STRESS!

Iamfit4life
Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
How does it affect you and your body?


I know some eat quite a bit. I know some get very grouchy.


Myself, I get sick.

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  • emilydmac
    emilydmac Posts: 382 Member
    All of the above for me- I get cranky, eat too much and then feel sick. I get a lot of headaches if I am too stressed.
    One of my favorite things to do when I get stressed is have a glass of pinot noir, and soak in the hot tub!
    The stress melts away!
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    My stress level has been so high for so long, that it is my new 'normal' I think! Most of the time, I get tired, worn down and crave carbs like crazy. If the stress gets excessively higher, than I can't eat. I don't know anymore what I do without the stress. It has been a horrible couple of years in my house.
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    Stress disorders run in my family actually ^^

    I don't have the symptoms of a stress disorder, although I believe I do have one. From what I understand, my body deals with the stress in a strange way, so that I don't feel stressed.

    I have very strong visual snow, along with other visual "issues" such as seeing large splotches of colors everywhere (especially around electricity such as wires). When I am going through a very stressful time, I get stomach and eye pains, and my ears often begin to ring.

    I think stress can effect the entire body because of this... I feel very fortunate though that my body deals with stress in this way, as I can live a happy, calm life :)
  • Banks01
    Banks01 Posts: 945 Member
    Read somewhere when stressed, the body converts more food to fat, but it's been awhile. Haven't seem a lot of big folks from the Bahamas or trinadad or Jamaica so maybe there's something to it :):)
  • JulieSD
    JulieSD Posts: 567
    I get really quiet, if you insist on talking to me then I will be very short or sound rude. I think constantly about what is stressing me, then I get more stressed. Then after like 10 hours I start to cry.

    But my stress level is always high. This is for those special occasions when stress is bananas.

    Different kinds of stress have different reactions for eating.
  • Tangerine302
    Tangerine302 Posts: 1,509 Member
    I've never used food to help with stress. Usually I get in the cleaning mood! ha Sometimes a lot of things get thrown away.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    I honestly rarely get stressed. And when I do, its generally self inflicted. bad attitude/outlook or Ive procrastinated too much. When I do, I get quiet and sulkish. Sometimes a little short. Oh, and I used to drown it in icecream. haha
  • michelleion
    michelleion Posts: 122 Member
    It all depends on how stressed I am - if I'm mildly stressed, I'll want to eat the world to get my mind off things, and want to sleep loads. If I'm super stressed, I completely lose my appetite and not be able to sleep.
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Hit on Deborah (Super Stressed!)
    Get rejected (Super Stressed!)
    Swallow sadness (Super Stressed!)
    Send some faxes (Super Stressed!)
    Call a sex line (Super Stressed!)
    Cry deeply (Super Stressed!)
    Demand a refund (Super Stressed!)
    Eat a bagel (Super Stressed!)

    Harassment Lawsuit (Super Stressed!)
    No Promotion (Super Stressed!)
    5th of vodka (Super Stressed!)
    Crap on Deborah's desk (Super Stressed!)
    Buy a gun (Super Stressed!)
    In my mouth (Super Stressed!)
    Oh Crap man, I can't freaking do it, Crap!

    Wimp out (Super Stressed!)
    Puke on Deborah's desk (Super Stressed!)
    Jump out the windows (Super Stressed!)
    S_ck a dude's thang (Super Stressed!)
    Score some coke (Super Stressed!)
    Crash my car (Super Stressed!)
    S_ck my own thang (Super Stressed!)
    Eat some chicken strips (Super Stressed!)

    Chop my balls off (Super Stressed!)
    Black out in the sewer (Super Stressed!)
    Meet a giant fish (Super Stressed!)
    Hump his brains out (Super Stressed!)
    Turn into a jet (Super Stressed!)
    Bomb the Russians (Super Stressed!)
    Crash into the Sun (Super Stressed!)
    Now I'm dead (Super Stressed!)

    Just an average day in the life of the super stressed..
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    I recently got so incredibly stressed that I literally had a pseudo-stroke.

    But general daily stress has been increasing, too...and I stress eat, stress drink...also have lupus so too much stress means major flare, so stress = kidney issues too, which causes more stress because I have to take more pills that will make me more fat. ugh,.
  • MFPAddict
    MFPAddict Posts: 2,069 Member
    It makes me irritable
  • Ebbykins
    Ebbykins Posts: 420 Member
    Digestive issues, quiet, distant, I stop opening up about how I feel, it becomes more bursts of WTF are you doings? And stuff like that until someone takes the time to ask me what's up, I really recluse and try to do it on my own which is probably the worst thing to do.
  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,343 Member
    Some people lose weight when stressed....i put on weight. Also, bad habits in the past have led me to sucking down beer and booze to help with stress. Its not a good solution! Made me feelnworse and put on weight.

    Overall...i get pi$$y when stressed out.
  • Andythefitfamilyman
    Andythefitfamilyman Posts: 420
    I eat alot, kinda like a pig.
  • Froggy1976
    Froggy1976 Posts: 472
    I've never used food to help with stress. Usually I get in the cleaning mood! ha Sometimes a lot of things get thrown away.
    This is what I do too. Clean, clean, throw away! A clean room always makes me feel better!
  • strwbryblond75
    strwbryblond75 Posts: 5
    I know it is time to relax and re-group when I get migraines and/or GI issues. If I hold things in too long, somethings got to give, and it is usually my body...ha! As a single Mom of two boys and working full time in the medical field, sitting down isn't always an option (and exercise is even more of an effort). Any tips to help reduce stress???
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    All of the above for me- I get cranky, eat too much and then feel sick. I get a lot of headaches if I am too stressed.
    One of my favorite things to do when I get stressed is have a glass of pinot noir, and soak in the hot tub!
    The stress melts away!

    Yep. . this is me two. . .
  • panyg
    panyg Posts: 597 Member
    Me when I'm stressed:

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