5.3 Impact on Wellness
Dimensions of Wellness
Unmanaged stress complicates efforts to pursue wellness. Click on each hotspot to better understand the impact of stress on each dimension.
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- Physical: Symptoms such as headaches, muscle tension, weight fluctuation, sleep disturbances, and weakened immunity increase susceptibility to illness, weight gain, and injury.
- Emotional: Irritability, anxiety, mood swings, and depression-like symptoms often arise, impairing an individual’s ability to identify, process, and express emotions in a constructive way.
- Spiritual: Chronic stress can distance an individual from practices, principles, or beliefs that provide inner peace and a sense of meaning.
- Intellectual: Concentration, memory, and decision-making skills become impaired, hindering curiosity and learning.
- Environmental: Motivation to maintain clean, safe, and organized living spaces decreases.
- Financial: Stress can lead to poor financial decisions or avoidance of planning, creating a cycle in which stress and financial strain perpetuate each other.
- Occupational: Productivity declines, job satisfaction drops, and workplace conflicts increase, sometimes resulting in burnout or frequent job changes.
- Social: Interpersonal relationships suffer when individuals become withdrawn, irritable, or too busy to maintain supportive connections with friends and family.
