Behavior, mind, and body get affected due to stress. The manifestations vary from individual to individual. However, whatever the manifestations are, they have the potential to harm stress victims. If you are experiences the following, odds are you are undergoing stress.

Intellectual Symptoms:

They include, but are not limited to;

• Weak memory
• Incapability to get rid of the negative thoughts
• Perplexity
• Loss of objectivity
• Inability or difficulty in making decisions

Physical Symptoms:

Some of the most common physical symptoms are;

• Sweatiness
• Pain in muscles
• Missed periods and other reproductive problems
• Shortness of breath or asthma
• Fatigue
• Digestive disorders
• Headaches

Emotional Symptoms:

Most people undergoing stress show these emotional symptoms;

Craving to cry

Resentment

Depression

Anxiety

Sudden shifts in mood

Lack of interest in hobbies and fun, among others

Behavioral Symptoms:

• Argue with family and friends
• More or less sexual activity
• More or less appetite
• Frequent lose of temper
• Staying home from work or staying at work for extra hours
• Taking unnecessary risks
• Grinding teeth
• Become violent

In some persons, a given situation produces more stress than in others. Studies have been conducted on such persons. Some of the features that characterize them are as follows:

I. They are highly susceptible to annoyance.
2. They lack confidence in untried performance.
3. They can recall fewer friends.
4. They show inconsistency in their responses to simi­lar situations.
5. They are suspicious of the motives of others.
6. They are more prone to guilt feelings.

Physical examination of such people reveals these signs and symptoms:

1. High respiration and pulse rate.
2. Increase in systolic blood-pressure.
3. Increased BMR (basic metabolic rate).
4. Decrease in electrical skin resistance.
5. Decrease in alkalinity in saliva.
6. Increase in hippuric acid in urine.
7. Increase in 17-0H-ketosteriods in urine.