The Warning Signs and Effects of Stress

Stress can affect you  physically if you  don’t learn to deal with it.  It can really cause long term affect their health problems.  You can experience headaches, complaints effecting your stomach or even diabetes and cause your immune system to be ineffective.  In order for you to remain healthy, the immune system needs to be healthy and working properly.

When you allow stress to affect your wellbeing, you set yourself up for anything to happen.  One of the more common health issues you face are ulcers.
With Stress you can also experience the following:

• Backaches
• Pain in the neck
• Pain in the muscles
• High blood pressure
• Chest pains

Warning signs of stress include changes in your appetite.  You may be experiencing stressed if you’re not eating as much and experience  lost weight.  Or you’re eating more than usual and gaining weight.

You may be feeling tired or drained even though you had enough rest.  Often you’re more concerned about problems that you can’t control or wondering how they’re going to turn out.  You’re not sleeping well, if at all.

Your muscles are aching or your have headaches that won’t stop.  You can’t concentrate on the situation at hand and allow yourself to be constantly distracted.

Here are a few practical tips on how you can help yourself eliminate your stress.
1.    Keep the lines of communication open no matter what the subject
2.    Resist the urge to overreact to negative situations
3.    Begin an exercise program
4.    Have family fun time—see a movie, go out for coffee, go shopping
5.    Talk to a counselor
6.    Be aware of physical and personality changes

Naturopathic Remedies for Stress Relief

When I was little we rarely went to the doctors.  After all Grandma had a pharmacy just outside the back door in her garden.  You have all heard the saying (Grand)Ma knows best.  Well in many cases nothing could ring more true.  You have access to pharmacies, but you may prefer the natural cures that were good enough for your Grandma.

One  of the most well known  way to treat stress homoeopathically is through the use of St. John’s Wort.  This herb has been used to treat stress and anxiety for years.  There is an indication that it is very effective in treating mild anxiety and depression as well as stress.  It naturally releases serotonin and has both mood stabilizing and calming effects.  St. John’s Wort is available in most drug stores and health food stores.

When it comes to herbal remedies, the five well known and not so well known stress fighting herbs:

• L-Theanine  is the major amino acid found in green tea. It has historically been used for its relaxing and anti-anxiety effects.
• Ashwagandha is an Indian herb known as Winter Cherry. Indian ginseng. Ashwagandha appears to reduce stress-induced increases of corticosterone, blood urea nitrogen, and blood lactic acid.
• Rhodiola Anti-stress by increasing resistance to the harmful effects of stressors, increased work capacity, decreased fatigue and improved learning and memory. Roseroot extracts also demonstrate potential for improving learning and memory.
• Eleuthero, Siberian Ginseng  is found to enhance athletic performance and reduce stress.  In addition to its effect on stress, Eleuthero increases energy, helps to balance the immune system and increases cognitive function.
• Echinacea – Native Americans relied on this herb for symptoms of respiratory distress. It’s widely sought after today to combat symptoms of colds and flu. Echinacea is also a common ingredient in commercial cough drops, although the amount in that product is less than what you could get in an herbal formula. Echinacea is also important in supporting the immune system function.

If you want to incorporate more herbal remedies in your medicine cabinet, these are herbs that are easy to find and use. If you are suffering from stress, try Bliss™ a natural herbal remedy.

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Is Your Memory Being Sapped By Stress?

Managing your stress can improve your memory.  Did you know that the emotional and physical responses you have to stress are set in motion by a series of chemical releases and reactions? If it’s been a really, really tough week at work or home and you can’t remember where you put your car keys, it may be that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol are interfering with your memory. Stress frequently is the result of a hectic schedule.  So hectic, in fact, that we tend to forget things.

If you feel stressed out and forgetful,  relieve your brain’s overload during times of chaos and tension.  When your concentration wanes, it’s up to you to rein it in and regain control.

Don’t isolate yourself, make sure you socialize with friends and family.

If you have a long commute, you might consider listening to an audio CD with a narration like a fiction or non-fiction book.

And break up other routines that you have, if you’re used to buying your lunch at the office cafeteria, brown-bag it instead and sit outside under a tree to enhance your senses and give your memory powers a much-needed boost.

Stress Management can improve your memory.  Stress doesn’t have to cause your memory to  deteriorate.  As long as you give your mind a workout the same way you would your body, you’ll have a healthy memory that allows you to remember the important things during times of stress and anxiety.  Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Life.

Stress Management –Your Holidays Can Be More Enjoyable Without Spending One Extra Dime!

Much of our holiday stress is self induced. The perfect toy, a new set of bargain priced outdoor lights to make you the envy of the neighborhood.  The jewelers tell us, won’t really be complete unless that special woman or man receives the gift that lasts forever (and takes nearly as long to pay off).  Tear jerking commercials remind us just how important it is to buy the name brand cards if we really want to communicate our true feelings for loved ones during the holiday season.

It is no wonder holiday stress has reached epidemic proportions.  We receive message after message telling us just how important every single thing we buy and do is with respect to having a good holiday season.  We constantly look for a way to capture that elusive sense of holiday satisfaction—often with a wad of cash or a credit card.

There’s nothing wrong with spending within your means to have an enjoyable holiday.  It is, after all, a time of giving and a time of celebration and some level of cost is probably inevitable.  However, there are ways to increase your enjoyment of the holidays without spending one extra dime.

One great piece of holiday wisdom is the simple reminder to “think about ideas and people instead of things.”  Even the most free-spending Christmas shopper, when asked, will tell you that the holidays are a time to reflect on the messages of the season and to spend time with loved ones.  The spirit of the holidays can be  clearly communicated by a simple hug or a quality conversation.

Too often, we use things as our means of expression instead of using ourselves.  By retaining a focus on people and ideas instead of things, we find can begin to really communicate the message of love that underlies everyone’s understanding of the holidays.  A hug, a conversation or a walk around the block with a loved one doesn’t cost a dime and can be the best way to build holiday cheer, pleasant memories, and an appreciation of the holidays.

Volunteering your time and energy to a charitable cause can increase your appreciation of the holidays and allows you to truly embody the spirit of giving that underpins the season.  This simple act of kindness can be truly transformative not only for those who benefit from the gift but also for those who are willing to volunteer.

If you want another strand of Christmas lights and they fit into your budget, go ahead.  Feel free to pick up that great toy for your child and the expensive knick-knack for your spouse.  But remember that there are a few things you can do that won’t cost you a anything and can really increase the quality of your holiday season.  Remember to think about people and ideas—instead of things.

7 Tips To Relieve Stress

It seems like you hear it all the time from nearly every one you know – “I’m SO stressed out!”  There’s plenty of pressures to be had today causing stress and anxiety. Most people are unprepared to deal with stressors that trigger feelings that can make us sick.  Literally, sick.

Stress is far more dangerous than we thought. You’ve probably heard that it can raise your blood pressure, increasing the likelihood of a stroke in the distant future, but recently a health insurance brochure claimed that 90 percent of visits to a primary care physician were stress-related disorders.

Health Psychology magazine reports that chronic stress can interfere with the normal function of the body’s immune system. And studies have proven that stressed individuals have an increased vulnerability to catching an illness and are more susceptible to allergic, autoimmune, or cardiovascular diseases.

Doctors agree that during chronic stress, the functions of the body that are nonessential to survival, such as the digestive and immune systems, shut down. This is why people get sick.

Stress often prompts people to respond in unhealthy ways such as smoking, drinking alcohol, eating poorly, or becoming physically inactive. This damages the body in addition to the wear and tear of the stress itself.
Although there is no definitive answer to any of the stressor you may experience listed are a seven coping mechanisms that may support your ability to manage stress.

7 Tips

1. Know how to relax and log to of tension
2. Eat right and exercise often
3. Get enough sleep
4. Become more organized
5. Know the difference between what truly important and what is not and don’t worry about the unimportant things
6. Know what’s important and live according to your own values
7. Have a good sense of humor

Stress is a part of daily life.  It’s how we react to it that makes all the difference in maintaining our health and well-being.  Pressures occur throughout life and those pressures cause stress.  You need to realize that you will never completely get rid of stress in your life, but you can learn coping techniques to turn that stress into a healthier situation.

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