Stress can be defined as a state we experience while there is a mismatch between perceived requirements and our ability to cope. Stress can also be defined as an adaptational response by a body to changes in the surroundings.
Stress response evolved to allow mankind to deal with life-threatening dangers or stressors such as being confronted with a hostile human or even a wild animal.
Situations like this required action – the activation of the stress response to either stick around and fight or to run away.
Nowadays, we hopefully wont have to endure the same dangers as our ancestors, nonetheless the stress response to demanding situations we encounter is still with us and our mind and body still prepare for fight or flight when presented with this equivalent of the wild animal.
This is where the trouble might begin as activation of the fight or flight response with no physical outlet, such as if we are stuck in a traffic jam and can’t fight it or flee from it, or perhaps an unfair face-off in the workplace where once again the response for action might be triggered but we cant vent it by fighting or running away without consequences we would instead avoid.
Possibly both of these events or more are endured on the same day, possibly every day, and the stress level builds within us until it can damage our health because of the unceasing pressure placed upon our immune system.
The resulting reducing in efficiency of our immune system may then open us up to numerous unwelcome symptoms such as yeast overgrowth, rashes, indigestion, IBS, headaches and migraines, reduced memory efficiency and a tendency to grow negative and depressed unless a solution is found and healing is facilitated.
Stress isn’t always bad – the stress response was designed to assist and protect us and some individuals even place themselves in stressful situations they know they can handle for excitement and ‘the thrill’ as it is often called.
We all feel stress in various means depending upon our personality type, conditioning and possible training also.
Whenever we face stress but perceive we have the ability to deal with it successfully, a feeling of success and achievement can be gained. Finding the balance right between positive stress to motivate us and encourage us to develop, and our ability to cope with the stress is possibly the key to remaining healthy, positive and active in whatever area of life we find ourselves.
Our power to deal with stress can be affected by our dieting and the intake of good substances that out body requires to stay strong and flexible and to repair itself when necessary. Also we should avoid anything that could cause us to be more upset or weaker, such as drugs, alcohol, smoking, lack of sleep, poor diet, etc.
Finally, our stressor can be for the most part external, some event or situation that is creating stress, or internal attitudes or emotions that lead to stress (anxiety, guilt, low self esteem, fear, etc).
Hypnosis allows you to enter a state of deep relaxation which in itself is a very functional therapy for combating stress. It also allows one to become calm and focused, as all the parts of the mind work together and centralise on solving the problem at hand.
Hypnotherapy consequently provides relaxation (and clients of good therapists learn self-hypnosis so they can find this deep relaxation for themselves) and is therefore functional at even this initial level, as a form of first aid.
The skilled therapist will assist the client to dissolve any suppressed emotions, triggers and false instincts from the past that are a kind of out-of-date misconception, or maybe just no longer required or needed programming, that loops around once triggered to cause us much anxiety and feelings of panic, but we often don’t even consciously know why.
Following this, the wonderful power of hypnotic suggestion and therapy will be used to provide new and efficient programming to support moves forward into a much more positive life with an improved outlook on everything.
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