SYNOPSIS


Stress and tension is an uncalled for response of the body. It serves no useful purpose of the individual who is under stress; on the other hand, it makes him less efficient, less effective and more quarrelsome.

If the tension is prolonged, it can cause many diseases: high blood pressure, susceptibility to heart attack and stomach ulcers.

How to avoid mental tension in our surroundings which easily generate sparks and conflagrations, is the need not only of you and me, but of the whole society-this book describes the results of the latest scientific researches on stress and tension: what precisely it is how the human body fights it; what diseases occur when the body succumbs to it; different stress situations in our day-to-day living, and most importantly, how to avoid stress and how to lessen it.

This last aspect of mental tension has been discussed in great detail so that every one can pick and choose the methods most suitable to his temperament.

It is hopped that this revised and enlarged edition of the book will prove more useful. It also incorporates answer to innumerable queries that I received since the publication of the first edition.

CONTENTS

	Preface	05
1	What is Stress	9
2	How does the Body Fight Stress	13
3	Factors that Produce Stress and Tension	19
4	Stomach Ulcers and Tension	25
5	Mental Tension and High Blood Pressure	30
6	Mental Stress and Heart	40
7	Mental Tension and Sleep	50
8	Headache and Mental Tension	56
9	Fatigue, Exhaustion and Mental Tension	60
10	Family Conflicts and Tension	63
11	The Event of Bereavement	68
12	Children and Mental Tension	74
13	Tension in Middle-Aged Female	80
14	Tension in Middle-Aged Male	84
15	Aging without Tension	87
16	Retirement Disease	94
17	Your Job and Mental Tension	97
18	Noise and Tension	101
19	Role of Inferiority complex	105
20	Neighbours and Mental Tension	109
21	Slow Down, Please	114
22	Physical Exercise and Mental Tension	119
23	Muscles and the Mind	124
24	Yogic Method of Relaxation	128
25	Meditation for Lessening Mental Tension	133
26	How to Calm Nerves	156
27	Are Tranquillizers Necessary	164
28	To be Likeable	167
29	Surviving Failure	171
30	Prayer and Faith	175
31	Role of Psychiatry	179
32	Epilogue	183
33	Stress Assessment Test	186
	Tables
1	Life Stresses and their Significance	20
2	Environmental Factors and Stress	24
3	Heart Attack Risk Calculator	48
4	Sleeping Aids
5	Frequency of Depressive Symptoms at 1 and 13 months	70
6	Frequency of Physical Symptoms and Treatment at 1 and 13 months	71
7	Childhood Predictors of Adult Antisocial Behaviour	78
8	Aging Phenomena	92
9	Methods of diversion in Stress Management	118
10	Benefits of Exercise	123
11	Anxiety Level Rating	159
12	Anxiety-trait Personality	161
13	Self-Rating Anxiety Scale	162

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