The response is automatic, immediate. Well, they stay on. As a result, you might start to experience general symptoms such as anxiety, depression, negative mood states including anger or irritability, or stomach cramps and headaches.
Relaxation is the process of turning-off the response to demand.
But if you not conscious of the state of stress you are, how will you ever be able to activate the process of turning-off. Read Celeste's story . Stress is both additive and cumulative. It adds up over time until a state of crisis is reached and symptoms appear. These symptoms may manifest themselves psychologically as irritability, anxiety, impaired concentration, mental confusion, poor judgment, frustration and anger.