Chill out!
Chill out!
Chill out!
What is stress anyway?
Stress is a reaction to changes or challenges in your environment.
This reaction involves:
- Your body (racing heart, tense muscles)
- Your thoughts (“I have so much to do, I just can’t do it”)
- Your feelings (nervousness, anxiety).
We especially get stressed when we think that we are not prepared for a situation (“I’m sure I’ll fail the test”). Even the thought “I can’t do it” is enough to increase stress.
The body reacts to stress by activating different areas: your heart races, your breathing gets faster, your blood pressure rises, your muscles get tense, you feel nervous…
Many small stressors can be hidden in your everyday life (e.g., arguments with friends or family, having many appointments, upcoming tests at school). Every now and then, there may also be a really big stressor in your life (e.g., your parents separating, being bullied).
Having many small – or one big – stressors can stop your body from calming down, forcing it to stay tense and on high alert.
So, we must help our bodies when they are under stress!
Stress is a reaction to changes or challenges in your environment.
This reaction concerns
- Your body (heart palpitations, increasing muscle tension),
- Your thoughts (“I have so much to do, I just can’t do it”) as well as
- Your feelings (nervousness, anxiety).
We especially get stressed when we think that we are not prepared for a situation (“I’m sure I’ll fail the test”). Even the thought “I can’t do it” is enough.
The body reacts to stress by activating different areas: Heart palpitations, rising blood pressure, more muscle tension, nervousness…
Many small sources of stress can be hidden in our everyday lives (e.g. arguments with friends or family, having many appointments, upcoming tests at school). Every now and then there could also be a really big stressor in your life (e.g. parents separating, bullying).
Having many small – or one big – source of stress can stop our body from calming down at all and thus remain under constant tension.
We must help our bodies when this happens!
Stress is a major contributor to tension-type headaches!
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Stress is a major trigger for migraines!
Find out more about that by clicking below the image:
Of course, this does not apply for everyone. But for many children and adolescents with migraines, the migraine generator is charging by stress. Like this, a migraine attack is more likely to occur.
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