why you should see your doctor
Because your stress might cause some bothersome medical problems, you should visit your doctor so that your doctor can determine if your symptoms are caused by stress or instead by a medical problem or neurological problem which requires treatment.
Along these lines, you might think your physical symptoms are from stress, but they might actually derive from a medical problem which a doctor might be able to treat rather successfully.
Medical Issues vs Mental Issues
How does this happen?
Stress can do this because of the “psychosomatic effect.” For better or for worse, your brain impacts your body through the brain’s use of neurons and release of neurohormones which it secretes into the blood vessels.
Certain neurons transmit negative thoughts and negative emotions around the brain, and those neurons can dysregulate other neurons which extend down to your body. Those neurons can also alter the release of hormones.
Thus, negative thoughts and negative emotions can do any of the following: start tension headaches, disrupt gastrointestinal system motility, induce sweating, increase breathing rates, stimulate heart rates, etc.
That said, we also have “somatopsychic effects” everyday. Your body affects your brain as well. But that is a topic for another time.
Conquering needless negative thoughts and emotions are fundamental keys to health, stability, and joy. If you struggle with stress, negative thoughts, and negative emotions, then you need a Psychotherapist to help you replace these with positive mental patterns.
