Stress-Related Conditions
If we don’t have to run or fight like our caveman/cavewoman ancestors, the fight or flight chemicals don’t serve their original purpose. They can have and will have a negative effect on your body. So while you stand at the check-out feeling angry and frustrated, or you fume at your spouse for leaving clothes on the floor, or you bellow at the grand children repeatedly to turn down the TV, or you lose it because the dog tracked mud over the carpet -we promise you - you are not doing your system any good. When these chemical reactions - like the adrenalin flowing- happen often, we can easily develop stress related diseases and complaints. There are many, many conditions likely caused by stress.
Far too many of us suffer from
things like:
·
heart disease
·
chronic
fatigue
· anxiety attacks
·
mood swings
·
psychological
distress
· depression
·
sleep
problems
·
high blood
pressure
·
eating
disorders
·
peptic ulcers
· poor immune function
·
chronic pain
·
colds
·
flu
·
viruses
·
headaches
·
migraines
·
alcoholism
· smoking-related respiratory aliments
Medical research is seeing a direct
link between diseases and stress. Some estimates say 40 - 80% of all visits to
doctors may be directly related to stress. Ask yourself, where do you fit in
this picture? Do you have illnesses or conditions brought on by stress or made
worse by it?