Stress and Human Health

Chronic stress plays a major role in causing many health disorders, including chronic diseases. It is now well-established that chronic stress is the underlying cause of many diseases suffered by humankind in this century. Most healthcare professionals now acknowledge that long-term stress is a major risk factor for many medical disorders, including high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure, nervous breakdown, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and suicides. But why are so many people stressed out? The answer is simple. Too many people live a stressful life because of selfishness, greed, and insatiable desires, coupled with the rat race to succeed in a very competitive world. Nations are competing against nations, corporations against corporations, individuals against individuals, athletes against athletes, students against students, politicians against politicians, lawyers against lawyers, doctors against doctors, pastors against pastors, jobseekers against jobseekers, husbands against wives, parents against parents, and siblings against siblings. Everyone wants to capture the gold and none is satisfied or thankful with the silver or the bronze. The competition out there is becoming very unhealthy and stressful. Modern life is now the survival of the fittest. There lies the cause of the stressful life that we are all living. There is no life without stress. All that matters is how you choose to handle your daily stress throughout life. It is time for us all to realize that we came to this world with nothing and we will also exit from the world with nothing. As such, it is incumbent on every individual in this world to learn how to rest and relax daily.