Stress can be outlined as a state we experience whenever there is a mismatch between perceived requirements and our coping ability. Stress can also be defined as an adaptive reaction by a body to alterations in the surroundings.
Stress response evolved to permit human beings to contend with life-threatening dangers or stressors such as being confronted with a hostile human or even a wild animal.
Situations like this expected action – the activating of the stress response to either stick around and fight or to run away.
Today, we hopefully wont have to face 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 whenever presented with this equivalent of the wild animal.
This is where the problem might begin as activation of the fight or flight response with no physical outlet, much as if we are stuck in a traffic jam and can’t fight it or flee from it, or possibly an unfair confrontation in the workplace where once more the response for action may be sparked only we cant release it by fighting or running away without consequences we would rather avoid.
Perhaps both of these events and 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 perpetual pressure placed upon our immune system.
The resulting reduction in efficiency of our immune system may then open us up to numerous unwanted symptoms such as yeast overgrowth, rashes, indigestion, IBS, migraines and headaches, reduced memory efficiency and a tendency to become negative and depressed unless a resolution is discovered and healing is facilitated.
Stress isn’t always bad – the stress response was designed to assist and protect us and numerous people even place themselves in stressful situations they acknowledge they can handle for excitement and ‘the surge’ as it is frequently called.
We all experience stress in different means depending upon our personality type, conditioning and possible training also.
When we face stress but comprehend we have the ability to contend 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 grow, 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 ability to contend with stress can be affected by our dieting and the intake 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 stress can be more often than not external, some issue or situation that is inducing 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 battling stress. It also allows one to become calm and focused, as all the parts of the mind work together and centralise on solving the issue at hand.
Hypnotherapy thus provides relaxation (and clients of good therapists learn self-hypnosis so they can find this deep relaxation for themselves) and is therefore useful at even this initial level, as a form of first aid.
The good hypnotherapist will assist the client to disintegrate any repressed 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 employed to provide new and efficient programming to support moves forward into a much greater positive life with a better mindset on everything.
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