All About Stress: Part 1

I thought it a good idea to talk about both the affects of stress and the physiology of stress in order to explain its impact on our daily lives.  I think that, sometimes, we get the idea that if we ignore it, it'll just go away, or, it won't do any real harm.  And, since most of us define health as the absence of symptoms/diagnosed disease, we just don't really understand the impact that the consequences of living with stress has upon us.  Today, I'll talk about the symptoms that stress can inflict and, tomorrow, I'll talk about why and how this happens.  Then, we will talk about what needs to happen in order to live a truly healthy life.

Here are the most significant consequences of prolonged emotional/mental stress:

1.  Sleep disturbances
2.  Inflammation anywhere in the body
3.  Weakness and dizziness, especially when standing from a seated or recumbent position (aka Orthostatic hypotension)
4.  Waking fatigued in the morning
5.  Poorly tolerating additional stress
6.  Frequent illness or infections
7.  Generalized, non-specific muscle and/or joint pain (sound like Fibromyalgia?)
8.  Problems with recent memory retrieval
9.  Low-functioning thyroid (most doctors treat the thyroid when that gland is not the primary problem)
10.  Depression, not from other causes

This is quite an extensive list and, I believe, these symptoms of stress may surprise some of you.  As you can see, if left untreated, these symptoms can and will significantly impact the quality of our lives.  More importantly, there is the potential to impact the quantity, too.
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