Effects of Stress

Preventing and Managing Stress Related Articles: The 10-Part Stress Series Previously in this Series: Coping With Stress In related articles on stress, we’ve looked at what stress is, what causes it, and how it affects our bodies and our brains. We’ve learned that chronic stress directly causes chronic inflammation and that chronic inflammation directly or indirectly causes death and disease. It may seem like stress is inevitable and out of our control but that is not true.

Related Articles: The 10-Part Stress Series Previously in this Series: Symptoms of Stress How Stress Affects Our Bodies A new theory of disease is developing that links together most of the leading causes of death and many other chronic diseases. It’s also revealing how each of us may be able to lower our risk of developing those diseases. If we do develop disease, this new information is showing us how we may be able to affect the progression of our disease.

How Stress Affects Our Brain, Minds and Lives Related Articles: The 10-Part Stress Series Previously in this Series: The Effect of Stress on our Bodies One of the main problems with treating mental illness has stemmed from how society has viewed it. Instead of viewing it as the result of physical problems in the brain, mental illness has too frequently been seen as the result of personal weakness. Other diseases used to be viewed in a similar manner.