Stress and Immunity /
The importance of listening to your body
of modern living that can have multiple system effects are stress, anxiety, and a sense of being overwhelmed. Even though a small amount of certain kinds of stress (physical exercise, temperature changes, or mental challenges) are positive for us to be able to adapt and become resilient, too much negative stress can have adverse health implications.
Our primitive stress response system was set for survival in lifethreatening situations. However, today our stressors are typically not a threat against this but rather demands of work, family, technology, media, expectations, and psychological pressure. This continual onslaught contributes to the burden and leads to chronic stress, testing our physical and mental resilience – often meaning we are unable to recover, unless we take the time to do so.
As a practitioner my clients often tell me that they are not stressed,
Many systems in our body are all linked to others – imbalance
in one system can also cause issues in others. Likewise, healing,
balancing or nurturing one system can have a similar effect on
other systems. Health expert Natalie Price explains.
believing it to be a mental thing. However, stress can come in many forms. It can be external: work, relationships, financial, environmental toxins, allergens, inadequate nutrition, technology, chemicals, lack of sunlight, significant changes, artificial lighting, biotoxins and so forth. Or internal: physiological, gastrointestinal issues, inflammation, cognitive, mood, hormonal, pain, allergens, and insomnia.
It also has wide and varying effects on the body and mind and can manifest in different ways, including obesity, pain, anxiety, poor gut health, mood swings, fatigue, low libido and the list goes on. Hence it is important to do something every day to reduce and address stressors, or the way we deal with them.
Your health is your wealth, in so many more ways than financially. So, what can we do if illness strikes? Hit it hard straight away! Listen to your body, look for the subtle signs and be proactive.