Physical Health Impairment

How Bullying Can Affect Your Body

Stressors, aspects of the work environment and the behavior of people working there, can generate stress. Stress is a biological human response. It is physiological and real, not just imagined. Low-level stress may be necessary to compel people to act. However, severe stress, which prevents rational, controlled action, has overwhelmingly negative consequences.

Physical health problems from stress include:

• Cardiovascular Problems: Hypertension to Strokes, Heart Attacks
• Adverse Neurological Changes: Neurotransmitter Disruption, Hippocampus Shrinkage
• Immunilogical Impairment: More frequent infections of greater severity
• Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Diabetes
• Skin Disorders

Some physical indications of the above stress might include:

• Nausea
• Tremors of the Lips, Hands, Etc.
• Feeling Uncoordinated
• Chills
• Profuse Sweating
• Diarrhea
• Rapid Heartbeat
• Rapid Breathing
• Elevated Blood Pressure
• Chest Pain
• Uncontrollable Crying
• Headaches

Each of the symptoms can start small and may seem unrelated, but the presence of such indicators should be heeded as a warning.