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Mike Carruthers:
When we're confronted with stressful situations we have a built
in stress response system.
Georgia
Witkin, PhD:
It gets us ready for an emergency whether it's running from
a bear, running from a terrorist, or running for the train.
Dr. Georgia
Witkin, author of the book, Stress-Relief
For Disasters Great And Small…
The heart
will speed up we'll hyperventilate our brain becomes very focused.
Not a problem if it really is a short-term emergency but it
does become a problem if the response goes on and on. We're
not built to sustain that kind of wear and tear on our body
or our brains.
When
we're confronted with a stressful situation, Georgia says it's
really important to pause and step back, but that's very hard
for most of us.
Most
of us say I don't have time for a time-out. But here's the answer
to that, if you don't make the time, you will make that down
time anyway, but it will be with migraine headaches and backaches
and stomachaches.
Even
small situations where you feel that stress response coming
on, pausing is always a smart move.
Remember
Grandma used to say count to ten, believe it or not, in the
lab we see that it does work, the adrenaline will subside if
you don't start to use it. And if there's nothing you can do
about a situation try not to waste the adrenaline, see it as
a precious commodity that someday you will need but not at this
moment.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something
You Should Know.
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