Chronic stress can be caused by a number of different things.  It may be something simple, it may be extreme situations, or it may be just a number of different factors that pile up on top of each other.  We’re going to look at the ten most common causes of stress.

What Causes Stress?

  1. Health problems like diabetes or heart disease can be extremely stressful.  Worrying about your health, and the fear that your condition might kill you, is extremely stressful.
  2. Emotional problems like guilt, grief, low self-esteem, anger, and depression are all very stressful.
  3. Relationship problems can cause extreme stress, especially if you feel you have no one to talk to about it.
  4. Dangerous surroundings such as living in a high crime area or in a violent home are very stressful.
  5. A job you’re unhappy with is a huge contributing factor to stress.
  6. Poverty or other financial issues can cause extreme stress.
  7. Extreme lifestyle changes such as marriage, divorce, pregnancy, leaving home, or switching jobs are stressful.
  8. Chronic pain can cause mental stress in addition to the physical symptoms.
  9. Feelings of hopelessness can cause extreme stress.
  10. Discrimination because of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or other issues is also very stressful.

If you are in any of these situations you should seek out someone to talk to as soon as possible.  One important key to reducing stress it to catch it and treat it before it becomes such an extreme problem.  If you wait, it can be much harder to treat.

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