At the O Institute, our own questionnaire research recorded that work and relationship issues were by far the greater source of stress in our lives. The stressor (e.g. work) lead to feelings of anger and frustration as well as anxiety. Most people seemed to feel the stress in their abdomen, reporting feeling a burning type sensation or the quintessential “butterflies in the stomach.”
In traditional forms of medicine, the emotional aspect of our lives is not separated from the physical. In fact, it is taken into direct account as possibly being a root cause in some maladies. It is only recently in the US and other “developed” countries that the idea of emotional stress is taken into consideration as having an important component in the world of disease. Universities like UCLA’s Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
(http://www.uclastresslab.org) performs cutting edge research on how our everyday stresses lead to significant health issues as well as predisposes us to metabolic diseases like heart disease and diabetes.
The bodies biochemical responses to stress via adrenaline and cortisol sets us up for slow and gradual degradation of the organ systems that keep us healthy. Use them in overdrive too much and they will eventually fail on you leading to system wide inflammation and immune dysfunction. Once that happens, you can guess where it goes from there.
There are many methods to reduce your minds perception of stress but sometimes your bodies response to stress are going to happen no matter what you do. For example, you may not road rage on the car that cut you off but you cannot stop the rapid heartbeat and blood pressure surge.
Traditional herbal remedies are available through your naturopath, ayurvedic doc and/or chiropractor to help repair the damage to the adrenals and other tissues. This would be in conjunction with improved rest, moderate exercise and proper diet to facilitate the healing process:
1. Supplements for repair
2. Healthy diet of increased protein and good fats, low sugar
3. Good sleep (primary repair time for your body is between 10pm-2am).
4. Moderate exercise (We recommend interval type exercises. Tabata.
Once the repair is done, you have to incorporate techniques to reduce your stress perception and load as well as increase your happiness, right?
The MOST EFFECTIVE way to do this is through Gratitude. Start a journal of gratitude. Write in it once a week. Write 3 things you are grateful for. Repeat every week for a year.
If you are already down that road of stress and poor health, be brave and ask for help. Take steps to make a change in your lifestyle. Be grateful. Start enjoying your life today and tomorrow!
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