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Here’s What I Learned from Decompressing My Body From Stress
“It’s not how long you live, but how you live that’s important.”
The past few months were rough on me. I was working on a project that consumed my time. I hardly slept. Some days, I didn’t even shower.
I gave myself three months to complete the project so I could get back to my regular life. Unfortunately, the stress was too much for my body and I fell sick.
I only wrote three articles last month and barely read other people’s stories. My stats tanked drastically and so did my earnings.
However, I was more concerned about the mental damage the stress was doing to my body.
I would get edgy at any slightest mistake and yell at people at every provocation. It was as if I was losing the emotional discipline in dealing with conflicts.
So, I took the whole of June to decompress.
My body had been showing signs of stress for a while, but I ignored it. It wasn’t until I broke down and was forced to be on bed rest by my doctor that I knew how badly I was working myself.
Stress is such a bitch. And with the modern-day hustle wired environment, we can’t escape being stressed once in a while.
Your constant worries wear down your body, leaving you tired and anxious. You may be working harder than ever to make ends meet and make unhealthy choices about eating and exercise, which can make you feel even worse.
Stress comes in many forms. It can build up gradually over time or appear in an instant and then disappear. When dealing with chronic stress, it is important to implement some long-term stress management practices.
It is not always easy to recognize chronic stress. Because it affects virtually every system in your body and it’s long-lasting. People often get so used to it that they start to feel normal.
Good stress and bad stress
According to scientists, stress causes a physiological effect. The term stress is clearly defined as…
