Do you ever feel lightheaded? Do you sometimes see stars or black spots? Do you ever lose your balance and you feel like you’re going to pass out? Or is your hearing ever muffled? The dizziness usually quickly disappears after standing up. Dizziness can also be paired with other complaints, such as sweating, nausea, headaches…
In this article you can read about a number of relaxation exercises we regularly employ to let people calm down. Many of these relaxation exercises are also breathing exercises, because a breathing exercise also helps to relax. A breathing exercise is therefore often also a relaxation exercise. Every breathing exercise describes what you have to…
Being nauseous and nausea: A lot has been written about the effects of stress. Symptoms like headaches, dizziness and fatigue are well-known. But stress can also cause nausea. Feeling lethargic or feeling like you have to throw up are very inconvenient. Where does this nausea come from? How can you recognise it? What happens inside the…
Cortisol is a stress hormone, just like adrenaline. When your body experiences stress, adrenaline is produced first, followed by cortisol. Adrenaline (and noradrenaline) and cortisol are produced in the adrenal glands. The difference between adrenaline and cortisol Adrenaline is a super useful substance if you need to respond immediately, so within a fraction of a…
You would expect shakes and tremors to just be a symptom of aging, but nothing could be further from the truth. The so-called intention tremor – tremors starting when you’re trying to grab something – is indeed related to age, but young people could also suffer from trembling limbs, including the arms, head, hands, fingers,…
Recognizing stress: many physical discomforts that appear for no apparent reason are caused by stress. These can be mild pains that have hardly any effect on daily functioning, but also severe pains that stand in the way of a nice and enjoyable life. Stress related symptoms can make a happy life seem far from reach….
Heart complaints due to stress is common. Yet there is a lot of ambiguity. Sometimes people have these complaints for years without being recognised. People often do not know how to recognise the complaints associated with these heart complaints. It is important to recognise these complaints in time and to know what you can do…
Hyperventilation and incorrect breathing due to stress or burnout? Working hard, doing a lot of work and thereby functioning at high speed is not bad at all. As long as you, sufficiently and regularly, alternate this with catching your breath, both in the literal and figurative sense. Breathing is so self-evident to all of us…
Many people with stress will recognize this complaint; a feeling of pressure in the chest or pain in the chest. It is a frightening feeling and can create anxiety. Go to see your doctor if you are unsure about the symptoms. After all, it is very important that the cause is traced and any heart…
Tingling, prickling or numbness: these sensations can be felt by our whole body. Also known as paraesthesia: a disorder in our sensory perception that can, in addition to tingling, also cause itching or tickling sensations. It can be tough to recognise tingling sensations and attribute them to stress related symptoms. As tingling in the body…
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