"If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it."
George Burns,
Comedian
GOT STRESS ???
Do any of the following symptoms apply to you or someone you know?
- Irritability: Shorter fuse these days? Do the little things make you angrier?
- Sense of humor: Are you laughing less? Too serious?
- Worry: Reliving or projecting future anxious emotional experiences? Depressed? Resigned over the way things are?
- Excessiveness: Eating too much? Drinking too much? Too many mood-altering stimulants?
- Forgetfulness: Foggy? Can't remember little things? Have mental gridlock?
- Aches and pains: Recurring headaches, frequent gastrointestinal distress, tension in face, jaw, shoulders, back or chest?
- Nervousness: Talking faster or more than in the past?
- Fatigue: Feeling worn out and run down? Tired, but can't get restful sleep?
- Illness: Suffering allergies, colds, flue and other ailments more often?
- Time pressured: Feeling as if there is not enough time? Too much to do?
Source: Heartmath Institute
Everyone feels it. It's epidemic. We fear it. We avoid it. It doesn't feel good.
Stress makes us more irritable, anxious, worried, depressed, forgetful and fatigued. It deprives us of our peace of mind. Stress robs us of our mental clarity and ages us before our time. In an attempt to find some relief we smoke, overeat, bite our nails...
When the pressure gets too great it gets vented as moodiness, or emotional outbursts. To avoid "blowing" we try to avoid situations that might trigger us. We take vacations to "get away from it all." But it's there waiting for us when we come home ...
But it's much worse than that ...
The American Institute of Stress reports that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary health-care professionals are for stress-related complaints:
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The good news is.. anything that's made worse by stress, can be made better by hypnosis.