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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Emotional Effects On Stress

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Stressed Out - Defining Stress Incontinence

By Jasmine Schmidt Health Expert

When discussing incontinence, I'm always quick to define "stress incontinence" as a physical stress endured by your body, such as sneezing or coughing, which causes spontaneous leakage of urine. In this SharePost, however, I'd like to discuss the causes and effects of emotional stress when living with all kinds of both urinary and fecal incontinence.

 

Living with incontinence can be incredibly emotionally stressful. There's the stress of trying to hide a stigmatized medical condition from ...

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...Conversely, we have strong evidence of cell deterioration there and in other regions of the brain due to the effects of stress. Basically, cells can’t handle the load, Husseini Manji MD,... Read more »
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...person, especially if this is from necessity rather than choice, arguments and resentment can build. Emotional Support In every relationship, both partners look to the other for emotional... Read more »
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