The problem occurs when your brain is under stress for a longer period of time.
This makes your high blood pressure chronic.
What’s worse, very often, you may be unaware of your high stress level, even if your body is overloaded with stress hormones.
And it doesn’t have to be emotional stress.
You see..
There are four different types of stress:
Physical stress: Common flu causes a spike in stress hormones. So do long working hours, sleeplessness, and even intense workouts at the gym.
Sensory stress: Traffic noise has been proven to raise blood pressure, as has watching too much TV.
Emotional stress: The loss of a loved one, a divorce, an unhappy marriage, and money worries are a few examples of emotional stressors.
Mental stress: Mental stress can put quite a strain on your brain and release stress hormones. Long lasting, challenging work task is an example of mental stress.
You can easily handle all these types of stress for short periods of time.
But, if stress lasts longer, it triggers your brain to constantly order the release of stress hormones, leading to chronic high blood pressure.
Also, the four types of stress cumulate. So if someone is sick and loses their job in the same week, their level of stress hormones would greatly increase.