Stress is a natural reaction in your body, when you encounter a perceived threat. Keyword, perceive. Your hypothalamus sounds the alarm and adrenalin and cortisol start coursing through your veins. This is known as Fight or Flight. Sometimes you rumble, sometimes you run. And this is a totally normal reaction. And comes from a time when that threat was being chased by a woolly mammoth. The problem is your hypothalamus has no idea whether youre being chased by a woolly mammoth or if your computer just crashed or if your in-laws just showed up on your doorstep or if youre about to jump out of a place or you need to tell someone you love that you have a brain tumor. The difference is the woolly mammoth chases you for what, maybe ten minutes? Not having those hard conversations that can go on for years and your body just cant handle that. Chronic exposure to adrenaline and cortisol, disrupt almost every system in your body. And can lead to anxiety, depression, heart disease, just to name a few. When you do not have hard conversations, when you keep the truth about yourself a secret, youre essentially holding a grenade. - Ash Beckham
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:23:26 +0000
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