Stress is something everyone can relate to at some point in their life. An experiment, with a sample size of over thirty thousand people, was conducted by All in the Mind and BBC Lab UK. There are many factors that contribute to a person's stress level, such as biological factors, social factors, traumatic events, and psychological factors. The main objective of the study was to see how important these factors are in a person's stress level and there severity. They also wanted to see how they interact with each other in contributing to stress levels. For this experiment, the researchers measured depression and anxiety as they are two extreme mental health issues.
The results obtained from the data gathered from the sample suggested that mental health is depended on events that we partake in and how we deal with them. Negativity leads to immensely bad mental health.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/results/stress/index.html
I can relate to this 100%! And im pretty sure anybody else can during finals week! I don't know if this is true, but people say that depression is linked in genetics... So if your mom is depressed, you might be too...
ReplyDeleteI read an article that linked long term stress to an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. This happens because stress triggers the growth of proteins that can cause memory loss.
ReplyDeletehttp://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/stress-management/effect-of-stress-on-the-brain.htm
Another form of stress is PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. As a result of traumatic experience, this is one of the worst types of stress which can cause emotional detachment or panic attacks. Though good stress, eustress, is available, most of the stress can be surprisingly damaging to health.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/p/post-traumatic_stress_disorder.htm