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Pamela Levin, R.N., T.S.T.A.
Pamela Levin, RN is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst
in private practice 42 years .She has taught and trained professional and lay
audiences all over the world about the effects of emotional stress and how to address emotional
needs. [Your affiliate link to
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How could it be possible that some stress -
say, at work, cause a rash or some other horrible physical symptom or illness? Well, it is not only
possible, but occurs very frequently.
When you understandi how this works, you will have a way to think about this so you 'll be better
able to both reduce your stress exposure when possible and manage your stress better when it
happens.
It's pretty simple, really. When you're stressed, your adrenal glands (stress management glands)
release a substance called cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone that directs your body to go into a
special management strategy - one that's as ancient as any human being. Cortisol tells the
automatic part of your nervous system (your autonomic nervous system) to 'man the lifeboats'. Then
your bodily resources - nutrition, available energy, blood delivery circulation system, - in short,
everything - is rerouted into dealing with the stress. You may have heard this response called
'fight or flight' reaction, and more modern research demonstrates that in women, it can be called
'tend and befriend'.
The upshot is that your body no longer tends to everyday household chores, like cleaning up dirty
places, repairing tissues that need upgrading, or even chasing out invaders, like bacteria, viruses
or even parasites. Your bodily response is an all-out 'run from the lion' - just the same as the
first humans had back on the African Savannah.
The thing is, that big cortisol spike is designed to take place only in the short term... a few
hours... maybe a day. But not constant. Not on a daily basis, for days, weeks, months, years at a
time.
But the more we live in that stress response, the more those repair or chase out invader jobs
that got put on the back burner can pile up. Pretty soon tissues start to break down or invaders
get the upper hand.
In short, that's how stress can cause a rash or, for
that matter, any other physical symptom. So keeping those cortisol surges short and getting back to
'thrive mode' in your automatic nervous system is the key to managing stress.
Keeping yourself emotionally well supported is central to managing
stress. The best way to do this is with good emotional nutritional diet made up of high
quality emotional nutrients. For a free sample of three top
quality emotional nutrition messages, go to www.youremotionalnutrients.com.
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