What are the causes of stress?

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There are many different triggers that cause stress levels to go beyond normal comfort ranges and these depend on the person. Everyone have different triggers for stress. Some people worry excessively about their first day of school, whereas some are not affected. All in all, everyone experiences stress differently and it is hard to exactly define your levels of stress.

Events relating to school, work, life changes, relationships and money are some of the common causes of stress for the majority. However, there may be things that you could be making yourself stressful without any other external event. You could be a pessimist: always talking negatively to yourself causing chronic worry. You could be a perfectionist: you have unachievable expectations and narrow thinking.

Stress levels vary from person to person as they depend on past life experiences, emotional awareness, personal relationships and personalities. People with good and healthy relationships with friends and family tend to have lower stress levels as they have a strong support network that they can use when they want to talk about an issue. Having control, preparation and balancing emotions are also important factors to maintaining stress levels at comfort zones.

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Sources:

AnxietyUK.org. Stress. Retrieved from: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/get-help-now/anxietyinformation/anxiety-disorders/stress/

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Hazel Mak

Hazel is second year biochemist at Imperial College London. She is very interested in the human physiology as well as food science and complementary medicine. Aside from her studies, she has a small personal blog where she also posts about food, recipes, fashion and a bit of beauty. Her blog: https://hazelnutm.wordpress.com/ ________________________