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Men or Women!!! Who is Stressed More?
Physical stress usually translate in to mental stress and the vice versa is also factual. The pace and social life of human form has contributed to more stress affecting men and women differently. Stress studies indicate that men and women respond differently under stress conditions biologically. This is due to the release of different hormones released in men and women during stressful situations, hence they obtain different styles of coping with it. Men usually respond more aggressively and the mechanism behind this is the release of large amount of testosterone further enhanced by estrogen. On the contrary women manage stress through bonding activities like calling up friends and relatives and the calming effect aggression is brought in by the release of oxytoxin.
It is also revealed that women feel more stress than men due to the structure of the emotional environment. Women play a greater role than men – as a mother, career woman, housekeeper and supporter of many other women while men are fathers and sole bread winner. Naturally women are more emotionally sensitive and are designed for child rearing, thus they are more sensitive to their environment than men. Some of the tips to handle stress are,
- Sleep enough at night
- Always have three square meals a day
- Exercise regularly
- Women should practice meditation or deep-breathing exercises and men should take up some recreational sport
- Make time for yourself
- Build your self esteem and keep you at front in the crowd
