I feel stressed! Have these words ever made their way through your lips? I'm sure they have and they most likely will again. Studies have shown that there is a direct link with stress and aging, explains Chopra, in Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. Studies on mice who were mildly shocked repeatedly did not need a lethal dose to end it's life but just the repetitive, stressful shock, eventually broke their body's down. Chopra states, "Similarly, humans can withstand extraordinary stresses from the environment, but if we are pushed too far, our stress response turns on our own bodies and begins to create breakdowns both mentally and physically." Our bodies recover from stress but when stressful situations are repeated without time to recover, this is when symptoms of aging appear, such as ulcers and diabetes.
We have control over our stress. The amount of stress we feel is determined by how triggered we are by an event. A crying baby may have no trigger on you while it may to someone else. Chopra explains that the interpretation of any situation is projected from memory; colored by the past. These past experiences can be brought to light and released. Therefore, releasing the links to stress. What past memories are you linkingthat are causing you stress?
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