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Stress
Management
When Is Stress
Good For You
Now wait a minute… stress is
good-- since when?
Since the old days when you had to
hunt for food and struggle against the elements in order to
survive.
In an emergency or overwhelming
situation your body instinctively responds with life
preserving biological functions that increase your chances
of survival. Your brain perceives danger and it triggers the
stress response. Your body signals for the release of stress
hormones e.g.. adrenaline, norepinephrine and cortisol…
whoosh as hormones course through your body you prepare for
fight or flight your;
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Heart rate increases
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Blood pressure goes up
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Breathing rate increases
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Blood is redirected from digestive
organs to your skeletal muscles and brain
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Muscle tension increases
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Glucose and fatty acids are mobilized
for quick energy
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Insulin secretion decreases
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Antidiuretic hormones are released
(causing fluid retention to sustain elevated blood
pressure)
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Metabolism increases
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Blood clotting increases (in
preparation of an injury)
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Brain is aroused
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Pupils dilate
Once the danger has passed and you
were able to work off the stress by climbing a tree or
working in the fields your body goes back to a normal state
of natural balance.
Stress becomes a problem and is
not good for you when it is constant stress and you are not
able to work it off. The same survival mechanism that has
allowed us to flourish as a species then becomes a health
hazard.
The long-term effects of stress
are:
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Physical Response |
Purpose |
Long Term Effect |
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Release of stress hormones |
Prepares the whole body
for action |
Chronic fatigue and
depression
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Heart rate increases |
Pumps blood faster and
harder |
Chronic high blood
pressure
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Respiration increases |
Provides more oxygen |
Over taxed chest muscles,
chronic chest breathing and anxiety |
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Digestion ceases |
Diverts blood to large
muscles and brain |
Ulcers and digestive
problems
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Diversion of energy and
blood flow from inactive to active muscles |
Prepares muscles for
action |
Chronic muscle tension,
fatigue and muscle wasting
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Blood coagulation
increases |
Minimizes blood loss
should injury occur |
Increased blood clotting
may initiate stroke/heart attack |
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Extra glucose and fats
into blood stream |
Provide more energy |
High blood glucose and
lipid levels, diabetes and atherosclerosis |
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Reduced insulin into the
blood stream and insulin resistance |
Keep energy available |
Diabetes and
atherosclerosis
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Adapted from: Integral Yoga
InstitutesÒ
Stress Management Teacher Training Manual
Your body does not know the
difference between a stampeding heard or a traffic jam;
hostile supervisor or a saber tooth tiger the stress
response is the same.
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