Stress can be defined as a state we experience when there is a mismatch between perceived demands and our coping ability. Stress can also be outlined as an adaptive reaction by a body to alterations in the environment.
Stress response evolved to allow humankind to deal with serious dangers or stressors such as being confronted with a hostile human or even a wild animal.
Situations like this expected action – the energizing of the stress response to either stick around and fight back or to run away.
Nowadays, we hopefully wont have to endure the same dangers as our ancestors, nevertheless the stress response to demanding situations we encounter is still with us and our mind and body still prepare for fight or flight when confronted with this equivalent of the wild animal.
This is where the problem may start as activation of the fight or flight response with no physical release, much as if we are stuck in a traffic jam and can’t fight it or flee from it, or maybe an unfair encounter in the workplace where again the call for action may be triggered but we cant release it by fighting or running away without consequences we would instead avoid.
Perhaps both of these events and more are endured on the same day, perhaps every day, and the stress level builds within us until it can damage our health because of the endless pressure placed upon our immune system.
The resulting reduction in efficiency of our immune system may then open us up to numerous undesirable symptoms such as yeast overgrowth, rashes, indigestion, IBS, headaches and migraines, reduced memory efficiency and a tendency to become negative and depressed unless a solution is discovered and healing is facilitated.
Stress isn’t always damaging – the stress response was designed to aid and protect us and some people even position themselves in stressful places they recognise they can handle for excitement and ‘the surge’ as it is often called.
We all feel stress in various ways depending upon our personality type, conditioning and possible training also.
Whenever we face stress but comprehend we have the ability to contend with it successfully, a feeling of success and achievement can be gained. Getting the balance right between positive stress to motivate us and encourage us to grow, and our ability to manage with the stress is possibly the key to remaining healthy, positive and effective in any area of life we find ourselves.
Our ability to cope with stress can be affected by our diet and the consumption of good substances that out body requires to remain strong and flexible and to repair itself whenever necessary. Also we should avoid anything that could cause us to be more distressed 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 someone 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 components of the mind work in concert and concentrate on resolving the problem at hand.
Hypnotherapy therefore 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 basic level, as a form of first aid.
The good therapist will assist the client to disintegrate 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 activated to cause us much anxiety and feelings of panic, but we often don’t even consciously know why.
Observing this, the tremendous power of hypnotic suggestion and therapy will be employed to allow new and efficient programming to support moves forward into a much more positive life with a better outlook on everything.
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