However, mental stress is often impossible to avoid in our complex world, where we face job loss, divorce or serious family problems. The consequences of such stress can have serious implications for our health. This occurs most frequently in people who must deal with stress regularly, and it increases their risk of heart disease.
Many people eat as an outlet for stress.
Very few people under stress will lose weight because they don't eat. In contract, they usually become lathargic, as if they're waiting for something good to happen. Frequent headaches are common among people with arthritis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis and even lupus or multiple sclerosis. I seldom find a person with these illnesses who doens't say that stress is a big factor. Stress usually means greater vulnerability to the common viruses that cause colds and flu.