Worrying is not good for your sexual sealth
Loss of libido is another symptom of worrying. To have a fulfilling sex life you need to feel healthy and relaxed in body and mind. When you are worn down by worry, you are neither. Worrying can cause prolonged erectile dysfunction in men as well as the lowering of libido and arousal in women.
Weight Loss can occur
Worry can also cause you to store fat. Stress causes an increase in the body’s level of cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone that can cause your body to store fat in the abdominal area. Excess fat in the belly has been shown to increase a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer.
Worrying can lead to depression
Excessive worry could even lead to depression. If you start to worry about everyone and everything day and night, feel that life is unfair and justice does not exist or become paranoid that people will betray you, these could be the first warning signs of depression. Talk to your doctor or a trained counselor if you are starting to feel like this.
Here are some of the other things experts say worrying can cause: lack of focus, fast breathing, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, or migraines and it can even lower the strength of your immune system.
So what can we do to stop worrying in this worrisome time we live in? Here are three ways that can help:
Learn to relax your body and stop worrying
Relaxation techniques can trigger the relaxation response — a physiological state characterized by a feeling of warmth and quiet mental alertness.
This is the opposite of the “fight or flight” response. Relaxation techniques can offer a real potential to reduce anxiety and worries. They can also increase your ability to self-manage stress. With relaxation, blood flow to the brain increases, and brain waves shift from an alert, beta rhythm to a relaxed, alpha rhythm.
Practiced regularly, relaxation techniques can counteract the debilitating effects of stress. Common relaxation techniques include deep abdominal breathing, meditation, listening to calming music, and activities like yoga and tai chi.
Use Meditation
Daily meditation — instead of worrying — may help you move beyond negative thoughts and allow you to become “unstuck” from worries that keep your body on high alert.