Foreclosures Leading To Stress and Health Problems

Posted on August 27, 2008
Filed Under Repo Homes |

Foreclosures are leading to stress and health problems combining with other factors like unemployment threats and inflation that has not spared food and gas. The cocktail of woes is leading to high stress levels – much above the normal mark according to NBC news.

The money in the pocket, the grocer’s bill and the gas budget are the three things telling most on people’s frowns. All three are being made into a gruesome punch by foreclosures. Stress has increased by as much as 75% in the adults of USA as per the findings of American Psychological Association. Dr. Robert Schwartz of Miami University makes a grim prediction that stress often leads to serious physical problems. He added that individuals develop somatic trouble causing pain in the stomach or spasms in the neck region. Arthritic problems too are caused by stress – it being the result of constant stress.

He advises doing lunchtime yoga to decompress the pressure. If there are impediments for this then one has to find out other ways of soothing the nerves. It is imperative. By leading stressful lives, home repos problems cannot be solved. Among the other alternatives are using headphones and listening to quiet soothing music while working. Schwartz believes in meditation also. One has to learn to switch off for five minutes even if one has to take the extreme measures of locking oneself up in a toilet or stall. Then one can take recourse to chair massage that is not expensive. Relaxing and talking about foreclosure related blues with a good friend is free and of invaluable therapeutic value.

The general tendency is to take the help of alcohol to de-stress from foreclosure related blues. But it is well worth remembering that it is only temporary and often leads to sleep related problems. Talking and communicating about problems are of vital importance. This is called venting, explained Schwartz. Over and above is the need for physical regular exercises – it being nourishing for both the body and the mind. By exercising, endorphins or certain brain chemicals are released helping to pep up people with a feeling of betterment. If it is not possible to go to the gym then the least one can do is to go outside the house and enjoy a good walk.

There is no point in moaning and bemoaning personal woes but to see the positive side of everything – even foreclosures. How? Talk and talk and find out and do not just leave it to experts juggling figures.