The,Frog,Wakes,What,Stress,Doe health The Frog Wakes Up What Stress Does To Our Health
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}Weall know the old adage of the frog that is placed in the pot of cold water. Thewater heats so slowly that the frog merrily goes about its froggy business neverrealizing its fate until its too late to jump out. The point is we allowourselves to adapt to unrelenting stress in multiple dimensions of our lives.We perceive this as normal and can even feel lost or bored when somespaciousness appears amidst the fray. Withthe holiday excitement behind us followed by the inevitable New Yearsresolutions to improve our lifestyle and eating habits, lets take a look atthe realities of what stress does to our health. This may help us find a deepermotivation for sustaining needed changes that benefit us on all levels. Fightor flight mode uses up the bodys resources to escape from danger. This is a catabolicor wear and tear physiological state. Healthy physiology maintains a moreanabolic or build and repair state of being, while chronic catabolicmetabolism breaks down the body/mind/spirit. Long term stress is like borrowingon your equity line of credit.Hereis a list of some of the deleterious effects of chronic stress: Disrupts brain-neuro-endocrine systemLowers adrenal functionCauses hormone imbalanceCauses immune suppressionCauses Sugar/insulin imbalanceIncreases weightDisrupts SleepPromotes catabolic processTriggers emotional/psychological domino effectsPromotes negative beliefs and thought patterns, self doubt, depression, anxietyIsolationBreaks down muscle massCauses loss of bone massIncreases risk of infectionIncreases allergic responsesIncreases risk of CVD, autoimmune disease, cancerPromotes inflammationInhibits digestionImbalances neurotransmittersPoor rebuilding and repairCauses nutrient deficienciesSeriousstuff! So, what can we do to shift ourselves into a healthier pattern andreduce stress? We can learn much from meditation, which encourages us toclosely examine ourselves with a sense of honesty coupled with compassion,rather than judging and criticizing ourselves. From this process we can often finda deeper source of real motivation to make changes. Continuing to tap into thisdeeper sense of motivation is a key to maintaining our desire to practicehealthful habits. Understanding the real damages of stress in our lives helpsto maintain motivation to incorporate consistent practices to reduce stress.Meditation also teaches us that change comes about by taking small steps andmaking them part of our lives rather than making dramatic leaps that we are notable to sustain. For example, committing to 15 minutes of daily meditation andbreathing is a simple small step that has profound benefits. I work with many people who have life-threatening illnesses.Many of my patients have expressed that the opportunity that such a severehealth challenge offered was the shift in priorities a shift away from anarrow focus on accomplishment and goal orientation, to the feeling ofconnectedness and love given and received between friends and family,connecting with nature and becoming more acquainted with their inner life. Lifebecame much simpler, yet more profound. We have the good fortune to learn fromthese experiences and examine our lives, re-prioritize, simplify, and takesteps to create some spaciousness, equanimity and connectedness in our dailylives. Our physiology will respond in kind.
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