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Why are you stressed out?

The circumstances that cause stress are called stressors. Stressors vary in severity and duration. For example, the responsibility of caring for a sick parent may be an ongoing source of major stress, whereas getting stuck in a traffic jam may cause mild, short-term stress. Stressors can be classified into three general categories: catastrophic events, major life changes, and daily hassles. In addition, simply thinking about unpleasant past events or anticipating unpleasant future events can cause stress for many people.It's different for everyone, but there are some common stressful situations like those listed below. Read the list. Can you relate to any of them?

Major Life Changes
The most stressful events for adults involve major life changes, such as death of a spouse or family member, divorce, imprisonment, losing one’s job, and major personal disability or illness.

Changes in your everyday routine
Such as moving to a new neighborhood, starting a new school year or a new job. Same continues routine may cause stress too.

Too many activities & work in your life
trying to do lot of things at same time may cause stress because due to lot of work you may not give enough time to relax & chill out.

Feeling-inferior
the way you feel about yourself emotionally or physically-do you think you aren't smart enough or as popular as you should be?

Family problems
these may include divorce, money problems, violence in the home, problems with alcohol or other drugs, the illness or death of a family member or close friend.

Peer pressure
Are your friends asking you to do things you don't want to do or that you feel aren't the right choices for you?

Fear of violence
feeling unsafe in your neighborhood or school can create almost constant stress.

Academic grades or performance
Bad academic results may also cause stress. For example a student who is unprepared for a chemistry test and anticipates a bad grade may feel stress.

Catastrophes
A catastrophe is a sudden, often life-threatening calamity or disaster that pushes people to the outer limits of their coping capability. Catastrophes include natural disasters—such as earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, floods, and hurricanes—as well as wars, torture, automobile accidents, violent physical attacks, and sexual assaults. Catastrophes often continue to affect their victims’ mental health long after the event has ended. For example the most of the survivors of concentration camps in World War II (1939-1945) continued to experience nightmares and other symptoms of severe emotional problems long after their release from the camps.Symptoms of this disorder may include extreme anxiety, disturbing flashbacks and nightmares, emotional numbness, and irritability.