THE ROLE OF STRESS: STRESS AND PAIN
Stress plays a big part in the onset of pain. A Columbia University research project showed that people with little control over their jobs, such as cooks, garment machinists and assembly line workers, have more heart disease than people who can dictate the pace and style of their work. Worst off in the stress stakes are telephone operators, waiters, cashiers and others whose work makes substantial psychological demands but offers little opportunity for independent decision making.
In recent times, doctors have increasingly come to recognise ‘Type A’ behaviour — which drastically increases an individual’s vulnerability to heart attack and other stress-related illnesses. Typically, such an individual tries to accomplish too many things in too little time. Such people have a low threshold to irritation. Even trivial things quickly upset them. However, for some individuals, quiet meditation twice a day can permanently lower blood pressure and achieve a necessary state of inner peace which may be reflected in changed behaviour.
Stress is commonly treated by medication such as tranquillisers, muscle relaxants, sleeping pills, stimulants, antidepressants and mood enhancers.
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