The stress
Health Epidemic of the 21st Century
Responsibilities, heavy workload, financial obligations or emotional problems…
Day-to-day situations and the pressures of our modern lifestyle cause stress.
Everyone has their own level of tolerance; what may be overwhelming for one person is someone else’s challenge. However, health issues arise when stress starts acting as a negative force, or when it becomes chronic or severe.
Long-term exposure to stress often leads to complications, such as anxiety, sleep troubles, cognitive impairments, or even risk factors for cardiovascular disorders and poor immune function.
Key Figures
75%
of adults report having experienced moderate to high levels of stress in the past month1.
60%
of adults experience increased stress at work. In China, this percentage reaches 86%2.
Sleep troubles is the first consequence
65% of Americans1 and 54% of the French population4 lose sleep due to stress.
48%
of people say stress has a negative impact on their personal and professional life1.
43%
of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to stress3.
Stress spares no-one...
Men, women, students, workers or even children1, with predominance for women and the 25 to 35-year-old age group.
Sources: (1) American Psychological Association (2) The Regus group (3) National Institute of Mental Health (4) Opinion Way study
Did you know ?
Contrary to popular belief, stress is not the bitter fruit of modern life. It is above all the consequence of a primitive brain mechanism as a reaction to perceived danger: the fight-or-flight response.
For the prehistoric man, the approach of a sabre-tooth tiger was undoubtedly a source of stress, but for the modern man, a simple phone ringing can sometimes have the same effect with one major difference: while our short-term response mirrors that of the animal kingdom, our long-term responses differ dramatically.
Emotional or oxidative stress ?
Stress is a consequence of multiple social, psychological, but also biological factors
(1) When the brain perceives that a given situation may be stressful, it sends alarm messages via nerves and hormones to prepare the body for the fight-or-flight response.
(2) Among the numerous signals, several result in the secretion of molecules of the corticoids family, responsible for a disruption of the oxidative processes.
(3) The resulting oxidative damage significantly impacts health and day-to-day well-being. But it does not stop there!
(4) Consisting of 60% of fat and consuming more than 20% of the body’s total oxygen, our brain is highly susceptible to oxidative stress. For this reasons, several studies suggest a causal role of oxidative stress in anxiety.
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