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The body is good at hiding health problems until they become too severe and manifest as symptoms. While this should be a good thing, it isn't. Consider how the brain sends pain signals to any part of the body that is stressed.

 If this mechanism works for emergency conditions such as hypertension, I believe many people could have been spared impairments that could have left them permanently disabled. 

The average human does not seek medical attention until symptoms appear. I understand; if it is not broken, do not fix it. However, the body and mind can be broken without indicating that it requires repair.



## HPB: Stress Precursor

One of the health issues that the body can adequately mask is high blood pressure, a devastating condition that can be life-threatening if not treated seriously. Stress is one type of mental state that can lead to hypertension. 

It is not necessary to think too much or be an overthinker; it is a state of mind in which you are visibly overworked mentally and physically and require a reset.


## Stress: A Curable State of mind? 


However, one mind think since it's that bad, why haven't any science or technical advancement found a way to deal with it? Because it is impossible to put the mind at ease when the surrounding factors are not at ease.



> Stress is unavoidable. 

*It is due to the way we live our lives.*


 People do not scale without stress: going to school, earning a degree, writing an exam, looking for work, dealing with physical pain, managing chronic medical conditions, or even going to work. It does not stop there; pregnancy, while it appears to announce the prospect of a new child, brings complications, and the woman's life is never the same again.



 Life's anxieties are unavoidable; even when we are setting goals and attempting to improve our lives by chasing more money and increasing the rate at which we achieve it, we gladly succumb to stress despite the fact that it is potentially harmful, because we simply cannot scale without it. 

## Uncomfortable Situations


On the other hand, life can cause us to experience stress that we did not expect. For example, no one prepares for losses. In fact, it is considered abnormal for people to believe they will suffer losses; any normal person who does so may be considered a negative person. 

People do not prepare for losses, and when they do, it comes as a shock, causing emotional unrest and uneasiness. This can be the loss of something or the loss of people; whatever losses we face has its own impact, and the longer we have them (losses), the more chronic the stress becomes, which becomes a major issue. 



## The body: perfectly designed? 



Obviously, the body was not designed to withstand chronic stress. In fact, the body can heal itself extremely well from acute conditions, but this becomes 50/50 when the condition is chronic. 

What exactly does this mean? It means that the body seeks wellness and stability, which is why people often reward themselves by choosing happiness. Of course, happiness is a mental state triggered by a positive experience. 

People are not automatically happy because it is good for their bodies; we are happy, sad, agitated, worried, excited, or angry as a result of life's events, and all of these factors are uncontrollable and based on unforeseen circumstances beyond our control.


We can relieve stress, particularly when we have control over it, but not when we don't. We cannot completely remove it, no matter what state of mind we achieve through financial independence, health, good genes, or being born in a good environment.

 Apparently, all of the things I mentioned can reduce the amount of stress we are exposed to, but they cannot completely eliminate the possibility of stress, particularly due to factors beyond our control. 



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## So how do you handle stress?


*I believe everyone has their own way of doing so.*

 This is because our problems and life issues are not identical. Although there are generalized and randomized stress-relieving hacks, they are relative and not always completely effective. 


A primary health care physician will say things like "take a break, sleep more, *blah blah blah*," and other standard recited speeches at the doctor's office, but these medical advices do not work in most cases. A person who is in debt, sleeping on the street, and struggling to feed themselves cannot sleep well. 


Their situation already stresses them out mentally, and sometimes they require financial assistance rather than sleep, because the former will suffice, as it is the primary reason for the fellow's stress in the beginning. 

However, we are back to the fact that the fellow may have been hustling, trying to make money, and nothing has worked. 

*So, what is causing their stress: the fact that their hard work did not pay off, or the fact that they are homeless and cannot afford to eat?*


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> **Interested in some more of my posts**



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