stress-related disorders

Anxiety-caused health problems

Stress-related disorders are medical conditions caused or worsened by psychological stress.

The category includes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorders, and conditions where chronic stress manifests physically—ulcers, hypertension, immune dysfunction.

The term acknowledges that mind and body aren't separate: Her doctor said the migraines were stress-related.

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migraines · anxiety · racing thoughts · depression · insomnia · chronic fatigue syndrome · fibromyalgia · ulcers · bruxism · grinding teeth · nail biting · nervous breakdown · cardiovascular disease · heart attack · chest tightness · adrenal fatigue · burnout syndrome · tension headaches

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etiology/causation

stress-related disordersgenetic disorders

Conditions caused by mutations

infectious diseases · degenerative diseases · hereditary conditions · hereditary diseases · congenital conditions

health state

stress-related disorderswellness

Overall state of health

robust health · homeostasis · stress resilience · flourishing · vitality

nervous system state

stress-related disordersrelaxation response

Body's stress-reversing state

calm · nervous system regulation

Family

stress, stresses, stressed, stressing, stressful, stressor, stressors, distress, distressed

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