Behavioral Symptoms Of Stress
- Stress - Conditions with Similar Symptoms
- Highlights
- Introduction
- The Body's Response
- Risk Factors for Stress
- Conditions with Similar Symptoms
- Treatment
Complications
In prehistoric times, the physical changes in response to stress were an essential adaptation for meeting natural threats. Even in the modern world, the stress response can be an asset for raising levels of performance during critical events, such as a sports activity, an important meeting, or in situations where there is actual danger or a crisis.
If stress becomes persistent and low-level, however, all parts of the body's stress apparatus (the brain, heart, lungs, blood vessels,...
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