Today’s uncertain, unstable always-on world, means we are always under stress – we can’t escape it
Trouble sleeping … Feeling exhausted … Emotional and anxious … Short tempered … Emotional eating … Can’t unwind … Headaches … Always sick … No energy … Tense muscles … Can’t concentrate?
You are probably suffering from the damage of Stress.
How Does Stress Work? Why Does it Cause Problems?
When managing stressful situations, physiologically our body has two “engines”, our Sympathetic Nervous System, (or Stress Engine) and our Parasympathetic Nervous System, (or Relaxation Engine).
When we are under stress, our body activates our Sympathetic Nervous System (or Stress Engine).
This releases special stress chemicals (incl. epinephrine, norepinephrine & cortisol) that change the way the systems in our body function, to help us “fight” whatever causes the stress.
Once the stress has passed, our body is designed to then switch-off our Stress Engine, and switch-on our Relaxation Engine.
This releases relaxation hormones into our body, neutralizes the stress chemicals and returns our body to balance.
With our “24/7 always on” life, we are NEVER free of stress, so our Stress Engine never gets a chance to switch-off.
So our adrenal glands (which produce the cortisol) and other parts of our endocrine system, work overtime, to flood these dangerous stress chemicals – epinephrine, norepinephrine & cortisol – through our body for weeks, months, even years.
And it’s the high concentration of these stress-chemicals in our body, that cause the immediate symptoms of stress that we all know.
Feelings of tiredness, inability to sleep, tension, headaches, nausea, panic attacks, chest pain, anger, mood swings, weight gain.
But when we consider the effects of long-term or chronic stress – the problem only gets worse.
Researchers have now linked long-term exposure to chronic stress – to the stress chemicals epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol, to serious and fatal long-term illness, including:
- cardio vascular disease including heart attack and stroke;
- autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and colitis;
- neurological diseases including Parkinson’s Disease and multiple sclerosis;
- severe psychological illnesses such as anxiety and depression; and even
- some cancers.
But what are we supposed to do?
We live in the real world – with real world responsibilities & we can’t just walk away from the commitments that cause our stress.
We just can’t escape the things that cause our stress.
How do we, stay healthy & happy – solve the problems with our health & mental well-being caused by stress, uncertainty & fear – in the middle of this crazy world?
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