Our thoughts affect our body!
Our
thoughts affect every single cell in our body. Our brain and the immune
system communicate with hormones that the brain regulates.
Neurotransmitters and receptors are constantly sending messages to
every single organ in the body.
The autonomic system controls
functions, such as gastrointestinal, vascular, and reproductive
activities. It was once thought that conscious control of autonomic
functions was impossible, but hypnotherapy and biofeedback techniques
have shown that theory to be incorrect and have demonstrated
conclusively that people can learn to control autonomic functions. This
discovery is extremely important with far reaching implications for the
future of holistic and preventive health care.
The autonomic
nervous system is divided into two parts: The Parasympathetic and the
Sympathetic. During stress some of the characteristics of the
Sympathetic nervous system are: tense and constricted involuntary
muscles; tight throat; tense neck and upper back; accelerated heart and
pulse rate; shallow respiration; blood shifting from the hands and feet
to the head and trunk.
The adrenal pumps out cortisol, because
it thinks there is an emergency. It prepares you for intense muscular
action. This is called the fight or flight response which is our body’s
way of handling acute stress by using stored glucose and fat so our
muscles have the energy to move us out of dangers way. As the anxiety
builds, even our immune cells began to react and the neurotransmitters
tell our adrenal glands to produce cortisol. Since there is nothing to
fight against, the cortisol stays in our system. Some researchers
believe that if this fight-or flight response continues for along time,
we can even set ourselves up for a number of illnesses and even
contribute to diabetes, hypertension and auto-immune diseases. Even our
expressions are indications of stress symptoms such as: “cold feet,”
“clammy hands,” and a “knot in the stomach.”
We live in an
instant culture, from quick microwave meals to a quick fix pill for a
headache. The emphasis has been placed on technology and drugs. There
is constant pressure in our lives and most people feel the anxiety
build inside from all the overload of daily living in a fast moving
society.
Stress has been implicated in an entire list of
symptoms, involving most of the body’s systems. Stress can cause
tension headaches, jaw pain, muscle aches and pains, back pain, and
grinding of teeth. It may be responsible for migraine headaches,
dizziness, and difficulty in breathing, heartburn, nausea, hives, rapid
heartbeat, chest pain, diarrhea, constipation, and sexual problems.
Research
suggest that it may even result in anxiety, moodiness, depression,
forgetfulness, frequent crying, fearfulness, nervous habits, sleep
problems, inability to concentrate, and a wide range of other
behavioral problems.
The Parasympathetic is an automatic
compensating system that helps us regulate our Sympathetic back to a
relaxed state where our bodies can conserve energy. Hypnotherapy takes
us from an anxious state to a very relaxed healthy state where positive
suggestions are given to us.
It is important to feel that your
life has meaning and you have some control over it. You take
responsibility for your thoughts, feelings and choices because this is
your life. If there are things about yourself that you don’t like, you
have the power to change it and if it is unchangeable, you have the
power to change the way you handle it. Hypnotherapy gives you back
control in your life. It teaches you to activate the Parasympathetic
system.
A hypnotherapist may teach a client to simply “think”
a certain word, such as peaceful or quiet, and calm right down in a
situation that once would have upset them. The situation is the same,
but the person’s response to the situation has changed giving them
control over their responses.
Take control of the present, the future and your life. Don’t let Negative Stress control you.
Take Control of Your Thoughts to Take Control of Your Life!
Don't Let Negative Stress Control You!
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