| | | | | When stress is appropriately managed, you have a |
| When you are under stress, your immune system | | | | strong immune system and are happier. |
| suffers. You get run down. The first sign of trouble is | | | | |
| anxiety. After anxiety comes depression. From there, | | | | Hypnosis helps you to learn stress management skills. |
| you move to fatigue and disease. If you break this | | | | The skills are: prioritizing, finding time to enjoy life, getting |
| cycle, your immune system can be in a better position | | | | appropriate sleep, and learning to relax. Having good |
| to fight disease and keep you in good health. | | | | spiritual health helps as well. Feeling love and loving, |
| | | | | experiencing awe and wonder, and feeling like life has |
| The mind and body are intimately connected. When | | | | meaning and purpose. |
| you are stressed, your body prepares to fight or run. | | | | |
| You can only be in this kind of position for a short time. | | | | |
| When humans developed, the stress of defending | | | | Feeling like you have choices and being empowered in |
| oneself against an attack from a wild animal was short | | | | your life also helps. Hypnosis helps you to feel in |
| lived. All of a person’s energy was used to fight or | | | | control of your life, to learn to relax, to enjoy life, and to |
| escape. The stress of the modern day problems is | | | | prioritize. Living in the present is another important skill. |
| long lasting and sustained stress. In time, the stress | | | | This is important because now is all that you have. |
| causes plaque to form in the blood vessels, and this | | | | Tomorrow is not here, and yesterday is gone. The |
| leads to an increase in blood pressure. When the veins | | | | present is what you change now. |
| and arteries are narrowed with plaque, the blood is | | | | |
| forced to flow at an increased pressure. This high | | | | Learning rational coping is important. When you are |
| blood pressure can lead to heart attack, kidney | | | | anxious, you feel that it will last forever. However, |
| disease and or stroke. | | | | there are peaks and valleys. There is a beginning and |
| | | | | an end. If you look at a clock, you will notice that the |
| When the body is over exhausted by stress, viruses | | | | anxiety goes away. When you practice relaxation, the |
| and bacteria can take advantage of the weakened | | | | relaxation replaces the anxiety. When you learn to |
| system. The immune system is unable to fight the | | | | watch the thoughts that you think, you weed out the |
| invader and the body becomes ill | | | | thoughts that produce anxiety and depression and |
| | | | | replace them with more appropriate thoughts of |
| Hypnosis breaks this system by helping you to | | | | concern or sadness. It is the degree of emotion that |
| manage stress instead of stress managing you. There | | | | makes the difference. When you are sad or |
| is no way to live without stress. Stress is a part of live. | | | | concerned, you can still solve life’s problems |
| Life would be very boring if there were no stress. | | | | effectively. In this way, you respond appropriately to |
| There are two kinds of stress. The two kinds are | | | | situations. You see difficulties as challenges rather than |
| good stress which is wanted such as a wedding and | | | | as obstacles. You thrive in life rather than being a |
| bad stress which is unwanted such as financial stress. | | | | victim of circumstance. Your life is rich. |
| Both kinds require you to adjust. If you experience too | | | | |
| many changes, you can become either physically or | | | | If you are under stress, hypnosis can help. You can |
| mentally sick. When the stress is effectively managed, | | | | improve your mental and physical health by learning |
| you adjust to the stress more easily. You can take the | | | | skills to manage stress and to avoid sickness when |
| changes in stride. Your ability to solve problems and to | | | | stress manages you. |
| find solutions is increased when stress is managed. | | | | |