eHeilung Stress Calculator

About eHeilung Stress Calculator Android App

Why check stress levels?

The situations and pressures that cause stress are known as stressors. We usually think of stressors as being negative, such as an exhausting work schedule or a difficult relationship. However, anything that puts high demands on you can be stressful. This includes positive events such as getting married, buying a house, going to college, or receiving a promotion.
Of course, not all stress is caused by external factors. Stress can also be internal or self-generated, when you worry excessively about something that may or may not happen, or have irrational, pessimistic thoughts about life.

What is stress?

Stress is your body’s way of responding to any kind of demand or threat. When you feel threatened, your nervous system responds by releasing a flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, which rouse the body for emergency action. Your heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises, breath quickens, and your senses become sharper. These physical changes increase your strength and stamina, speed your reaction time, and enhance your focus. This is known as the “fight or flight” or mobilization stress response and is your body’s way of protecting you.
When stress is within your comfort zone, it can help you to stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life—giving you extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on the brakes to avoid an accident. Stress can also help you rise to meet challenges. Stress is what keeps you on your toes during a presentation at work, sharpens your concentration when you’re attempting the game-winning free throw, or drives you to study for an exam when you'd rather be watching TV. But beyond your comfort zone, stress stops being helpful and can start causing major damage to your mind and body leading to disease.

What are the effects of chronic stress?

The body’s nervous system often does a poor job of distinguishing between daily stressors and life-threatening events. If you’re stressed over an argument with a friend, a traffic jam on your commute, or a mountain of bills, for example, your body can still react as if you’re facing a life-or-death situation.
When you repeatedly experience the mobilization or fight-or-flight stress response in your daily life, it can lead to serious health problems. Chronic stress disrupts nearly every system in your body. It can shut down your immune system, upset your digestive and reproductive systems, raise blood pressure, increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, speed up the aging process and leave you vulnerable to many mental and physical health problems.

How to use this app?

Based on Dr. Khedekar's understanding of Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. The test has been modified and simplified to give suggestions to individuals seeking help. You can use this app unlimited number of times. Here's the best way to use this app:
1. You will have to remember the chronology of events that have occurred in your life.
2. Select all the events that have occurred since childhood and get your score.
3. Deselect (remove) all the events that have occurred prior to a major illness that you may be suffering from at this moment (if at all) and you will see that you get a lesser score. (exactly the time you were without stress and healthy)
4. Once you reselect the events that have occurred after your illness you will exactly know which event was the most stressful for you and the probable trigger of your illness.

Which proves the theory that yes stressful events when accumulated may trigger disease.

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