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The information regarding
Stress and Adrenal glands is for informational purposes only and is obtained
from my experiences and research. I am not a medical professional nor is
the intent to project such. If you feel at risk for adrenal fatigue please
seek professional assistance. A good resource book is
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by
James Wilson.
Stress and Your
Adrenal Glands
Looking Under the “Stress” Umbrella to Identify Stressors
We often hear
another express that “they are so stressed!” We ourselves
have several times probably in just the last week expressed
being “stressed!”. Where does stress come from? Always we
push “stress” away in hopes of finding “peace”. We study it,
are aware of it, yet the cure seems somewhere out there out
of our reach. So why is nailing and eliminating “stress” so
elusive? When we say we are “stressed” are we even aware of
what that means to us in that particular moment? And is all
“stress” the same?
In a recent Stanford
University study scientists concluded that more than 95% of
all disease is created by stress both subtle and more
apparent. Constant distress on a physical, emotional,
mental, or spiritual level can cause the body to break down
and it could lead to inability to repair itself without
help.
What is stress?
Stress is a symptom caused by any demand on your body. It is
often felt as tension in our body from mental or emotional
strain yet can encompass much more than that. It is anything
that causes your body to produce more cortisol and
adrenaline.
Identifying 4
Areas of Stress
Often when we think
of “stress” we only look for one source as a factor in our
lives. In reality we are often subject to many different
types of stressors in our daily life. Four main types of
stress are: Survival Stress, Internal Stress, Physical
Stress, and Environmental Stress. By identifying which
type(s) of stresses we may be experiencing will enable us to
move towards de-stressing our lives.
Survival Stress
– When you are afraid or feel in danger of being
physically hurt, your body naturally receives a burst of
energy so that you will be better able to survive the
dangerous situation, (fight) or escape it all together
(flight). Examples: Being attacked by another or animal,
accidents including auto, war, natural disasters or anything
that can make you fear survival.
Internal Stress
– Involves emotional or mental thoughts of worry and
often people can make themselves stressed by worrying about
things we can’t control or by putting ourselves in
situations that make us stressed. Some become addictive to
stressful lifestyles that are hurried and tense. Often these
types of people make comments of how their nerves are ready
to snap yet continue the same regiment of chaos in their
lives. Internal stress is often the result of behavior
patterning sometimes even copied from your parents.
Physical Stress
– Encompasses anything that can affect the efficiency of
your physical body and includes biological (organs & glands,
digestive, diet and hormones) and Fatigue and Overwork
(stress builds up over a long time, is caused by working too
much or hard without breaks for rest which eventually can
create physical exhaustion.).
Environmental
Stress – Anything outside of your physical body can be
components of environmental stress. Your body responds to
your outside environment as well as your inside. Often
environmental stress is over looked and could contain
pollutants causing allergic reactions, strong smell, noise,
crowding, and pressure from work or family. Identifying
these environmental stresses and learning to avoid them or
deal with them will help lower your stress level.
The more stress in
your life, the more you tax your adrenal glands! Stress
originates in multiple areas, including emotional stress,
blood sugar imbalances, digestive difficulties and physical
stress. And all of this stress builds up over time and it
has a cumulative affect! The adrenal glands are involved in
multiple functions of your body:
-
Metabolism
-
Blood sugar and
cravings
-
Digestion and
elimination
-
Thyroid
-
Reproductive
hormones
-
Mood and
chemical imbalances
-
Blood pressure
and heart health
-
Immune system
(allergies, infections, etc.)
-
Liver and
detoxification centers
As you can see, when your adrenal glands aren’t
functioning properly, it affects so many areas of your
health and can form a vicious cycle.
Source:
http://www.natratech.com/solutions/adrenal_exhaustion.htm
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