Is Your Anxiety Caused by Stress?

May 31, 2011 by admin  
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Is Your Anxiety Caused by Stress?

Stress is a part of life, right? It cannot be completely avoided. And to be honest, some stress can be good for you and downright fun. The stress you feel skiing down the side of a mountain for example. However, too much stress and the wrong kind of stress, can harm your health. And if you’re prone to anxiety attacks, stress can certainly make it worse.

Problems Caused By Stress

Stress, chronic and intense stress, essentially requires your body to work much harder than it normally would. It taxes you body and all of your systems. Too much stress over a period of time can cause:
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How To Reduce Stress And Ease Worry In Minutes

January 31, 2011 by admin  
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Stress is everywhere, we realize it’s unhealthy, and we all know the problems it can lead to. Many of us feel we actually should do some thing about this, although the trouble with stress is when we are in it’s grip it’s hard to do a whole lot about anything at all.

Meditation, relaxation and visualisation are the standard tips for reducing stress, and they are all effective and useful to us in many ways, however, they aren’t so easy to set into use when stress attacks with it’s disruptive travel companions frustration, confusion, and anxiety in full attendance.

Here’s something simple you can try to diffuse stress quickly and easily, anytime and anywhere.

1. rub your forehead with both hands in vertical lines from your eyebrows to your hairline for a few moments

2. about an inch above each eyebrow you will find a bump – rest your fingertips there lightly and hold

3. take a deep breathe in and lighten the pressure of your fingertips until they are touching those points very softly

4. breathe deeply again and allow yourself to sink into how you are really feeling right now – focus clearly and specifically on the one thing that is mainly causing you stress, or anxiety

5. allow yourself to think the truth of the matter, hold the points and breathe and remain that way for a couple of minutes

6. concentrate on the area you are holding and feel for pulsations under your fingertips as the blood flow, previously diverted by stress, is restored to your forebrain. Now you can begin to think clearly again as you feel stress drain away and find yourself in control and able to choose how you wish to respond to what’s at hand.

What many of us don’t realise about stress is that although it is often triggered by our mental states and emotional responses it is in fact a physiological occurrence. The body responds directly to every impression we feed it be it real or imagined; it makes no difference to the body. If you tell it you are stressed it will respond immediately by sending the majority of the blood from your forebrain to your chest for faster breathing and the more efficient pumping of blood through your heart and to the muscles of your legs for whatever action they may need to take.

When you consider this automatic physical response it’s easy to see why we don’t always think well under stress. This simple technique tells your body to stand down and encourages the blood flow to return to the brain for clear thinking and decision-making.

Try this for:

- diffusing stress on the spot and stopping it from accumulating

- easing worries

- regaining control of your resources and having access to your full capacity for dealing with any given situation.

- preventing the digestive disorders associated with stress developing. (Use this before eating to make sure that your digestive system is ready and willing to receive the goodness from your food in a calm and efficient manner.)

- relaxing and clearing your mind before sleep

- inducing a feeling of calm from which you can then step deeper into a meditative or relaxed state

stress and gastrointestinal problems

January 28, 2011 by admin  
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Most people who are in stressful situations are usually reminded to take extra care of their health. A lot of literature already exist about the effects of stress in a person’s mental health. Some, because of not being able to manage their stress, develop anxiety disorders or even depression. However, not a lot of people are aware of psychosomatic health problems which are mostly caused by a lengthened exposure to stressful events or situations. Individuals who have highly pressured work settings, long-term relationship problems, persistent financial worries, and chronic loneliness not only experience depression or insomnia but also make themselves prone to having diabetes, cancer, heart diseases and gastrointestinal problems. Psychosomatic illnesses are simply described as problems of other organ systems of the body resulting from psychological activities or reactions. One may wonder why something psychological may actually cause a physical manifestation. There should be a factor that mediates between these two systems to enable a cause-and-effect relationship; and this connection, according to existing studies, is made by the nervous system.

To understand how the nervous system connects psychological events and physical manifestations in the form of illnesses or diseases, the case of gastrointestinal problems resulting from chronic stress will be used as an example. Just today, it was announced over the news that the former prime minister of Japan was hospitalized due to gastroenteritis. According to his doctors, his illness resulted from extreme stress and exhaustion. Gastroenteritis is defined as the inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract which includes the stomach and the intestines. When a person experiences extreme or chronic stress, immune factors such as cytokines, neurotransmitters such as serotonin, and digestive acids such as protease are produced. Cytokines are components that cause inflammation in areas of the body with infection, serotonin affects contraction of smooth muscles, and protease controls protein digestion. These three, then, affect the gastrointestinal system causing inflammation, spastic stomach contractions and burning. The nervous system triggers the production of these substances when stressful events pose feelings or emotions similar to that of being threatened.

During stressful events, adherence of harmful bacteria to cells within the lining of the stomach are also increased. Because of these bacteria, the immune system will then be triggered further. However, according to a recent study conducted among rats, ingestion of probiotics can decrease the “stickiness” of bacteria within the stomach and prevent the immune activation. The probiotics, also called as “for life” bacteria, compete for space in the stomach with the harmful bacteria and decrease the inflammatory responses. These effects of probiotics, therefore, make it a good possible treatment for gastrointestinal problems caused by chronic stress.

In summary, this article talks about stress, mainly being a psychological occurrence, does not only impose a threat for possible psychological problems resulting from it. Moreover, stress also causes physical illnesses such as gastrointestinal problems through influencing the nervous system to activate certain reactions within the body. Certain reactions cause changes within the stomach which heighten its vulnerability to harmful bacteria. Probiotics, being bacteria that are not harmful and can be used against harmful bacteria, can then be used as treatment for gastrointestinal problems.

3 Things That Can Help or Hurt Your Stress Levels

October 20, 2010 by admin  
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Of all of the different things that we need to handle regularly, stress is one that is going to really cause us a lot of problems. As a matter of fact, stress is not only difficult for us to handle mentally, it can actually cause physical problems and can even cost you your life. That is why it is important for you to make sure that you are reducing your stress levels to the extent that you can and keeping them out of your life whenever possible. One of the easiest ways for you to do this is to identify the things that are causing the stress in your life. Here are 3 of them.

Improper Time Management – This is probably to blame for almost all of the stress that many of us experience. All of us are going to be under some pressure whenever it comes to the duties that we have at work and the responsibilities that we have at home. If we are unable to manage them properly, our stress levels are going to rise and it is actually going to stop us from accomplishing the things that need accomplished. Look into proper time management and you will be able to deal with stress naturally.

Dehydration And Lack of Sleep – It is not always things that are easily identified in your life that can be causing the stress. As a matter of fact, simple things such as dehydration and lack of sleep can lead to higher stress levels which really compound on themselves. Make sure that you’re drinking plenty of water every day and get the proper amount of sleep whenever possible. You will find that you are accomplishing more and that your stress levels are much lower.

Work and No Play – If there is one thing that all of us need, it’s a break from time to time from the things that we are doing in life. We may find that we are working all of the time and not taking any time for recreation or to simply get up and move around a little bit. Even if you only take 10 minutes every couple of hours in order to sit quietly and meditate on something pleasant, you will see a reduction in the amount of stress that you have. If you can get away for a few days or perhaps even take the weekend off for once, your stress will reduce even further.

Stress Meditation Techniques

September 21, 2010 by admin  
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If you are suffering from stress meditation can be a great way to relieve the symptoms. Buddhist monks and nuns, who meditate often, are well known for being some of the calmest people on earth. Of course, meditation is practiced by Christians and people of many other religions too. Fortunately you can get a lot of the same benefits without booking in for life at the nearest monastery.

In order to relieve stress meditation is usually practiced regularly. It is possible, of course, to sit down and meditate whenever you feel especially stressed, but often times this is not convenient. Anyway, you will get better results if you practice it often.

Try to meditate every day at the same time. For most people the best time is either first thing in the morning, last thing at night or after an exercise session.

Anti stress meditation does not have to be practiced for very long. It is much more effective to sit for 10 minutes, six days a week, than to meditate for a whole hour once a week.

So here is how to do it. First make sure that you will not be interrupted during your stress meditation time. You might want to put a ‘Do not disturb’ notice on the door. Switch off your phone. Use some kind of timer or alarm so that you do not have to keep looking at a clock.

Then find a comfortable position either sitting or lying down. Lie flat on your back on the floor or on a mat, with no pillow. If you are sitting, you can be crosslegged on a cushion on the floor in the traditional meditation posture or use a chair. Be sure to keep your back straight. In a chair, have both feet flat on the ground.

Be aware of your breath flowing in and out through your nostrils. You can either close your eyes or have them slightly open, looking down. You may find it helpful to work through the body, relaxing each part. Do not forget the muscles of the face, which carry a lot of tension.

You will find that thoughts and emotions arise while you are doing this. Try to let them go. They will pass by themselves if you do not get caught up in them.

Some people find it helpful to listen to some relaxing music or sounds or water, birdsong etc while they meditate. There are many relaxation CDs that you can find in a music store or online. It is better to get something that is specially designed for relaxation and does not include any lyrics. Songs can be very emotive and can arouse strong feelings, making you more stressed instead of less.

Alternatively, you might want to investigate binaural beats which play a special rhythm designed to set the brain’s waves to a frequency that is associated with deep relaxation. You can play these on an MP3 player with stereo headphones. Just one warning: you may want to do this in the evening rather than earlier in the day, because binaural beats played during anti stress meditation can be so relaxing you will want to go to sleep right after you finish!

10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension And Start Enjoying Your Life

April 20, 2010 by admin  
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April 20, 2010 by admin  
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Stress Relief Yoga : Yoga Breathing Techniques

April 20, 2010 by admin  
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Manage stress with yoga; learn breathing techniques for yoga poses in this free instructional video on how to relieve stress with yoga poses and stretches. Expert: Elizabeth Cafferky Contact: www.yogayoga.com Bio: Elizabeth Cafferky is a yoga instructor at Yoga Yoga studio in Austin, Texas.

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Stress Relief- Naturally!

April 20, 2010 by admin  
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www.SleepAudios.com Find fast Stress Relief and Insomnia Relief, with Relaxation Meditation Audios, by Lita. Now At SleepAudios.com and Sleepmp3.com

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Feng Shui for Stress Relief

April 20, 2010 by admin  
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This nearly 4000 year old ancient practice is designed to improve the positive energy around you. Join us for a tour of a suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City for some simple ways to de-stress your own home

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