Sunday, September 27, 2015

Stress And You

Stress and You
 art by Deborah Moen


In a vintage 1960's black and white clip, a patient was being seen for a very painful ulcer. When the doctor, shown in the quintessential white coat, told his patient, " You need to work on your attitude. I stopped the video and broke into the most raucous laughter I had in ages. I turned the video back on and the patient replied to the doctor's advice with " Finding another doctor looks like better answer to me. " The patient walked out of the room.



It shows exactly how we must begin again to treat illness, pain, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, flu, heart and vascular disease. By changing our attitude. Everywhere I look I see information regarding changing your brain and how you think, being conscious of the way you feel, and the stressors in life and how to calm the heck down. And this documentary shows you why it is so important.

It was gospel back in the day of black and white, amongst the medical community that ulcers were caused by stress. That is until the 1980's when an Australian doctor identified a bacteria as the cause of ulcers.

There was a celebration amongst all the gastrologists that they would never have to sit down with a patient, look them in the eye and ask them how it was going because ulcers were now considered to be caused by this bacteria and not stress. 

 A pill came out that helped with ulcers. Case closed. Stress did not cause ulcers !

Not so fast !

In a few years the research took a new twist. 


Science discovered that this ulcer causing bacteria was unique. As much as 2/3 of the world's population has it so why do only a fraction of these people develop ulcers?

They found that when we are stressed the body shuts down the systems that are not important to fight or flight, including the immune functions. And if your immune function is turned off then these bacteria could run a muck. And begin eating away at the stomach and cause ulcers.



Check out the word, disease.

Dis-ease

Dis-   prefix meaning; without, away, lack there of 

Ease   Peace quiet, lack of difficulty





If stress can undermined the immune function then what other havoc can it work?

So in conclusion,

  • Change your attitude. Work on your attitude.
  • Your disease breeds on the wrong kinds of feelings.
  • You have got to be honest with yourself with the way you feel about things.
And.....

Find a doctor, counselor, coach, therapist, mentor, that knows how to help you relieve your stress without pills.


 


Thank you for visiting Deborah's Little Gems

Until next time,
Be Well !

Deborah Moen



 

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