Do you know your symptoms of acute stress?

The acute stress symptoms are numerous and affect many parts of the body. Symptoms of acute stress include emotional, muscular, stomach/ intestinal and coronary.

Do you suffer any of the following symptoms;?

• emotional: anger, anxiety, fear/ phobia, frustation ...
• muscular: tension, pains, tics ...
• gut: tightness in stomach, heartburn, acid stomach, indigestion, constipation, IBS or diarrhoea ...
• coronary: raised blood pressure, heart palpitations and rapid heart beat ...
• sweaty palms
• cold feet or hands
• shortness of breath or shallow breathing

These are all common symptoms of shorterm stress and as long as they are shorterm and go away your stress is bothersome but not injurious.

Everyone experiences these symptoms sometime in response to threats they perceive. Learn about acute stress - what it is and the common causes.

For more information

• on symptoms of acute stress and those of chronic stress
• to return to personal stress management for you