Stress is the ultimate cause of about 90% of all of our health problems. The Institute for Motivational Living believes that Awareness of this fact, and how stress affects your life, is 90% of the battle – against the cause of 90% of all health problems. So, what are a few of the signs and symptoms of stress overload?
Physical Signals:
- Change in breathing rhythm – When people are under stress, their breathing becomes very shallow and comes from high in their torso. They breathe from the chest and shoulders instead of from the belly or diaphragm. Heart rate is also more rapid.
- Muscle tension and pain
- Headaches
- Poor circulation leads to cold hands and feet
- Change in appetite, either loss or excessive
Mental Signals:
- Lack of concentration
- More frequent mistakes
- Forgetfulness, absent-mindedness
- Tendency to over-react
- Impaired or poor judgement
Emotional Signals:
- Easily irritated, short temper
- Nervousness, anxiety
- Depression, silence, withdrawal from others
- Emotional outbursts, crying, or laughing
- Feeling of paranoia or poor self-image
Behavioral
- Insomnia, lethargy
- Increased smoking/eating/drinking alcohol
- Absenteeism/Tardiness
- Clumsiness
- Adopting a “Loser Mentality”
We should not ignore these signals and accept the attitude that “it’s just stress.” Yes, it’s just stress, which happens to be the cause of 90% of all chronic health problems! Our goal in coaching and helping people to create their Life Plan is to deliberately create peace and serenity in our client’s lives. We don’t manage stress. We maximize vitality, peace, and serenity. We do so by proactively creating a lifestyle based on truth, power, and wisdom – and the cool thing is that when we help individuals, we automatically see changes in everyone they come in contact with – family, coworkers, etc.
If you or someone you love has a stress-related problem, let them know that we can help them to create a life based on health, peace, and serenity. Then, as if magically, the stress goes away. Light and darkness can’t exist in the same room, can it? Maybe their stress came from oral health. Visit dental implants mokena il to take care of your oral health.