Stress arises out of tension and tension can be muscular, mental or
emotional, creating imbalance in the nervous system. Muscular tension is
not difficult to eliminate and can be easily work out by a sensible diet and
proper rest. Mental tension is due to our wrong way of thinking and living,
emotional tension arises from how we react to persons, objects and events in
life.
The emotional effect caused by the stress and strain of modern living which
is expressed in so many psychosomatic diseases or stress diseases.
Emotional stress can cause distressing symptoms. Emotion can upset
glandular functions, metabolic balance and also cause gastric distress. There
is a growing awareness of the importance of emotional factors involved in
the activities and efficiency of the heart and the circulatory system. All these
reactions really depend on our personality, temperament, emotional stability
and attitude which ultimately determine our threshold.