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The best possible way of reducing stress is to identify the cause and remove it. This is not always possible but if you do know the cause of stress and you do not try to do something about it, you will only succeed in increasing the problem. Thus causing you to become more stressed!! Work and money problems are two of the bigger problems of stress. One of the best ways of helping to find and cure the problem is to devise a list of all your problems and try to resolve all the items over a certain time span. Stress can be habit forming and, as such, it is often triggered without thought. Worrying about whether you will lose your job, for instance, is an example of a stressful situation that may be triggered by groundless fears. It is important to recognise such substance less anxieties for whatever they are, for although the situation is imagined, the consequences are real. Rumours to the contrary, there is little concrete medical evidence that stress - regardless of its origin - actually contributes to balding it just seems that way. However this statement could be applied to any condition that may be blamed on stress and even though it is not directly the cause of the problem, hair loss does appear to be a side effect of stress. The truth of the matter is that when we are under stress, we let our basic health habits go. Just think about this. You have a deadline to meet for an important project at work. Your boss has virtually told you your job is on the line. How do you react? First of all, you start drinking more coffee and soft drinks than usual, and if you're still a smoker, you start smoking more than ever. By doing this, you increase the poisons from nicotine and caffeine in your body, taking in far larger quantities than when you are not under such pressure. Then you work all hours, rushing into work without breakfast in the morning, and if you eat lunch at all, you gulp down some fast food from a take-away. You get no exercise, other than rushing from place to place and sleep irregular hours. More than likely, you don't pay a lot of attention to your face, you may touch it with inkstained hands, you run your fingers through your hair and then rest your chin on your hand, transferring the oils and dirt from one to the other. You give your hair a quick washing, paying little attention to conditioning or rinsing, if you wash your hair at all. In no time your skin becomes shallow and sensitive. Your hair becomes dull and lifeless, and before you know it, it is falling out in bunches. This is not caused directly by stress, but by what you have done to your body while you are under stress. Your hair is one of the first places your body shows distress. Illness, medication and imbalances in nutrition all show up in you hair and scalp. Even aspirins and over the counter allergy pills or cold tablets can have a negative effect on your hair, especially if your hair is chemically treated with colour or a permanent rinse. However as we have already seen when we are excited or frightened our hair can actually stand on its end, thus showing how our nervous system is interrelated with our hair and skin. So if we can do anything to reduce stress it can only do us good.
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