How to Identify Symptoms of Stress - Part 2

Stress will also become evident in the emotional irritability and heightened sensitivity. This means that a person may find themselves crying more easily and more often than usual or may suffer from a general sadness that is unusual for them. In other people, stress may cause them to withdraw or make less of an effort to keep up with their friends. Stress can also cause an individual to take less effort with their personal appearance and feel less bothered by their home environment as well.

The final type of symptoms are behavioral and psychologists believe that these are more likely to be noticed because they are more obvious. Some of these behavioral symptoms include the inability to make decisions, even trivial every day tasks which would normally be executed without hesitation are suddenly mind-boggling. Stress will also decrease the person’s natural confidence and may results in a person who wavers on unimportant and important choices.

Other behavioral symptoms include breathlessness, irritability, frequently bored, worrying or feelings of skills, nightmares, apathy and sexual problems or loss of libido. Individuals who find themselves angry easily and experiencing mood swings, or having more problems than their relationships, should consider the likelihood that they are feeling the physical and emotional results of stress in their lives.

It is important for people to identify the symptoms of stress that they are experiencing in their lives in order to recognize the necessity of identifying a cause. By decreasing stress, people can improve their productivity, their time management skills and decrease the risk of experiencing any long-term physical effects which may place their life in danger.