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Stress & Solutions
What is Stress?
Stress is any psychological or physical situation or condition that causes tension or straip. Stress can be any element or situation that requires our body or mind to compensate to maintain the body’s delicate internal balance and har-mony. Stress can affect individual persons differently. What is extremely stressful to one person might not affect another at all. If too many stressful conditions occur without an effective method to manage or cope with them, however, the health of the person suffers. Regardless of the source or nature of the stress, the physiologic reaction of the body is essentially the same.
Source: Human Anatomy
What Happens to my Blood Under Stress?
Blood:
Blood-coagulating chemicals are added to the blood, and the kidneys retain fluids in case of injury and bleeding. Cortisol promotes the breakdown of the body’s proteins to form glucose, which is a quick energy source and acts as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergenic.
We go in and out of Fight or Flight all day, however, we do not want to live in this state. Go to Homeostasis Checklist for tips on how to get back into Rest & Digest.
What Happens to my Kidneys & Adrenal Glands?
Stress is most notably associated with the adrenal glands and their secretion of the “Fight or Flight” hormones. The principal and most understood adrenal hormones are adrenaline (uh-DREN-uh-lin) and cortisol (KAUR-ti-zol).
When we encounter high levels of stress, the adrenal secretions give us a physical and mental boost that heightens our senses, sharpens our reflexes, and prepares our muscles for maximum exertion. The adrenal glands by no means work alone, however. In conjunction with the pituitary (pi-TOO-i-tar-ee) and the hypothalamus (high-po-THAL-uh-muhs), they affect the function of most of the internal systems.
For women, we create Testosterone in our our adrenals, which are on top of the kidneys. In stressful situations, women increase their Testosterone so they can “get through the event.” Sometimes, women stay in the stressful event because of the level of chemicals in their system is addicting. Some women find themselves in a loop of going after stressful situations to stay in this “Euphroic” loop such as doing drugs, intense exercise, yoga, and practicing gossip.
What Happens to my Muscles Under Stress?
Muscle tone increases, blood pressure rises, and breathing deepens. Blood is directed toward the skeletal muscles and nervous system and away from the digestive organs; in fact, digestion virtually stops. Glycogen, glucose, and oxygen-carrying red blood cells are mobilized.
For women, intense exercise promotes this as men were created for more testosterone, women do not thrive being stressed. Many times women’s cycles will be skipped or fertility will more likely be hit or miss.
What Happens to my Relationships when I am Under Stress?
We are annoyed, bored or obsessed when our blood is not in our gut digesting.
You basically turn into an animal and try to survive. Get “Rest & Digest” as soon as you can. Help the world out.
How to Get out of Stress?
As mentioned, stress will happen, you can’t control it, however practicing stressful activities can be prevented.
Look at out page for ideas: “Get Rest & Digest”
Solutions
1. Read Philippians 4 and John 15. These Scriptures are the ultimate reset or promotion of “Rest and Digest.”
Phillipians 4
1 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord. 3 Indeed, true companion, I ask you also, help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement as well as the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
God’s Provisions
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act. 11 Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. 14 Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my difficulty.
15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone; 16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. 17 Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the profit which increases to your account. 18 But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
21 Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. 22 All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.
23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
LISTEN: https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mcconachie/nasb/Phil.4
John 15
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mcconachie/nasb/John.15
John 15
1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself but must remain in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. 9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; remain in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
Disciples’ Relation to Each Other
12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. 17 This I command you, that you love one another.
Disciples’ Relation to the World
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know the One who sent Me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 The one who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. 25 But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me for no reason.’
26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, He will testify about Me, 27 and you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
2. Take a Walk.
20 minute walk is your daily head massage to clean cerebral fluid waste out of your head. See our page “How To Walk”
Lymphatic System
3. Read a Classic Novel.
When you have 5 minutes or an hour, read to encourage your brain to lay aside deadlines and decision making. This is a better alternative to Social Media scrolling and News.
Jane Eyre
Jamaica Inn (Mystery)
Frenchman's Creek (Love & Freedom)
Pride & Prejudice
Classic Book Series/Collections
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 Books)
Treasure Island and Kidnapped (2 Books)
The Adventure of Tom and Huckleberry Finn (2 Books)
Jules Verne Collection (Sci Fi)
Anne Of Green Gables (8 Books)
Charles Dickens (6 Books)
Includes:
• Oliver Twist
• A Christmas Carol
• Hard Times
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Great Expectations
• Northanger Abbey
4. Eat a meal with a friend or family member and remember lovely memories with them.
This helps restore brain pathways and calm the vagus nerve down. The vagus nerve is responsible for putting your body in survivor mode or “Fight or Flight.”
5. Go into the Recovery Position
Put feet up above heart for 20 minutes a day to allow your body to send blood to vital organs. This position puts our bodies into “Rest and Digest.”
6. If Married, Have Sex
Sex is one way to go into “Rest and Digest” because of it’s vascular benefits. See our Page: Fertility to learn how amazing the reproductive system is and the benefits of having one partner for life. Having multiple partners is not only stressful to your body chemically, but mentally as non-commitment relationship for male and female puts us in “Fight or Flight” no matter what your best buddy says or mom says.
7. Bodywork
Come in for 1 – 5 sessions to restart your nervous system and increase blood flow for total stress relief. Call or text (214)810-6624