Diene S.

Lonquianas Research Project 2

BS Psychology II Psy 41(Health Psychology)
Prof. Virginia T. de Roda

What is my relationship with stress?

The types and levels of stress has something to do with all I am now. It continually
plays a big role in my life as I vigorously experience different struggles and
uncertainties everyday. And I can’t escape from the inner capacity of it even if I had
plenty of diversions within me. With my everyday errands, there are moments that
caused me to be stressed and feel extremely bad. Sometimes, I just sit down and
burst out into tears and feel empty. Those hard times that I had with my
responsibilities in school and home, that added tantamount stress to me not just
mentally and emotionally but also physically. Those expectations and over thinking,
summed up all the pain that associates to my senses. I always feel tired and helpless.
I always have a troubled mind. I got lost from my concentration. I easily became
irritated by some things and my temper arises. I let pressure came in and there’s
nothing I can do to control it because I keep on thinking about it. The cause and effect
of my stress delivers a widespread of dysfunctions in my body, specifically in my
hormones. I got a hormonal imbalance that leads to irregular menstruation. I
experienced chest pain and shortness of breath. My body is telling me to relax and
have some rest but my mind doesn’t coordinate well. It shows that something is going
wrong inside my body. Due to stress, I indulge myself to binge eating that goes with
continuous gain of weight. I cannot minimize my act of being too anxious with myself
to the point of thinking too much to make a way of it. I sometimes lost my track in
having a good interaction to other people.

The only thing in life that is permanent is change. And that is why, I cannot detached
myself from stress as everyday my life is full of changes. Changes that elevates my
way of life, my way of thinking and my level of stress.