According to a website I found known as "Statistic Brain", stress has been affecting many people in many different ways. The following statistics help prove how much of a problem stress is in our society.
Top Causes of Stress in the US
1 Job Pressure: Co-Worker Tension, Bosses, Work Overload
2 Money: Loss of Job, Reduced Retirement, Medical Expenses
3 Health: Crisis, Terminal or Chronic Illness
4 Relationships: Divorce, Death of Spouse, Arguments with Friends, Loneliness
5 Poor Nutrition: Inadequate Nutrition, Caffeine, Processed Foods, Refined Sugars
6 Media Overload: Television, Radio, Internet, E-Mail, Social Networking
7 Sleep Deprivation: Inability to release adrenaline and other stress hormones
2 Money: Loss of Job, Reduced Retirement, Medical Expenses
3 Health: Crisis, Terminal or Chronic Illness
4 Relationships: Divorce, Death of Spouse, Arguments with Friends, Loneliness
5 Poor Nutrition: Inadequate Nutrition, Caffeine, Processed Foods, Refined Sugars
6 Media Overload: Television, Radio, Internet, E-Mail, Social Networking
7 Sleep Deprivation: Inability to release adrenaline and other stress hormones
Stress Statistics
Percent of people who regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress: 77 %
Regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress: 73 %
Feel they are living with extreme stress: 33 %
Feel their stress has increased over the past five years: 48 %
Cited money and work as the leading cause of their stress: 76 %
Reported lying awake at night due to stress: 48 %
Regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress: 73 %
Feel they are living with extreme stress: 33 %
Feel their stress has increased over the past five years: 48 %
Cited money and work as the leading cause of their stress: 76 %
Reported lying awake at night due to stress: 48 %
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