If You Have No Symptoms, Stress Isn't Affecting You
Stress can manifest in some unpleasant ways, including insomnia and weight gain, but just because you're not experiencing these effects doesn't mean stress isn't affecting you. In fact, chronic stress is linked with the development of a number of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/stress-health-effects-cancer-immune-system_n_2599551.html" target="_blank">negative health outcomes</a>, including heart disease and cancer. Non-symptomatic people who live high-stress lifestyles can suffer from sudden strokes or heart attacks, for which stress is a contributor, says Kathleen Hall, Ph.D., a stress expert and founder of the <a href="http://www.mindfullivingnetwork.com/" target="_blank">Mindfulness Living Network</a>. Stress can also lead to high cholesterol or diabetes, even though the symptoms are silent, she explains. "Those are the silent killers -- we think we have our stress handled, but we don't," Hall says. "If you're chronically stressed, just because you don't have any symptoms doesn't mean it's not frying your brain or causing other diseases."
via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/stress-myths-busted-misconceptions-causes-symptoms_n_2974643.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living
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