Low level makes us tired and we are sleepy. When the stress level rises, we are alert. When we have reached the optimum level (positive stress) we are performing our best. When the stress level rises further we begin to experience anxiety and finally become totally confused.
As long as the stress is on the optimal level a person is functioning as best, can work and stress level drops naturally in the evening.
It is only when you have gone over this level the negative effects are beginning to show itself.
You can not relax, you have trouble to go to sleep and you may suffer other stress symtom.
No stress - nothing gets done
A little stress - you feel sprightly
Optimal stress level - you perform well
Too high stress level - you start to feel agitated and possibly anxious
Long term high stress level - clear symtoms of stress. Burnout
Bernie Siegel, a surgeon who has written books drewing attention to believe that every disease has a message that we must pay attention to. This in itself is nothing new, even Freud explained several diseases with mental health grounds. While Freud's teachings are considered obsolete, at least in some circles, there is the same idea behind Siegel approach to health and disease.
And not just his ideas but every idea that sees body and soul / consciousness as a whole.
Siegel says that we can learn something about each illness and he thinks that although we can not control everything that happens in our life, we can control our own reactions.
And of course we can. If someone says that we can not, I would like to ask the person; "whose thoughts are you thinking. My thoughts are my own and I can actually choose to think what I want.
There are also various techniques such as meditation, to learn to put the focus of things you like.
This can be used as a preventive "medicine", you need not wait until they are already ill or burn-out.
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