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Article #26: How Does Stress Affect Your Overall Health + Tips

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How can stress affect your overall lower blood supply also. In effect
health? Several ways. First of all stress healing and organ function suffer.
is linked to two very common, yet very What is more is that all of this is even
difficult problems: Depression and worse today. So many people are stressed
Anxiety. Sometimes stress is a good in our fast paced, no break world. Think
thing, if it brings out the best in us. about it, when was the last time you
However other times when the stress is didn't feel stressed? The last time you
too much, which can be different for didn't have something important to get
everyone because each person responds done now? Stress is causing way more
differently to things, the stress causes problems than needed, and we are actually
either fear or withdrawal, which lead to putting ourselves, our health, our
anxiety and depression. digestion, healing and other organ
The fight or flight feeling we get when functions on the line by not taking
we are sometimes over stressed causes breaks.
physical symptoms. Dry mouth, increased It is important to remember also that
adrenaline, sweating and sleeplessness taking a break is good for us mentally.
are all common instant signs of stress, Avoiding meltdowns, a mid life crisis,
but stress goes deeper. and anxiety and depression.
Did you know that stress causes a certain Do you know how stressed you are? Most of
part of your body, your nerves to sort of us do not, and most of us do not realize
cut off blood flow to organs (though not what it is doing to our bodies and minds.
completely) that are not pertinent to There is a stress test (scale) on
fight or flight. One main organ system wikipedia (online encyclopedia) by Holmes
that gets a shortened blood supply is and Rahe. It is an interesting test scale
your digestive system. This causes poor to check, because although most of us can
digestion, you aren't able to digest all tell when we are stressed this scale can
of the nutrients you are suppose to, your give us a better idea of how stressed,
body is not processing your food the way and what it is doing to your health.
it is intended to. Other organs get a Check out the scale here.






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