Stress
Management
The human mind receives messages from several sources,
each dealing with separate types of information. Input dealing with everyday
matters such as news, music, jobs, relationships, weather, etc., comes from the
external environment. Our own
bodies provide data concerning movement, digestion, tension, pain, etc., all in
the form of messages sent to the brain.
The conscious mind deals with reasoning and logic,
decisions, goals planning and conscious activity. The “unconscious” mind, which includes both the
subconscious and the super-conscious, wields the greatest influence. It receives all the messages from our social, spiritual,
physical and genetic backgrounds and all the data and conflicts and disturbances
that enter our consciousness each day. The
unconscious mind then holds all this information.
From primitive times the human animal has possessed an
escape mechanism that is active in humanity even today.
The fight/flight response has always been a means of dealing with fears,
threats or attacks and other disturbances.
Through the interactions of biological, mental and social evolution fight
or flight reactions have been modified.
No longer are violent responses usually the first reactions.
Other defense
mechanisms are now evoked.
Without these, when the message input volume reaches overload conditions,
the escape would be towards denial of reality.
However, the desire for social acceptance, rational action as well as
physical well-being provides motivation to cope with and adapt to reality.
Nevertheless, when the conscious mind can no longer handle the message units overloading the mind, the subconscious prepares us for fight or flight - the heart pumps harder, blood pressure rises, super-strength can be generated. But sometimes there is nothing to fight. We can’t fight the environment. We can’t fight a job, an accident or a bad decision. What now?
ENTER
STRESS/ANXIETY
Unable to fight, the reaction turns to the alternative,
flight, which in present day life can prove impossible.
Without either fight or flight being realistic, a sense of frustration and
helplessness can develop. Often a state of apathy,
depressed feelings and/or
hyper-suggestibility ensues. Negative
input finds acceptance. Futility
and melancholy can develop and an overreaction to the senses develops together
with feelings of loss of control and intolerance.
The road turns downhill.
Imagine a group of musicians playing together.
Imagine the trumpet player getting a measure or two ahead of the rest.
Imagine the saxophone player, trying to figure out what the trumpeter is
doing, dropping a measure behind. Imagine
the 
drummer, becoming confused, missing his beats so that the
whole group gets
off beat. Imagine the conductor
waving his arms desperately trying to orient the players.
Imagine the cacophony as the musicians collapse, give up and quite
playing.
A person experiencing continuing stress may well become
subject to such a frenzy, in the process developing any or several forms of
stress-related illness. While
certain types of stress are even desirable (romantic stress, job promotions,
winning the lottery), stresses that produce debilitation, feelings of
helplessness or hopelessness, excessive
smoking, overeating, anger, grief and similar reactions need attention and
usually professional help.
A hypnotist dealing with stress understands that while it may not be possible to change the world, or past events or other factors it is possible to alter the client’s perception or appraisal of and reaction to conditions and factors she or he confronts.
Again, causal factors need to be investigated. And not infrequently mental regression through past experiences can be helpful in this process. Stress may come as a reaction to people, places, events, or things. The threats may be real or imagined. Remember, the subconscious mind does not analyze and usually by the time outward symptoms appear the conscious mind has lost its ability to do so. However, there are several common basic causes of stress, which can be recognized, defined and often eliminated.
WHAT'S BEHIND IT ALL?
Why me? Stress
victims ask the question quite often. Many
factors enter into the picture of possibilities.
Overachievers, typically Type A personalities, are hyper-competitive.
They can be addicted to stress. They
can enjoy it, until it gets out of control.
Victims can learn stress early in life from parents, teachers, relatives
and others. Through early
experience they simply consider stress a normal part of life; they see it all
the time.
Fears, valid or otherwise, can lead to development of
symptoms of stress. They can expand
into full-grown phobias and psychiatric disorders. Unrelenting pain or worries over health conditions are
factors, as are repressed emotions such as hurt, anger, grief, etc.
Specific incidents are frequently involved.
Situations or events such as the necessity to speak in front of a group in the
course of job performance when such activity is uncomfortable can also be the
cause.
Physical conditions, including dietary deficiencies, can
lead to stress, as can such female experiences as PMS.
External factors, such as continuous or intermittent bothersome noise
levels can create or add to stress levels.
Every individual is different in tolerance levels, coping
abilities, reactions, and therapeutic needs.
Dealing with stress is best accomplished through a trained, experienced
and sensitive professional who can determine the causes and evaluate reactions.
Sheer willpower is not a remedy in stress cases.
Effective and permanent relief through desensitization can be
brought about through Wellness Hypno-Therapeutics.
It is important to analyze the stress stimuli and the
physical and/or emotional responses, which they bring about.
Through hypnosis positive new responses can be created to replace the
devastating reactions of the past. Buried
feelings can be brought to the surface and released.
Outside pressures can be relieved. And
finally new responses
to old disturbances can be induced with major changes in
attitudes and reactions.
Wellness Hypno-Therapeutics, Green Bay/Oconto, WI
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