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 adaptational response by a body to alterations in the surroundings.
Stress response evolved to permit humankind to deal with life-threatening dangers or stressors such as being confronted with a hostile human or even a wild animal.
Situations like this demanded action – the activation of the stress response to either stay and fight or to run away.
Nowadays, we hopefully wont have to face the same risks as our ancestors, nevertheless the stress response to rigorous situations we encounter is still with us and our mind and body still prepare for fight or flight whenever presented with this equivalent of the wild animal.
This is where the issue might begin as activation of the fight or flight response with no physical release, such as if we are stuck in a traffic jam and can’t fight it or flee from it, or perhaps an unjust confrontation in the workplace where once more the call for action may be triggered but we cant vent it by fighting or running away without consequences we would instead avoid.
Perhaps several of these events or more are experienced 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 directed upon our immune system.
The resulting reducing in efficiency of our immune system may then open us up to many unwelcome symptoms such as yeast overgrowth, rashes, indigestion, IBS, headaches and migraines, reduced memory efficiency and a tendency to become negative and depressed unless a resolution is found and healing is facilitated.
Stress isn’t always bad – the stress response was designed to help and protect us and numerous individuals even position themselves in stressful situations they acknowledge they can manage for excitement and ‘the surge’ 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 comprehend we have the ability to deal with it successfully, a feeling of success and achievement can be gained. Finding the balance right between good stress to motivate us and encourage us to develop, and our ability to contend with the stress is perhaps the key to remaining healthy, positive and active in whatever arena of life we find ourselves.
Our ability to contend with stress can be affected by our dieting and the consumption of good substances that out body needs to remain 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 stress 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 useful therapy for battling stress. It also allows one to become calm and focused, as all the components of the mind work together and centralise on resolving the issue 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 usable at even this initial level, as a kind of first aid.
The skilled hypnotherapist will assist the client to disintegrate any repressed emotions, triggers and false instincts from the past that are a kind of outdated 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 employed to provide new and effective programming to support moves forward into a much greater positive life with an improved outlook on everything.
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