Thursday, November 04, 2004
A new way to deal with stress
Americans are stressed out. The American Institute of Stress estimates stress has a $300 billion price tag when you take into account accidents, loss of productivity, and medical, legal and insurance costs.
Aside from just the dollar value, stress has a major impact on health. It has been associated with fatigue, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, depression and sleep disorders.
Stress alone does not cause all of these health problems, but the problems arise from the way most of us respond to stress. At the time of a reaction to stress, the brain sends a negative signal to the heart, which then becomes “out of coherence,” and the rest of the body, including the nervous system, reacts by getting out of sync. This is when damage occurs.
Heart Rate Variability • HeartMath • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink