Effects of Stress ( Cause Effect Essay First Draft )

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    15.04.2014

                                                                                                                                    Deniz YEŞİLYURT

                                                                 Effects of Stress  

  Stress is an inevitable part of life. It gives people an opportunity to behave better toward surrounding stimulus. If you are not stressed, you are died because it means that you do not have energy enough to react to the stimulus coming from environment. On the other hand, excessive stress can be fatal. In this case, people waste excessive energy. This causes some problems on health. Therefore, stress has negative effects on the health. Stress affects the health in terms of body, mood and behaviors.

  First, the primary effect of stress is on your body. Stress leads to some problems which are related to skin. When you are angry or stressed your muscles contracts. As long as this contraction is repeated, it causes line on your skin and wrinkles on your face. Also, oil and moisture balance of the skin is affected by stress. As a result of this, acne increases and starts allergic reactions. At the same time, stress leads to high blood pressure and heart disease. When you get angry, your blood pressure is higher and it causes celebral hemorrhage.

   Second, another effect of stress is on your mood. Lack of motivation and anxiety are consequences of stress. When you are stressed, you cannot motivate on something easily. At the same time, you feel anxious yourselves. For example, a hardworking student failed in an exam even though he knew everything. It could be because of stress. As he was stressed and felt anxious, he could not focus on his exam. Also, stress results in irritability and restlessness. If you are stressed, you can be more irritable and you can offend your friends unwillingly. For example, as you are stressed because of your job, you can rebuff your colleague when they ask you about work. Furthermore, you can have sleep problems because of stress. For instance, when you cannot get enough sleep, you can feel tired and sleep at work or school.

   Finally, your behaviors are affected by stress. When you are stressed, it causes angry outbursts.  It means that you can wreak your anger on somebody. For example, when you got angry for getting low mark in exam, you could accuse your friend for listening music while you were studying. Moreover, stress causes overeating or under eating. When you feel stressed, you can eat much more or less. Furthermore, drug and alcohol abuse are results of stress. When you start to use drug or alcohol, they cause addiction. As they numb your brain, you can feel relaxed. Therefore, you want to use them to feel calm constantly. Also, stress affects your social life.  You can have sense of loneliness and isolation. You can feel overwhelmed. As a result of this, you can not want to take part in crowded places or any activity.

  In conclusion, stress has effects on health in many ways.  It has major effects on your body, mood and behaviors.  Stress leads to some health problems on your body such as wrinkles, heart attack, and high pressure blood. It affects your mood in terms of lack of motivation and anxiety or irritability and restlessness. Angry outbursts, drug and alcohol abuse and feeling overwhelmed are the effects of on your behaviors.