Overwork at work, quarrels with loved ones provoke nervousness. The harm from irritability can be significant, which affects the quality of life. A person may need help, so you should know the main symptoms of a nervous strain.
Causes of Nervous Stress
Residents of large cities are more likely to be prone to nervous diseases than residents of villages. In women, the symptom manifests itself more often than in men. Mostly nervousness and irritability overtakes people aged 35-40 years.
But stress does not appear on its own, it requires provoking factors:
- lack of quality rest, good sleep;
- excessive physical exertion, leading to physical stress;
- psychological stress at work and at home;
- inability to relax;
- chronic somatic pathologies;
- fast lifestyle;
- unhealthy lifestyle, biorhythm displacement;
- alcohol, smoking, drugs.
Signs of overvoltage
Symptoms of nervous strain can be different. First of all, human behavior changes. Surrounding people can notice excessive irritability, only a sick person can know about muscle pain.
The main symptoms of nervousness are:
- constant fatigue;
- apathy;
- irritability;
- distraction;
- forgetfulness;
- frequent headaches;
- isolation;
- drowsiness.
If several symptoms are noted in the behavior, then relaxation methods should be studied. In addition to the main symptoms, concomitant symptoms may appear. Frequent outbursts of anger, intolerance towards others, impaired emotional stability, especially with loved ones, are symptoms of nervous strain. What pleased earlier begins to annoy. It can be children, loved ones, work or hobbies. A person does not want to do anything.
In women, there is a decrease in sexual desire or inability to obtain sexual satisfaction. In men, a decrease in potency occurs . There are failures in the digestive tract, heart, numbness of the muscles, changes in blood pressure, arrhythmia, migraine, and a decrease in immunity.
Harm of nervous strain
There is a popular wisdom: "All diseases are from nerves." Nervous overstrain can provoke various diseases. Symptoms of nervous strain, prolonged stress lead to the following diseases:
- cardiac arrhythmia;
- hypertension;
- diabetes;
- heart attack;
- stroke;
- autoimmune diseases;
- gastritis;
- stomach ulcer;
- pancreatitis
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- diarrhea;
- headache;
- squeezing pains.
Health conditions are worsening, conflicts arise with others, unreasonable aggression destroys relationships with loved ones - all this leads to protracted conflicts and worsening of the situation.
Often patients relieve stress, breaking down on the weaker, and these are children. An uncontrolled surge of emotions does not solve the problem, but leads to disagreements within the family, at work. Constant irritation, lack of joy leads to nervous exhaustion. After rash acts, a feeling of guilt, self-flagellation appears. The more a person tries to control himself, the more guilty he feels after failure. Nervous stress goes into a nervous breakdown.
How to remove overvoltage?
To understand how to relieve overstrain of the nervous system, it is necessary to analyze the daily regimen. Time for a full night's sleep should be given at least 8 hours. During work, you should take a break for rest and lunch. Morning exercise starts the body and improves mood. It is necessary to find time for daily physical activity. Gym or evening walks help to relax the nervous system. On weekends, you need to go outdoors, walk in the park, refuse to watch TV. A properly constructed schedule of work and rest will help the body recover.
In addition, you need to understand where the problem came from and get rid of it. To do this, you must:
- Realize the cause of the disease. What makes the body work in enhanced mode? This may be work, lack of vacation, quarrel, psychological discomfort in the team or family.
- Get rid of fear, which increases nervousness.
- The tightness of the body, understatement causes tension in the body. It is necessary to get rid of this. If you can’t tell in person about your feelings, you can write a letter or SMS. It is not necessary to send a message, the main thing is to free yourself from the accumulated negative energy.
- Weakness after a nervous strain does not allow to realize desires. You must strive for what you want.
Yoga to relieve stress
Yoga is the most effective way to deal with stress and irritation. Relax music that calms the nervous system and slow exercises increase gamma-aminobutyric acid levels. This leads to a decrease in the activity of neurons and relaxes a person.
To get a positive effect, classes should be fun. Yoga is not just a set of exercises, it is a technique of self-knowledge of oneself, the body, and breathing. People doing yoga regularly are much less likely to be irritable.
Yoga allows you to free the brain from unnecessary thoughts and direct energy to the liberation and purification of the body. The result appears after the first training. It is important to find an experienced trainer who will select the necessary exercises in accordance with physical fitness. Yoga can be practiced at any age, with any physique and weight.
Meditation is one of the areas of yoga and allows a person to look inside himself, to find spiritual harmony. Daily meditation allows you to normalize the emotional state of a person and develop a “vaccine” from stress.
Stress Music
They use music to relieve nervous strain, but not every melody will do. The most commonly used music is relaxing, calming the nervous system. Relaxing to a pleasant melody or sounds of nature will reduce the time needed for relaxation.
With the help of fast fun music, you can cheer up during the day, a slow composition helps relieve stress. Music affects the state of the body as a whole, music therapy is equivalent to other types of release from stress.
To choose a melody, you need to be based on your own preferences. If the recommended composition causes discomfort, then you must refuse to listen to it.
Surge Medication
Drugs for nervous tension are prescribed by a doctor. They are prescribed if it is impossible to remove irritability in other ways. The main types of drugs used:
- Antidepressants are potent substances that are used in severe cases or in the absence of the effect of softer drugs.
- Herbal-based sedatives. When buying, a prescription is not required, they act gently, help to cope with over-exertion and depression.
- Vitamins of groups B and E. Their deficiency contributes to the excitation of the nervous system.
- Nootropics enhance mental activity.
- Normotimics normalize the mood in mentally ill people. Used rarely.
- Anxiolytics reduce arousal, relieve stress.
How to prevent overvoltage?
To prevent nervous strain, it is necessary to monitor your health, undergo medical examinations and treat diseases.
The main recommendations for the prevention of irritability are:
- Do not work for wear;
- take breaks during the working day;
- in the evening to be distracted from work;
- go to bed before midnight;
- reduce the time spent on the TV and computer;
- enjoy the little things;
- eat properly;
- if necessary, take vitamin complexes;
- learn ways to relax;
- to refuse from bad habits;
- pay attention to the state of the body.
When the first signs of nervous strain appear, try to remove it yourself. Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure.