Stress Relief: Why Am I Stressed & What are Stress Related Symptoms

Why you should know something about stress While moderate amount of stress is essential for normal growth and maturation, excessive stress combined with poor coping and managing invariably leads to loss of tranquility of mind; emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression; and physical disorders such as obesity, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and many other disorders. Stressed-out people often resort to drinking alcohol, taking street drugs smoking cigarette and overeating, gambling and promiscuous sex in a futile attempt to cope with their stress, not to…

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Understanding the Addiction to Bodybuilding

By Mark Goddard At some point we are all impressed by a perfect physique. Indeed, some bodies really do look like sculpted works of art. And yet even care for one’s body can be taken too far. Everyone has seen those freakishly muscular men, oiled and tanned, who devote hours each day to weight-lifting. While for most this is merely a hobby, for others it becomes addictive, even harmful. Why Bodybuilding? It is often said that a true addict (meaning someone with an addictive personality) could become addicted to anything. The…

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