Archive for the ‘Stress’ Category
Not All Stress Is Good for You
An Austro-Hungarian medical practitioner by the name of Hans Selye uncovered a pattern of stress in the human body. He was not the first to discover stress. That privilege belongs to Walter Cannon. But Selye worked out that stress has three stages: alarm, resistance, then exhaustion. He gave these stages a descriptive name: general adaption syndrome (G.A.S.). But the problem did not end there. Read the rest of this entry »
Your body is a highly regulated “machine.” It is balanced like a well-tuned engine so that all the components work together in a remarkable system of operation. But if any one of those functions gets out of alignment, it can cause problems somewhere.
When the body is functioning as it should, this state is called homeostasis. This is the well-balanced machine. Enter stress. Read the rest of this entry »