect about 30% of patients who seek medical care.

Have physical symptoms and not knowing where they come from. Try everything to solve these problems but nothing that can not be solved. In many cases, when a patient has physical problems, often have a psychological origin and we are talking about a psychosomatic disorder.

Thus, it seems clear that the power of the mind is essential for the body is in optimal conditions. There are times when a psychological problem has a clear physical manifestation. Now, how difficult is to show that mind-body connection so that it is the mind that causes physical problems.

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Schizophrenia is a mental illness rather unknown and mysterious, and yet not quite know where. To learn more about her health in this blog have asked us why there is schizophrenia, a severe mental illness that affects 1% of the population.

The exact causes of schizophrenia are unknown, although most experts point to a “limited supply” is responsible. In this sense, the idea is that each person has a number of more or less noticeable handicaps for the development of life, and indeed, in certain situations, not all react the same (whether biological or mental level). For example, before a tragic incident for the individual depends on the percentage that comes standard in each of us to develop this disease or not.

Thus, it can happen that someone with a high level of vulnerability to the disease, the loss of a job can be sufficient for developing schizophrenia. Of course, this does not explain the cause of schizophrenia as such, because we have to take into account biological factors.

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Today there are several methods to combat stress, a phenomenon that can be approached from a ‘point of view or biomedical, psychological, no doubt, the combination of treatments will produce results more beneficial to the person who has it.

From the biomedical approach to treating stress is the prescription of tranquilizers or sedatives, especially benzodiazepines, which directly affect the physiological responses of stress.

From the psychological approach raises a number of alternatives, all of which attach great importance to the control of emotional distress, and the use of agency resources.

Among the most important are the following. Biofeedback techniques, which consist of learning the voluntary control of physiological functions and automatic activities (muscle tension, blood pressure, etc.). Read the rest of this entry »

What Is Emotion?

Currently, there are many definitions about the concept of emotion, however, even today the term is still somewhat vague and imprecise, mainly due to the number of meanings involved.

For centuries, the excitement has been defined as an agitation of the mind accompanied by strong shocks in the somatic field, this definition reduces the emotion and in particular the emotional response to mere physiological changes.

Today happened to be understood by emotion, a state of emotional disturbance, usually caused by a situation that can be threatening, frustrating, or simply activator for the subject, and that manifests itself in different ways.

Expressions of emotion

The emotional response is usually manifested at three levels: behavioral, or motor, physiological and cognitive development. To understand these three ways to express an emotional response, we can think about the following situation: Read the rest of this entry »

Emotional stress usually occurs in situations that are difficult or unable to different people consider different situations as stressful.

Physical stress refers to the body’s physical reaction to various triggers, such as pain experienced after surgery. Physical stress often leads to emotional stress and the latter often presented as physical discomfort (eg, stomach cramps).

Stress management involves controlling and reducing the tension that occurs in stressful situations by making emotional and physical changes. The degree of stress and desire for change will determine the level of change that takes place.

The attitude of an individual can influence a situation or emotion is stressful or not. A person with a negative attitude will often report more stress than would someone with a positive attitude.

Physical well-being: A poor diet puts the body in a state of physical stress and weakens the immune system. As a result, the person may be more susceptible to infections.

A poor diet can mean unhealthy food choices, inadequate food or not eating at regular times, which can lead to the person does not get enough nutrients.
This form of physical stress also decreases the ability to cope with emotional stress as the failure to obtain adequate nutrition affects how the brain processes information.

Physical activity, insufficient physical activity can be a stressful state for the body. Physical activity has many benefits. A program of regular physical activity can help decrease depression, if any, as well as enhance the feeling of wellbeing.
Support systems: Most people need someone in their life they can rely on a difficult time. Having little or no support makes stressful situations even more difficult to handle.

Relaxation: People with no outside interests, hobbies or ways to relax may be unable to handle stressful situations because they have no outlet for their stress.