If you are in a stressful situation it is likely that you are not a very happy person this is a natural situation when you are stressed. Whenever you feel stressed the body is primed with hormones which are strongly mood altering. Imagine that a dangerous animal threatens you, your body pumps in adrenaline, to prepare the body for fight or flight. There is an immediate and powerful mood change, you don't start smiling or laughing in these circumstances. Your body is primed for action, and is reacting with the fight emotions of anger, aggression and hostility or the flight emotions of fear, anxiety and nervousness.

In a natural situation there would have been physical activity in fighting or running and the danger would have passed quickly. In modern society the body response is the same but the environment has changed. The main threats that we perceive are of a financial, emotional, mental and social nature. These types of threats are constantly present in our environment and are not generally dealt with quickly. So, people are constantly primed with the fight or flight hormones and the emotions that are produced by this. This produces a lot of very unhappy nervous, fearful or unh

Imagine that there is a secretary in an office and her boss comes in. He is angry, he goes to the secretary and rants and raves at her for no reason. Her body adrenaline cycle is activated for flight or fight, but because of social circumstances she is restrained from action. She would probably like to walk out, but because of family commitments and bills, she sits there and stews. Alternatively she could turn around and punch him in the nose, but even this could risk her security. Her body defenses have been activated for flight or fight, but she has not reacted either way.

Also, this body response speeds up the body's metabolism and so quickly burns up precious reserves of nutrients and energy. So, if this continues less resources are available for you to deal with life and the body starts to degenerate, compounding the situation and making you feel even worse.

So the importance of learning to relax with ease, so you can turn off the adrenaline. This allows the body to rest, so it can concentrate on the regeneration and repair of the body. When this happens the digestive and immune system can function properly.

There is hope. If you learn how to manage your stress, you will be taking action to make your life longer and more enjoyable. The body must have an outlet for stress. You should either find ways to let the tension out of your body, or cut down on the things that cause the tension. The best way to deal with stress is to recogniz

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