| If you have ever suffered from a physical
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| | digestive organ and reproductive organ
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| or emotional symptom that was related to
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| | because for survival it becomes a low
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| the stress in your life, you will want to
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| | priority to digest food or keep the
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| know how you can minimize these symptoms.
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| | species alive if you are threatened.
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| Control begins with awareness and knowing
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| | Symptoms that can be associated with this
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| how your habitual response to stress
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| | stress response might include: high blood
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| leads to your symptoms. Any of your
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| | pressure, cold hands and feet, upset
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| physical systems that react to stress can
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| | stomach, migraine headaches, pre-ulcerous
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| be controlled. Begin the process for
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| | ulcerous conditions, increased colitis,
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| developing control by understanding how
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| | sometimes constipation, and 70% of sexual
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| your body responds to stress.The
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| | dysfunction in both men and women can be
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| primitive survival mechanism known as the
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| | linked to this stress response.7. All of
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| "Fight/Flight" response is built in to
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| | your senses are heightened are survival
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| every human. It responds to fear/danger
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| | vigilance. You are more sensitive to
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| from everything from life threatening
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| | noise (ringing telephones or door bells),
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| situations to the alarm going off in the
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| | to light, to smells, even to increased
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| morning. Every human has a habitual
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| | sensitivity to touch. Your neo-cortex
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| response to stress that is either learned
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| | (the thinking part of your new brain)
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| or genetically implanted. In a real life
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| | shuts down and the survival mechanisms in
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| or death situation almost all of this
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| | the middle and lower more primitive parts
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| response will be trigger by survival to
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| | of the brain take over, so you react to
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| help you to fight off or flee this
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| | things and do not think things through as
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| danger.Since awareness is half the battle
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| | well. Basic emotions: fear, anger,
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| in controlling stress, you must learn to
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| | sadness, and joy (nervous laughter) take
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| be aware of how you respond to stress.
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| | over from complicated, sophisticated
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| Remember, you have a unique response. It
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| | higher function emotions. Symptoms that
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| may include:1. Increased heart rate. This
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| | can be associated with this stress
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| pumps blood around the body to get oxygen
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| | response might include: emotional
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| and sugars to the cells that you will
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| | irritability, substance abuse to escape
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| need to use to survive. Symptoms that can
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| | stress through self-medication, anxiety,
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| be associated with this stress response
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| | depression, poor impulse control, poor
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| might include: Rapid or irregular
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| | problem solving and reduced communication
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| heartbeats2. Breathing usually becomes
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| | abilities8. You perspire/sweat to cool
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| more rapid. To get more oxygen into the
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| | the body's increased metabolism down.
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| body. Symptoms that can be associated
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| | Symptoms that can be associated with this
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| with this stress response might include:
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| | stress response might include:
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| hyperventilation and some forms of
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| | hyperhidrosis (which can lead to
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| asthma3. Stress hormones are released.
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| | dehydration due to over sweating)9.
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| Adrenaline, also called epinephrine, is
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| | Imbalances in normal hormone levels.
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| released by the adrenal glands. This
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| | Longer term, unresolved stress can affect
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| hormone helps to maintain increased heart
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| | the immune system which is normally there
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| rates and will tell the liver to release
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| | to fight off infections and promote
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| stored sugar for energy to the body.
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| | healing. Symptoms that can be associated
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| Other stress hormones do other thing.
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| | with this stress response might include:
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| Noradrenaline is associated with anger
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| | frequent colds or flu's, infections,
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| and will raise blood pressure for most
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| | cancer or tumor development, increased
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| people. Symptoms that can be associated
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| | allergic responses, auto-immune diseases
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| with this stress response might include:
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| | (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus,
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| high blood pressure, panic or anxiety4.
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| | scleroderma)Everyone holds their tension
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| Blood pressure can go up. Triggered by
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| | in one or more of these systems. You need
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| released stress hormones. Symptoms that
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| | to identify which systems respond when
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| can be associated with this stress
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| | you get stressed and then learn to
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| response might include: high blood
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| | release this physical tension. It takes
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| pressure5. Muscles that you would use to
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| | time and motivated practice to learn to
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| fight or flee often become very tight
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| | let go but the results in enhanced
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| until released by relaxation, massage,
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| | quality of life and increased
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| stretching, or exercise. This is one of
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| | productivity are worth the effort.If you
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| the most common responses to stress and
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| | Education Center (707) 795-2228 website:
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| with this stress response might include:
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