"Stress is your body's response to all of the demands made upon it. The body responds to all stresses, both positive and negative, by trying to get back to normal. Unfortunately, the stressful and fast-paced times we live in are taking their toll. Forty-three percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to stress, and 75–90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints or disorders. Stress is said to be responsible for more than half of the 550 million workdays lost annually because of absenteeism.
When a stressor is perceived, the hypothalamus triggers the adrenal glands to release corticosteroids to increase metabolism and provide an immediate increase in energy. Simultaneously, your pituitary releases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which causes your adrenal glands to release epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine, which work to prolong your body's fight-or-flight response. If a stressful situation goes on for too long without any relief, you may feel tired, irritable, depressed, or anxious. Chronic stress can lead to trouble sleeping or eating, and to diseases and disorders such as headaches, insomnia, high blood pressure, kidney disease, ulcers, asthma, heart attack, or stroke. Eventually, your body's energy reserves become exhausted, and it breaks down. Recent research has confirmed the role of stress in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and gastrointestinal, skin, neurological, and emotional disorders, as well as a host of disorders linked to immune system disturbances, ranging from the common cold and herpes to arthritis and AIDS.
Depression works on your body in different ways than stress, but the results are the same. Your body is a product of your thoughts. As we've already discussed, the cells of your body, including your immune cells, have receptor sites for the various neuropeptides you produce. When you are happy, you produce a set of neuropeptides that tell your immune system to jack up, which it does. In other words, happy thoughts improve your health. However, when you are depressed, the opposite happens: the neuropeptides your body produces shut down your immune system. In effect, negative thoughts can actually kill you."
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When a stressor is perceived, the hypothalamus triggers the adrenal glands to release corticosteroids to increase metabolism and provide an immediate increase in energy. Simultaneously, your pituitary releases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which causes your adrenal glands to release epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine, which work to prolong your body's fight-or-flight response. If a stressful situation goes on for too long without any relief, you may feel tired, irritable, depressed, or anxious. Chronic stress can lead to trouble sleeping or eating, and to diseases and disorders such as headaches, insomnia, high blood pressure, kidney disease, ulcers, asthma, heart attack, or stroke. Eventually, your body's energy reserves become exhausted, and it breaks down. Recent research has confirmed the role of stress in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and gastrointestinal, skin, neurological, and emotional disorders, as well as a host of disorders linked to immune system disturbances, ranging from the common cold and herpes to arthritis and AIDS.
Depression works on your body in different ways than stress, but the results are the same. Your body is a product of your thoughts. As we've already discussed, the cells of your body, including your immune cells, have receptor sites for the various neuropeptides you produce. When you are happy, you produce a set of neuropeptides that tell your immune system to jack up, which it does. In other words, happy thoughts improve your health. However, when you are depressed, the opposite happens: the neuropeptides your body produces shut down your immune system. In effect, negative thoughts can actually kill you."
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