| What's the cause of nervous exhaustion? Chronic | | | | sufferer will be unable to find positive outcomes |
| stress. When you experience stress, your body | | | | to anything and will continually assign negative |
| produces adrenal hormones that excite your | | | | outcomes to all situations. In continually assigning |
| nervous system. Whether you're late paying the | | | | negative outcomes, life becomes very hard as |
| mortgage or a Bengal tiger is chasing you, the | | | | sufferers are in a fearful state of mind for |
| result is the same - rapid heart rate, shortness of | | | | prolonged periods, a state that harms the body |
| breath, and emotional agitation. On a short-term | | | | as well as the mind. |
| basis, this is a good thing because it is your body's | | | | The higher the level of farm stress, the greater |
| method of self-preservation. | | | | the likelihood that the individual farmer will be |
| Stress Exhaustion is a combination of physical and | | | | showing some of the physical and psychological |
| emotional exhaustion which is the result of | | | | symptoms of stress. |
| prolonged high stress situations. Combined with | | | | Some women experience signs or symptoms of |
| lack of rest, stress exhaustion can be highly | | | | pregnancy within a week of conception. For other |
| debilitating. People who suffer from stress | | | | women, pregnancy symptoms may develop over |
| exhaustion feel overwhelmed by the events | | | | a few weeks or may not be present at all. Below |
| around them. Many also experience feelings of | | | | is a listing of some of the most common |
| frustration and helplessness. If not addressed, | | | | pregnancy signs symptoms. If you have been |
| stress exhaustion can lead to additional health | | | | sexually active and experiencing any of the |
| problems. | | | | following symptoms it is important to take a |
| Stress exhaustion can be very frightening to | | | | pregnancy test. |
| experience...demands, failures, setbacks,worries, | | | | Hormonal changes in the stress response can |
| pressures or threats are bearing heavily upon us | | | | aggravate migraines, arthritis, and backaches. In |
| but we are aware of becoming less and less able | | | | fact, headaches and backaches are two of the |
| to respond to the situation we are constantly | | | | most frequent physical symptoms of chronic |
| tired - in fact we are becoming more and more | | | | stress. Millions of dollars are spent every year on |
| dysfunctional we just desperately "want out" of | | | | over-the-counter pills to relieve these pains. |
| this distressing situation and we are in danger of | | | | Physical symptoms caused by stress are more |
| taking hasty action that we might later regret! | | | | common than most people realize. Stress is a |
| Stress Exhaustion affects the immune system, | | | | major cause of a variety of physical complaints. |
| the body's first line of defense against illness. High | | | | Physicians estimate that at least 50 per cent of all |
| amounts of stress release hormones which | | | | patient office visits are for problems caused by |
| depress the immune system. In the short term, | | | | one type of stress or another. |
| this may not have a detrimental effect. In the | | | | Adrenalin is what gives athletes that winning burst |
| long term, however, the immune system will be | | | | of energy and Good Samaritans the ability to |
| compromised by these hormones. Stress | | | | rescue people by lifting cars. Adrenalin is also the |
| exhaustion has been linked with depression, heart | | | | source of our "fight-or-flight" response, which |
| disease, and increased susceptibility to infectious | | | | enabled our prehistoric ancestors to escape from |
| diseases. | | | | saber-toothed tigers and other predators. By |
| Signs and Symptoms of Stress Exhaustion | | | | stimulating your adrenal glands to produce |
| Symptoms include feeling tired, weak, and dizzy; | | | | adrenalin, caffeine puts your body in this |
| headache, nausea and possible vomiting. Heavy | | | | "fight-or-flight" state, which is useless while you're |
| perspiration; skin feels moist. | | | | just sitting at your desk. When this adrenal high |
| Mainly a symptom of anxiety and stress, | | | | wears off later, you feel the drop in terms of |
| excessive worry means the sufferer worries | | | | fatigue, irritability, headache or confusion. |
| about even the smallest of life's events. A | | | | |