How can stress affect someones mind?
it really doesn't, it's the mind that creates the stress through our thoughts which translate into emotions and then manifest through our physiological response, such as raised shoulders or headaches.
How does stress affect the body?
Like many other things in life , it depends upon the intensity and duration of stress and the status of person (perception of stress and reaction towards it). If someone takes stress positively, stress might be a good thing, we call it “eustress”. On the other hand, if we allow stress to impact negatively, we call it “distress”.I am assuming that you are curious to know about the effects of distress on the body. Stress causes wide range of biological changes in body, increased production of cortisol (aka stress hormone) being one of the major effect. Cortisol in turn leads to various changes which helps to cope up the stress, but when chronically elevated, it causes lots of harm.(Image source - beautifultothecore.com )Especially chronic psychological stress affects almost all organ system of body negatively. To name few, it causes memory impairment (see How does stress affect memory?) , decreases threshold for physical illness, deteriorates cardiovascular status, causes psychological problems such as depression and anxiety creating a vicious loop, increases the risk for metabolic diseases (e.g., diabetes), and so.on. The following picture summarizes those effects comprehensively -( Image source - healthline.com )Now we have some idea about the negative impacts of stress, next answer we need is of the question, “How can I decrease stress?”.Further readings -Stress (if you are interested to know the mechanism of hormones acting on various organs), Chronic Stress Induces Contrasting Patterns of Dendritic Remodeling in Hippocampal and Amygdaloid Neurons, Effect of repeated stress on body weight and body composition of rats fed low- and high-fat diets, Learning under stress.
How does stress affect memory??
Overwhelming stress can make one forget what one's conversation was about. It can make one forget important appointments and other obligations, as well as what they were supposed to be doing. I know this much from experience.
Can stress affect my baby?
Stress can cause your blood pressure to increase which can cause harm to the baby. But every woman has stress during pregnancy. A LOT of it.It's natural. Monitor your blood pressure and relax. But as far as is the stress going to kill the baby or something? No. Women have been having babies under very stressful situations for thousands of years. As long as it isin't triggering very high blood pressure the baby will be okay. Just try to relax (WAY easier said than done) for your sake and the babys sake. Good luck!
How can stress affect people's minds?
Jarid Goodman, Mark Packard, and James McGaugh, neuroscience researchers, note that negative stress overwhelms normal executive processes by reallocating learning and memory processing to implicit brain regions such as corticostriatal and amygdala processing areas. These areas are involved in “response” learning. When one relies on these structures for learning, one’s capacity for contextual learning, i. e. the ability for analyzing situations and for seeing the bigger picture, becomes restricted and limited in scope. In addition activation of the amygdala sends neural signaling to hypothalamus for stress related neurohormone secretion including adrenal catecholamine and cortisol secretion, which can later become chronic and enduring with repeated stress. The latter affects all bodily systems, over time.
How Does Stress Affect Homeostasis?
stress increase blood pressure, blood glucose and metabolism, that fact alone disrupts homeostasis