The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease
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The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease
When we are stressed out, we tend to clench parts or all of our bodies, constricting the natural flow of qi until it stagnates, leading to tissue, organ, or system disorders. In my experience, stress is at the root of most of women’s health concerns. It sets off hormonal imbalance and causes qi to stagnate, conditions which can lead to everything
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Examples of the Bio-Psycho-Social perspectives on nature of stress. "People who are isolated and stressed are more likely to develop disease". Maté posits medicine as an ideology that emphasises the individual and speaks primarily about the causal factors and experience of early high-stress environments within communities . For example, how low... See more
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Chronic stress or trauma
Even if you weren’t born super sensitive, ongoing stress, trauma, or illness (like migraines or autoimmune issues) can rewire your nervous system to become hyper-vigilant. It starts scanning for threats, real or sensory, all the time. Over time, this can lead to:
Sensory overload
Emotional flooding
Chronic pain or fatigue