Stress

Stress is a common thing now days because every person is running behind money and career.
It is an old observation that stress or tension by itself can produce different diseases in man. People are known to have gone mad in a situation of extreme mental stress. They are also known to have died suddenly, obviously because of a heart attack. Yet it is not very long ago that the scientific proof of how it happens became known.

As per the experiments when an animal was put under stress, its body responded immediately to it by making certain changes in its activities. When the stress was continued these changes became a regular feature. And if the animal remained under stress for a prolonged time, these changes exhausted the body and ultimately caused its death.
Our body responds stress through its nervous system. It produces different hormones in order to face the stressful situation. When we are under stress, it is the sympathetic nerves that take over. The sympathetic nerves release a chemical substance called adrenaline at their nerve ends in different organs. The effect of adrenaline is to prepare the body to fight stress.

Diseases of Stress
Stress can disrupt the normal working of the body in two ways: (1) by being beyond our power of adaptability, or (2) by causing disease because there is a particular weakness in the structure of our body. Think of a chain placed under tension – that is, physical stress. No matter what pulls on the chain and no matter in which direction, the result is the same. Just as in the chain the weakest link is most likely to break down, so in the human body there is always one organ or system, which owing to heredity or external influences is the weakest and most likely to break down under general biological stress. In some people the heart, in others the nervous system or the gastrointestinal tract, may represent this weakest link. That is why people develop different types of diseases under the influence of the same kind of stress. This is also why, strictly speaking, the pure stage of exhaustion is never reached. Before all adaptation energy is depleted, the weakest link breaks down; causing an immediate general collapse.
Now day’s yoga, pranayama, and relaxation therapies are more popular which gives the person relief from the stress. But it should be the daily activities otherwise again stress will cause damage more than before. These therapies are accepted world wide even big companies are also organized campaigns for their employees.