The Over Stressed Heart
Yes diet and exercise have a major impact on your heart health. But your mental outlook can be the killer.
Stress comes from many sources but the capacity to deal with stress is only in your brain and your response to the stress.
The British Medical Journal published a study done on women asking the question Do you feel that you are being treated unfairly. Those that responded yes ended up with a 50% higher rate of heart disease including stroke and heart attack.
The victim mentality and heart attack.
When you play the victim, you deal with your stress by suppressing it and blaming others for any defects in your own life and body. Nothing is your fault because someone else or the government or your parents or global warming is to blame. If it is not your fault, you can do nothing to change it--whatever it is.
Herein lies the problem. Your negative thoughts and all the negative speaking you do is impacting your brain and it in turn is sending out all the little enzymes and adrenaline to cope with the stress. When you are venting your anger at the price of gas to your friends, your brain must respond with the chemicals it thinks you need. You may think you are feeling better by venting, but in truth, you are destroying your own heart.
Since stress is necessary to life, you need to find your balance. Can you save a few
gallons of gas by walking? You then take matters into your own hands. You cannot change the price of gas by calling the gas company, although I do recommend that approach as well.
You can only change your own consumption of that gas. A good brisk walk will use up that stress caused release of chemicals in your body and you will therefore be healthier.
It is the victim mentality that ages the body, brings on the wrinkles and destroys the heart.
We have all said it --- It is not fair. But if that is your daily mantra, you have opened the door to heart attack (not to mention cancer).
No one can tell you what stress amount you can handle. No one can tell you what should stress you and what should not. Reaction to stress is as individual as fingerprints.
However, a universal truth is that not dealing effectively with stress will kill you. And playing the victim takes all the power of controlling your own survival out of your hands.
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Our garage sale went well. Did not sell the few big items we had but we can run a newspaper ad for those. We made enough to pay for the gas and food for the upcoming "vacation" to visit my husband's family next week. For 3 days of that vacation, we will be camping and I am looking forward to peace and quiet and doing nothing. I have picked a couple of books to take.
until next time - smile
Sharon
(c) Answers For Your Health.com
Stress comes from many sources but the capacity to deal with stress is only in your brain and your response to the stress.
The British Medical Journal published a study done on women asking the question Do you feel that you are being treated unfairly. Those that responded yes ended up with a 50% higher rate of heart disease including stroke and heart attack.
The victim mentality and heart attack.
When you play the victim, you deal with your stress by suppressing it and blaming others for any defects in your own life and body. Nothing is your fault because someone else or the government or your parents or global warming is to blame. If it is not your fault, you can do nothing to change it--whatever it is.
Herein lies the problem. Your negative thoughts and all the negative speaking you do is impacting your brain and it in turn is sending out all the little enzymes and adrenaline to cope with the stress. When you are venting your anger at the price of gas to your friends, your brain must respond with the chemicals it thinks you need. You may think you are feeling better by venting, but in truth, you are destroying your own heart.
Since stress is necessary to life, you need to find your balance. Can you save a few
gallons of gas by walking? You then take matters into your own hands. You cannot change the price of gas by calling the gas company, although I do recommend that approach as well.
You can only change your own consumption of that gas. A good brisk walk will use up that stress caused release of chemicals in your body and you will therefore be healthier.
It is the victim mentality that ages the body, brings on the wrinkles and destroys the heart.
We have all said it --- It is not fair. But if that is your daily mantra, you have opened the door to heart attack (not to mention cancer).
No one can tell you what stress amount you can handle. No one can tell you what should stress you and what should not. Reaction to stress is as individual as fingerprints.
However, a universal truth is that not dealing effectively with stress will kill you. And playing the victim takes all the power of controlling your own survival out of your hands.
****
Our garage sale went well. Did not sell the few big items we had but we can run a newspaper ad for those. We made enough to pay for the gas and food for the upcoming "vacation" to visit my husband's family next week. For 3 days of that vacation, we will be camping and I am looking forward to peace and quiet and doing nothing. I have picked a couple of books to take.
until next time - smile
Sharon
(c) Answers For Your Health.com
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