Managing Stress/Kinds Of Stress Reactors
We cannot avoid stress. As long as we are living, stress is going to be a part of our lives. The bottomline is we need to learn how to manage stress and have a positive outlook so our bodies are not controlled by the stressful events happening in our lives.
Each of us reacts differently to the exhaustion caused by poorly managed stress. That is due to environmental factors as well as hereditary predisposition. Some people are muscle reactors, some gut reactors and some are vascular reactors .
Muscle reactors constantly brace their skeletal muscles such as in the neck and shoulders, causing tension headaches. In some cases, the tension moves down the spine. This is the cause of up to ninety five percent of all low back pain. Not knowing how to properly relax, these people become constantly frustrated in their attempts to relieve their hurting muscles. Thus they build up more frustration, causing more bracing and more pain. It’s a vicious cycle.
Gut reactors are those who always brace the muscles of the stomach and intestines and suffer ulcers and colitis, we all knew them right? Those people who pop antacids like m&m’s.
The vascular reactors are those who constantly brace the smooth muscles such as the arteries in response to stress. They suffer excruciating pain of migraine headache when the inner blood vessels in their brain constrict, pushing blood into the outer cranial vessels which in turn are forced to dilate beyond normal capacity.
To lessen these physical symptoms we have to learn to constantly challenge ourselves to think positively, expect good things to happen, learn relaxation techniques, meditate and start exercising.
Each of us reacts differently to the exhaustion caused by poorly managed stress. That is due to environmental factors as well as hereditary predisposition. Some people are muscle reactors, some gut reactors and some are vascular reactors .
Muscle reactors constantly brace their skeletal muscles such as in the neck and shoulders, causing tension headaches. In some cases, the tension moves down the spine. This is the cause of up to ninety five percent of all low back pain. Not knowing how to properly relax, these people become constantly frustrated in their attempts to relieve their hurting muscles. Thus they build up more frustration, causing more bracing and more pain. It’s a vicious cycle.
Gut reactors are those who always brace the muscles of the stomach and intestines and suffer ulcers and colitis, we all knew them right? Those people who pop antacids like m&m’s.
The vascular reactors are those who constantly brace the smooth muscles such as the arteries in response to stress. They suffer excruciating pain of migraine headache when the inner blood vessels in their brain constrict, pushing blood into the outer cranial vessels which in turn are forced to dilate beyond normal capacity.
To lessen these physical symptoms we have to learn to constantly challenge ourselves to think positively, expect good things to happen, learn relaxation techniques, meditate and start exercising.
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