Stress Management
Adrenal Stress
Unlike our ancestors, you and I live with
constant stress, anxiety and depression. Instead of occasional, acute
demands followed by rest, you are constantly over-worked,
under-nourished, exposed to environmental toxins, worrying about others
with no let-up. Your adrenal glands are two tiny pyramid-shaped pieces
of tissue situated right above each kidney. Their job is to produce and
release, when appropriate, certain regulatory hormones and chemical
messengers. With stress and health, you have to go through stress
management. For more information on adrenal stress, read Distress:
The Negative Stress.
The effects of adrenal
dysfunction or adrenal stress can be profound- fatigue and weakness,
suppression of the immune system, muscle and bone loss, moodiness or
depression, and dozens of other symptoms. In the absence of a 'fight' or
'flight' the body has unnecessarily caused the effects described above,
and because of the chronic nature of today's stressful life, the stress
reaction is constantly present leading to anxiety and stress and coping
stress is becoming difficult.
Every challenge to the mind and
body creates a demand on the adrenal glands. And the list of challenges
is endless: lack of sleep, a demanding boss, the threat of losing your
job, financial pressures, illness or infection, unresolved emotional
issues from our past or present and more. The result is adrenal glands
that are constantly on high alert making managing stress impossible.
Adrenal gland generates the 'fight or flight' response.
The main
effect of this response is to increase the blood flow to the muscles,
whilst lowering the blood flow to the digestive tract, the skin, the
kidneys, the liver and spleen, and to slow down less essential functions
such as the immune response and higher brain functions such as
concentration and memory. As a result, there is an increase in blood
sugar, blood pressure, and the heart rate, as the body gets ready to
react.
The good news is that adrenal stress can almost always be
relieved. You can always take the help of stress management tips and
stress management tools. Stress management products also come in handy
at times.