I’m only sick if I have symptoms, right? Unfortunately that is far from the truth.    It’s a long walk from great health, to symptoms, to disease, surgery and then death. 

The body wants to operate at a state of ease, otherwise referred to as homeostasis.  This we know as a fact.  We also know that when the body is subjected to stress (external or internal or both) it adapts to the stress and it attempts to restore normal functionality.  However if the body is subjected to repeat stress, it continuously attempts to adapt and compensate as needed.  This may work for a short or long time depending on the body’s ability to adapt and depending on the chronicity of the stress.

Let’s take, for example, that a person is stressed out at work.  The work environment, the crisis orientation of the work and the hours required are too much for this individual.  The chronic stress from the work environment is affecting this person’s response.  The body is equally responding to the stress: releasing blood sugar as needed to keep up with the exposure  and to help keep all of the other functions in the body ‘at ease’.  If the external stress continues; the internal body will become too stressed to respond. The body loses it’s ability to respond, cells become damaged and symptoms become present. 

As presented in the above example, symptoms come late in the game.  This emphasizes why it’s important to recognize early signs before symptoms appear.  It’s also essential to recognize that it takes time for the body heal.  It has backtracking to do, or in other words restoration. 

What can you do?

1. Keep an eye on your external stressors and reduce them as needed.
2. Don’t wait for the symptoms to appear. 
3. ACT by contacting a practitioner that is willing to help.

Be well,

Lynn