The Killer Within

Stress-related illness is the number one killer of our society to date. We are all in a fight or flight state of mind along with our bodies, not knowing how in the hell to slow down.

This is a never-ending roller coaster that so many can’t get off and sadly, some jump out of the car before a break in the tracks. Or in other words a life breakthrough before suicide.

There are so many more people now diagnosed with mental illnesses or disease than ever before, says the National Institute of Mental Health and growing at a fast rate, but why?

Well, a lot of it is because we have an opportunist bacteria inside our bodies that started growing at birth and it’s waiting for a place to completely take over.

So think about it, when we get an infection or a little cold, wouldn’t you say it’s harder to get over when you’re highly stressed? Yes, Any doctor will tell you this.

Did you know the adrenal glands – specifically the medulla – primarily produce adrenaline, a hormone secreted in response to stress or “flight or fight” situations. It signals other parts of the body to minimize functioning which also means your immune system gets suppressed. When there is a long term activation of the stress response system and overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones that follow can disrupt just about all of your body functions. This can put you at an increased risk of many other health issues such as

Anxiety
Depression
Digestive problems
Headaches
Heart disease
Sleep problems
Weight gain
Memory and concentration impairment

Are you following? I know you are.

So let’s say, you go to the doctor for a medication to help you adapt to the illness that you now have. Then you take a medication (suppressant) your eternal programmed stress (suppressant) both in which shut down your immune system. Now your body has become prime real estate for the bacteria to grow and multiply and create more chaos all through your body.

So how in the hell are you supposed to get better when you stressed about your stress, then stress about being sick and you stress because you’re sick. Now you are stressing because you’re stressing because you’re sick.

Wow, what an uncontrollable mess we have going.

Guys we all need to learn to slow down. Take a step back and realize, this is the only life we get. The only shot on this big blue rock we call home. I’ve quoted this before and I will again.

” We are in an age of information so, ignorance is a choice”

We have information out here to teach us self-help but yet so many are not willing to try or to stay consistent when it comes to their overall health.

It all starts with your lifestyle. You want good health but you won’t manage your lifestyle. Well, you’re obviously going to fail.

We have to keep searching for what works for us and apply it to our lives, not jump right into taking prescriptions, because they only mask the illness not cure it.

At the rate we are going with the opiate problem, those pills will continue to be difficult for any doctor to prescribe. Eventually, you may end up stuck with nothing to control the problem, as I did.

I had to figure it out on my own and fast, because sixteen years of being on an anti-seizure and sleep medication can really mess with a person’s head when you take it away.

Listen, we all need to learn to slow down. Take a step back and realize, this is the only life we get. The only shot on this big blue rock we call home. We need to learn ways to help ourselves control our emotions and not let our emotions control us, because our thoughts and emotions keep us stressed when not in check. Stress has the capability to destroy our health and over all well-being.

The mind is so powerful it can kill us with physical illness.