When we think of stress or hear people talking about being stressed, we usually think of being too busy, or being out of control in an emotional or mental capacity. However, the concept of stress is more than being “stressed out”.
There are three primary stresses in life: Physical, Bio-Chemical, and Emotional. These stresses come in two forms. Stress that leads to growth or a positive experience is called eustress whereas stress that leads to protection or a negative experience is called distress.
Emotional stress and its affect on the individual is largely dependent on perspective, and our perspective or way of looking at life’s experiences is largely learned. We see life through a filter that has been colored by our previous experiences. We can, at any point, decide to change that filter by changing our perspective on any situation or series of experiences.
Bio-Chemical and Physical stresses are much less dependent on perspective and more dependent on our interaction with our environment and our internal adaptive state. Obviously there are certain stresses that are clearly harmful regardless of the adaptive capacity of the individual. However, the degree that Bio-Chemical and Physical stress harm the individual is dependent on the quantity and frequency of the stress and the adaptive capacity of the individual. The human body has the innate ability to adapt to stress in its internal and external environment via the nervous system. One of the keys to creating health is to minimize external stress while maximizing the internal adaptive capacity of the individual. Health is a consequence of a balanced lifestyle regulated by a balanced nervous system, whereas sickness is a consequence of an imbalanced lifestyle, an imbalanced nervous system, or a combination of the two.
Our Thoughts Create Our Beliefs, Our Beliefs Create our Actions, Our Actions Create Our Reality, so to change your current reality as it pertains to stress, you must change your thoughts about stress and empower yourself through education.
There are three primary stresses in life: Physical, Bio-Chemical, and Emotional. These stresses come in two forms. Stress that leads to growth or a positive experience is called eustress whereas stress that leads to protection or a negative experience is called distress.
Emotional stress and its affect on the individual is largely dependent on perspective, and our perspective or way of looking at life’s experiences is largely learned. We see life through a filter that has been colored by our previous experiences. We can, at any point, decide to change that filter by changing our perspective on any situation or series of experiences.
Bio-Chemical and Physical stresses are much less dependent on perspective and more dependent on our interaction with our environment and our internal adaptive state. Obviously there are certain stresses that are clearly harmful regardless of the adaptive capacity of the individual. However, the degree that Bio-Chemical and Physical stress harm the individual is dependent on the quantity and frequency of the stress and the adaptive capacity of the individual. The human body has the innate ability to adapt to stress in its internal and external environment via the nervous system. One of the keys to creating health is to minimize external stress while maximizing the internal adaptive capacity of the individual. Health is a consequence of a balanced lifestyle regulated by a balanced nervous system, whereas sickness is a consequence of an imbalanced lifestyle, an imbalanced nervous system, or a combination of the two.
Our Thoughts Create Our Beliefs, Our Beliefs Create our Actions, Our Actions Create Our Reality, so to change your current reality as it pertains to stress, you must change your thoughts about stress and empower yourself through education.
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