STRESS

How is Stress Related to Disease?

Every person is born with a miraculous healing system that protects any physical or non-physical issue. Stresses of life and life situations lower the immune system, thereby affecting health both physical and mental.

According to a Stanford University Medical School research by Dr. Bruce Lipton, stress causes at least 95% of disease. The remaining 5% is genetic and is caused by stress somewhere in the ancestry. CDC (center for disease control) USA, also affirm that 90% of disease is related to stress.

According to Harvard Medical School website, “Too much stress for too long creates what is known as ‘chronic stress’ which has been linked to heart disease, stroke and may also influence cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. And illness is just the tip of the iceberg. Stress affects you emotionally, as well, marring the joy you gain from life and loved ones.”

WHAT IS STRESS

Stress is any situation that makes an individual anxious, angry or frustrated. Continued stress can throw the nervous system out of balance. When the nervous system is out of balance, it throws the rest of the body out of balance.

Human brain has generally been compared to a computer with a self-healing program. This program becomes corrupted through everyday stresses. When the hard drive becomes corrupted, so do the programs, files, and documents. In the same manner, when the nervous system is thrown out of balance, damage occurs in organs, tissues and cells. This damage manifests in the form of illness and disease.

HOW DOES STRESS LOWER THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?

Studies have shown that psychological tensions influence the body the moment they begin in the mind. Strain, pressure, anxiety, insecurity, irritability, nervousness are mind-sets that not only cause mental symptoms like depression and insomnia, but also influence blood and cells negatively.

During extreme stress, blood flow changes completely. It is referred to as Fight or Flight. During fight or flight, blood is no longer going to the stomach to digest food; nor is it going to the frontal lobes of the brain for creative thought; or the kidneys and liver. A greater portion of blood is going to the muscles, because the body thinks it is going to have to fight harder or run faster to avoid whatever is threatening it. Therefore it does not have to digest food in the bowel, or clear toxins from the liver, or balance electrolytes in the kidneys, or have creative thought, because if you don’t survive the next few minutes all of that does not matter.

When stress persists on a daily basis, day after day for long periods of time, it becomes chronic stress. In this situation the organs continue to receive reduced portions of blood they otherwise need for proper function. As a result, organ potency is weakened and their ability to fight disease compromised.  

Acid Reflux is a prime example. Acid Reflux is a disease when the acid in the stomach washes back up into the esophagus, damaging its lining. The result is pain, ulcers and eventually cancer. This happens because esophageal muscles require blood and energy which is now being used up by stress. In time, muscle tone around lower esophagus weakens.  Without proper blood and energy supply, cells are neither able to repair nor protect themselves from the acid.

Medical solution is to give a pill to stop the acid. It works quite effectively, but in reality is only masking the system. Acid is needed to digest food and kill bacteria. Now, there is an extra load of bacteria, and food remains in the stomach longer until enough acid is produced to digest it. This means a longer period of exposure to acid…   

How does the body manifest stress into so many symptoms and diseases? The answer lies in the weakest link towards which we may be genetically predisposed. It could also be a toxin we ingested, or a prior physical or emotional injury which have left certain areas of the body weaker than others. Those areas are the first to give in to the destructive energy frequencies of stress.

HOW TO OVERCOME STRESS

Our body is a miraculous machine genetically designed to heal itself. Pain and discomfort are body’s ways of telling us there is something wrong.  Anxiety, depression, loneliness and feelings of gloom and isolation are also minds call for help.

Anti-anxiety and anti-depressant pills only mask the symptoms. True healing can only take place when the deep rooted issues embedded in the unconscious mind are addressed and treated.

Mindful Walking, Stretching Exercises, Yoga, Deep Diaphragmatic Breathing and Meditation have been found to help slow down the minds activity. As the unsettling energy wavelengths of Alpha slow down to Beta, or Theta, their harmful effects also decrease. As a result the organs and tissues begin to heal.   

At Ankh Holistic Health, we help open the energy pathways through a regimen of proper diet, breathing and intestinal exercises, tapping techniques, stretching poses and meditations, so that energy can start flowing freely through the body. Once the blockages are removed and energy is flowing freely, the body can heal itself.