Discuss the biological effects of acute psychological stress and some possible health outcomes of these stages

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Discuss the biological effects of acute psychological stress and some possible health outcomes of these stages.

Stress can be defined in various ways such as a mental or an emotional condition that has occurred due to some pressure on one’s life. There are many people in the world that will be suffering every day from stress and the outcomes that have been caused by it. If one is going through stress it can affect their physical health. This can have an effect on both genders and of all ages throughout life. The most important reason to why this is dangerous is because it can be very dangerous to someone’s health, not only because it may lead to many different diseases but because it can have raised the amount of times the person has a panic attack. Stress is very easy to control even though it may not look like it, but if the certain steps have been taken into account then there would be no problem. Acute stress is when you go through a phase that only lasts for a little while and the cure for it would be quicker to cure.

It is very important for you to know how to recognize the signs on stress because the quicker it is going to be cured the better. Stress can creep on you at any time; this is the most dangerous thing about it. If you don’t take care of it once you find out the diagnosis then it will feel normal to you, you will get too used to it and want it in your everyday. You will not realise how much it will be affecting you even though it gets heavier and heavier. The way in which the stress level responses to the body is that when you receive a threat from someone or when you get shocked then your nervous responds to it by releasing many stress hormones, this involved cortisol and adrenaline. These hormones rouse the body for emergency action. Your heart will tend to beat a lot faster than it usually does, your muscles will then tighten than usual, your blood pressure will rise, your breathe will tend to start getting faster and faster. The changes that will occur will have a major increase of impact on your strength and stamina, speed and your reaction time.

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