Friends! Let's talk a little today about STRESS and how to cope with it. Why? Yes, just New Year's Eve, if you haven't forgotten yet. It was at this time that people began to little by little “knock it out.” After all, there is so much to do. Not to mention plans for the future and their announcement during the chiming clock (you don’t forget about this, I hope?). It’s elementary, buy gifts, prepare the table, finish the working year, balance the balance, but you also want to relax, and also endless holidays after the New Year. This is probably one of the most powerful stressful situations. Although it depends on who. Those who know how to organize their time and space find such holidays a joy. A few “scary” stories... Fire, earthquake, screams, panic! This is stress! One of you will say. You think so? Then you are deeply mistaken. The fashionable bugbear - stress - occurs not only in extreme situations. Long-term stress, many days or many months, is much more severe. Eventually, unnoticed, it begins to take away your health. A stressful situation can leave you squeezed like a lemon by noon. Under the influence of stress hormones, muscles tense, and this leads to severe fatigue. Stress can cause you to hold your breath, limiting your oxygen supply. This can lead to overwork. Scary!? What is stress? Canadian physiologist Hans Selye was the first to define stress. According to his definition, stress is anything that leads to rapid aging of the body or causes disease. Translated from English, the word “stress” means “pressure, pressure, tension.” And the encyclopedic dictionary gives the following interpretation of stress: “A set of protective physiological reactions that occur in the body of animals and humans in response to the influence of various unfavorable factors (stressors).” Stress Test Test yourself using the method of Polish psychologists, and evaluate the result on the stress scale: Remember how your day has passed, and answer the questions: “yes” (1) or “no” (0). You did everything quickly (ate, drank, read, etc.); you had the feeling that you were not getting anything done; you were unnerved by the presence of people, you felt tired and even exhausted, you could not see the bright sides of life; you felt constant stiffness; you didn't sleep well; you ate (drank, smoked) to calm down, you could not concentrate, your head and stomach ached for no apparent reason; it was difficult for you to sit in one place; you had chaotic reactions, you got angry for no reason; you felt feverish, had an increased heart rate; you took sedatives. Now the results. The answers to the questions give the following picture: Up to 5 points - you can live to a ripe old age, without avoiding the company of people. Up to 10 points - it could be better if you resisted the difficulties and vicissitudes of life even more persistently. More than 10 points - you are one step away from a serious nervous breakdown - and this is not a joke. This is a real health hazard. A little science! What is the danger? The human body is designed in such a way that after stress, a large amount of fats and fatty layers are released into the blood. At the same time, an alarm signal is sent to the central nervous system, and then transmitted along the chain: adrenaline, norepinephrine, etc. One of the main functions of these hormones is to force fats to reach the muscles to provide them with a high ability to perform physical work. But, as a rule, we don’t do this kind of work. So it turns out that a subordinate has quarreled with his boss, and fats are immediately released into the blood, which are then oxidized. To prevent your internal organs from becoming sour, get rid of nervous overload and relieve stress in advance. Well, that’s enough with the horror stories. Now let's figure out what to do. There are simple folk methods to relieve stress. In a moment of stress, chew nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, and cashews are also suitable). The nut contains a very large amount of magnesium, which has a calming effect on the brain of a person in an excited state. Human