Can stress be addictive?
Hallo Everyone 😊 🖐
Stress is part of our evolutionary fight-or-flight response whether it is caused by or results in pleasant or unpleasant stimuli. Stress, however, can also cause a “high” by activating our arousal systems.
Do you believe stress can become addictive to people?
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Stress can very much be addicting. The hormones in your body run wild and you get add or red to the feeling. Mindfulness sure helps that.
@yzzil
Hiya Yzzil great to see you-been awhile
Yes it can truly be addicting-I agree. Mindfulness does so help with stress levels in so many ways. Thank you for sharing
@yzzil
Good point about mindfulness! To me it is an antidote to stress
@amiablePeace77
Yeah stress can be really addictive. It can be stress about anything like students have about studies and exams and moreover people have about their family, friends, relationships and jobs. But it can be harmful so people should try to do yoga and mindfulness meditation and like little bit walking and keeping them healthy and fresh to not feel stressed. 😊
@LovetoGod
Nice to see you Love! (I really like your username)
Yes totally agree on many things you mentioned causing stress for us. As well as doing mindfulness, yoga and meditation to lesson this in our lives so it does not become addicting. Thank you for sharing
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Aww thanks❤
I love your profile pic too 😃. It's so cute that little elephant aww he took my heart💖
And yeh I am agree with your post too it depends on individual. Everyone is not same moreover some people aren't mentally strong so it can effect them. But hope everyone will be fine 😊
@amiablePeace77
HI Ami thank you for this very thoughtful discussion here. It made me stop- and well read and reread this and I could not come up with an answer for a bit.
Do you believe stress can become addictive to people?
hmm....I can see a yes and no....but it all depends on the persons discipline in themselves I believe. Those are my only thoughts and just thoughts.
yes- if a person does not recognize what stress is in their life or does not have good coping skills to lesson stress then yes it can become addictive to others. As it is a felt feeling I think.
No- if a person knows what stress is and what causes it in their life as well as coping skills-this will not bother another
@RumpleSteeleSkin
You have valid points! Learning about stress and having coping skills will prevent harm.
That's an interesting question. I've never thought about stress like that before. To me it seems to be more of a response/reaction that some people have trouble controlling, so it can become chronic stress.
@cafedaydreams
I agree with you!!
@cafedaydreams
Yes cafedaydreams and sadly chronic stress will impact each aspect of our well-being and life.
Makes sense that our brains can become addicted to the chemical patterns. I'm in a stressful situation today, taking a moment to sit outside and breathe deeply.
@midnightnirvana
Taking a moment to breathe gets you out of a viscious cycle! Hope you feel better now.
@amiablePeace77
Do you believe stress can become addictive to people?
I agree that stress can become addictive. Over time, it does create more neurological pathways in our brains for dealing with the stress response. Also, prolonged stress leads to anxiety, so it creates anxiety also within us. Not only does our body make these changes to prolonged stress, our psychological thoughts also become, "addicted," to the stress and anxiety way of coping/dealing. It is all combined in a way. So, yes, we do get addicted to stress.
@Amelia2324
Thank you for sharing this informative answer. Stress isn’t just a mental reaction but also a physiological one,
Stress can become part of our "normal" life- and it is easy to amplify situations to remain in a drama queen lifestyle.
Often it is not a choice but the end result of working in a stressful career.
@barncat
It's very sad when excessive stress becomes normal to us, the gateway to illness.
@amiablePeace77
Yes that is sad
@amiablePeace77
Do you believe stress can become addictive to people?
I think stress can be habit forming. One can get into a routine of worry and anxiety that can create a stressful mindset.
@soulsings
Hi Souls nice to see you. I do agree with you on stress becoming a habit. Then comes along the worry and anxiety. All this can be bothersome to another. I still believe that one can find coping skills and identify where the stress is coming from in their life. Thank you for sharing with us
@soulsings
The habits we form make our life at the end, it's important to choose them mindfully.
Hi. This is a really interesting question. Yes, I also think stress can become addictive. Like others have said, I think it depends on a lot of factors. Like the individual person and how they handle stress. Maybe how much stress they have encountered over time (for instance, if they went through an abnormally difficult time with a lot of stress but it wasn't chronic throughout their lifetime, perhaps they might view it differently and not become addicted). Body chemicals definitely play a factor. Is it similar to how people might continually seek out adrenaline rushes from exciting activities, risky situations, etc? I've sometimes wondered why I enjoy horror movies so much even though I've had a lot of lifetime stress and don't like my heart racing. I also wondered if there's another element at times, like if someone gets a lot of attention from the stress in their life, perhaps they start to enjoy the stressful situations?
Thankyou.
@shellofashell
Adrenaline rushes can become addictive for sure. I haven't seen it from the point of getting attention, interesting way to see it as well!
yes it can feed into a desire to always be working or productive. It can make you very very burnt out if you don’t notice you’re not feeling great or making time for yourself.
@Hannah42
It can become a very viscious cycle, so true! Learning the warning signs like not feeling fulfilled is important.
