Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 2, Issue 10, 1 April 2018 | Page 21

Mental
Paranoia
You can't make decisions, large or small.
Not be able to cope with life, feeling out of control
Jump from one job to another without finishing things
Excessive emotion & crying at small irritations
Lack of interest in anything other than work
Permanently tired even after sleep - (another very common
symptom of stress)
Decreased sex drive / libido
Explaining stress In the following paragraphs I shall make an
attempt to explain the term ‘stress’, so that we can understand
“why do we feel ‘we are under stress’?”
 In engineering during the
analysis of steel/concrete/wooden structures, we were introduced
to the term ‘STRESS’, in relation to the properties of
materials.
 ‘Stress’ is an internal resistive/restorative force that
gets generated in the material of a structure, when an external
force is applied to a component, say a rod, an angle, channel,
tube, etc. of a structure, made of any material. As long as the
external force is applied-‘stress’ is a resistive force, which
balances the external force and maintains the material in a stable
state. When the external force is removed ‘stress’ force brings the
material back to the normal state, and the ‘stress’ becomes
‘zero’.
 So, while designing a structure/component, the following is
done before construction/manufacturing:
Estimation of external force(s) that the element/structure will be
subjected to, e.g. weight/load, wind, side thrust, rotating elements,
etc. or the combined effect of all of them.
Selection of a material that will best bear the estimated external
forces, without failure, under the circumstances of use, i.e. having
best internal strength/properties of materials.
Size, shape and aesthetics desired to meet the requirement.
Environmental influence that the component has to bear, e.g.
moisture, etc. which can influence the strength.