Self Help And Education Blog

To answer this question about stress statistics, quite bluntly, everyone, Stress is a universal condition that is known around the world. Affecting many different people in just as many different ways, such as building self-confidence, stress has become one of the top health issues in the world today.

Who Suffers From Stress?

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A study that was released in 2005 by the American Psychological Association presented some very startling stress related statistics. It found that the six leading causes of death at that time, accidents, suicide, lung ailments, heart disease, cancer, and cirrhosis of the liver, could all be linked back to stress. At that time stress-related issues were the reasons for a full two thirds of visits to the family doctor. Sixty four percent of Americans were working on lowering the amount of stress that they dealt with on a daily basis.

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At some stage in our careers or personal lives, we all experience setbacks-the rejection of a proposal, the loss of a job, the failure to get a salary increase or promotion, the death of a partner. The key in overcoming any stressful setback is to understand the range of emotions that accompany such incidents, and to cope with them, using our knowledge of these emotional stages to guide in a positive way our behavior, and to return once more to a state of normality. In essence, overcoming setbacks means motivating oneself after having successfully negotiated an unpleasant period of demotivation.

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When have your anxiety crossed over into a disorder? The most important key is the severity and frequency of the worries. You should also examine the situations in which you are experiencing them.

Anxiety disorders affect millions of Americans at one time in their lives. Some disorders are subtle, others are life altering and paralyzing. Luckily, as anxiety disorders have become more understood and accepted in our society, more study has been devoted to helping the millions of people suffering under this terrible burden.

Anxiety disorders are a treatable problem and there are a number of treatments that can help you manage your fears, panic attacks and general anxiety as you navigate through life.

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The word, “Hypnosis” for most conjures up images of Svengali controlling one with a pendant or the movie–the Manchurian Candidate, or they remember a stage show where they saw a subject on stage quacking like a duck and not remembering anything after opening his/her eyes. All are images that leave one leery of hypnosis!

Even though the word, hypnosis, was not used at the time, Anton Mesmer in the 1700′s is credited with the first use of hypnosis. Most of Mesmer’s patients at that time in history suffered from “Hysteria.” He would have them stand in a tub of water with metal rods. As they held onto the rods, he’d wave his wand resulting in the patients experiencing a cathartic reaction during which their “hysteria” was cured.

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Almost every day coaching clients or friends tell me they’re juggling so many things in their lives right now that they can hardly keep up with them all.

No one ever tells me they’re “balancing” so many things in their lives that they find it hard to keep up.

That’s because there’s a big difference between “balancing” and “juggling.”

A couple of definitions in the American Heritage Dictionary for the word balance are: “mental steadiness or emotional stability; and – habit of calm behavior, judgment, etc.”

The same dictionary defines the word juggling as “having difficulty holding; balancing insecurely.”

With these definitions in mind, is it any wonder that people who balance the elements of their lives are calmer and more at-ease with themselves and the world around them than those who merely juggle everything?

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Living vertically can save your life and serve you in many ways. Since fear causes stress, and stress causes dis-ease, I know this phenomenon has assisted me to be healthy and safe.

For example, when the tragedy of 9/11 occurred, I naturally reacted at first like most people with feelings of disbelief, fear, anger, powerlessness, and sadness. When I looked horizontally at what was going on in the world, it was terrifying!

However, I immediately went vertical. I went up to my higher-self (my spirit) for clarity, guidance, and action. I asked my spirit, “What can I do?” My intuition, the language of my spirit, supplied me with a positive action. I heard to imagine the pink light of love flowing into the top of my head, down to the center of my chest (the heart area), and to send it out unconditionally to the victims and persecutors.

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NeuroProgrammer2 is versatile software for creating your own Brainwave Entrainment Products. You can save to MP3 or .wav files, choose “headphones required” or “headphones NOT required” Isochronics, Binaural Beats, Monaural Beats all available, and you can put your favorite meditation soundtrack over your beats.

If you get a commercial license, you can sell or give away your creations.

Requires some knowledge of Brainwave Entrainment Basics, Frequencies, and audio editing.
The price point is surprisingly low, and the software somes with several stock recordings that are very effective.

In addition, there is a “users Library” where you can download files from other NP2 users, and some of them are pretty darn good.

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Most people I know complain about life, sometimes constantly. Not surprising since we now have instant access to news. And most of the news portrays disasters, foolish celebrities, or humans committing some kind of crime.

There isn’t much we can do about these negative happenings. We can either keep reading about them through the media (especially the Internet) or we can take a look at our own lives and discover what we truly appreciate. You will be surprised at how much appreciation surrounds us.

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“You are what you think.” This statement and others like it can be found in the works of Shakespeare, Chekov, and Emerson, in the teachings of Lao-Tzu and Socrates, and even in the Bible. So, is there any current scientific proof or is this statement simply a wishful thought?

There is a great deal of evidence that shows that we really ARE what we think, in a genuine physiological fashion. The medical field of research is called Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI. It is the study of interactions between a person’s perception of the world around them, their behavior, the way their brain functions, and their immune system. The field of PNI studies the measurable interaction between psychological and physiological processes. The psychological portion is the Psycho aspect, the central nervous system aspect is the Neuro aspect, and the body’s defense against external infection and mutant cell division is the Immunology aspect. There is also an endocrine system portion of PNI involving the release of various hormones in coordination with the other three aspects.

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Why are we so stressed, why are we so full of anxiety these days? Is there so much pressure on us these days that we have to conform to every one else in society that we have forgotten who we are as people and that we have forgotten what we want in our life.It seems life of today is just one big competition of keeping up with the ego.

The media of today are always throwing so many ads on TV on how you can get this great car, stereo, Plasma TV, house, house extension or just more money and buy what you want for this interest free period and how easy it is to get ourselves into more debt. Then there’s more stress and anxiety in our lives because of debt.

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