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The Mayo Clinic remains the #1 medical clinic in the entire world. So, when they talk about something, they have the highest overall ranking in the world to substantiate their evidence and claims with a world-class staff too.
I want to talk for a short while today about stress. Because this is an affliction of modern society. There is a need for minimum or optimum levels of physiological and psychological stress. It keeps us alert during the day. That alertness helps us keep our jobs. We do not want to be fired. We do not want to crash the car or forget where we are.
A little stress can do you some good. However, it can move from a performance enhancer to some that harm health. Your wellbeing can go down. Your body and brain cannot cope with it as well. Then your overall performance in life begins to slip away and decline overall. Let’s have the Mayo Clinic have some say here.
It states, “Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. A small amount of stress can be good, motivating you to perform well. But multiple challenges daily, such as sitting in traffic, meeting deadlines and paying bills, can push you beyond your ability to cope.”
“Your brain comes hard-wired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat, it signals your body to release a burst of hormones that increase your heart rate and raise your blood pressure. This “fight-or-flight” response fuels you to deal with the threat,” the article continued.
The point is to be relaxed in some ways and at some times and not at others. It is the Yerkes-Dodson curve of performance. Some activities require high arousal, moderate arousal, and minimal arousal. If you miss the mark of the level necessary for the task ahead of you, this creates some major problems for you.
“Once the threat is gone, your body is meant to return to a normal, relaxed state. Unfortunately, the nonstop complications of modern life mean that some people’s alarm systems rarely shut off,” the article said, “Stress management gives you a range of tools to reset your alarm system. It can help your mind and body adapt (resilience). Without it, your body might always be on high alert. Over time, chronic stress can lead to serious health problems.”
So do not forget to consider stress as a needed daily spike, but be chary or wary of a continuous possibility of health problems associated with it.
Don’t wait until stress damages your health, relationships or quality of life. Start practicing stress management techniques today.
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