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Hypnotherapy is an extremely powerful
way to achieve complete physical and mental relaxation.
Which? April 2004 stated that there
is good scientific evidence that the following can help control
anxiety, stress symptoms and panic attacks:
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I can offer all of
this and more to help manage your stress. For
example, coaching can also reduce stress by helping
you to rebalance your life, so that you feel happy,
relaxed, challenged, motivated and in control of
your life. By taking a step back and looking
at your life as a whole we can identify issues and
generate solutions to change them. Any changes
made to one area of your life will have a positive
impact across your whole life.
The Harmony4Life Rapid Relaxation Programme combines various
techniques and tips for stress management- find out
more about this by clicking
here.
Harmony4Life
client testimony
"It really helped me
to know I could remember that sense of deep
relaxation, to step back for a few minutes and focus
on what is really important and what are just
distractions. I slept really well that night and
felt so much calmer the day after the session of
hypnotherapy for stress. I still feel able to
cope with the demands and prioritisation better than
the weeks leading up to the session."
For more client
testimonies
click here.
More about
relaxation and stress management
Stress is a normal
part of life, it is only when it becomes too much
for the individual to cope with that it becomes an
issue. Stress can become a problem and affect
our quality of life and the way we perform at work,
if it is left unresolved. The
Health and Safety Executive defines stress as
"the adverse reaction people have to excessive
pressure or other types of demand placed on them".
This can result in a number of issues including
impotence, tension,
hypochondria, psychosomatic symptoms, illness, pain,
avoidance of responsibility, etc.
Dr Hans Selye proposed a pioneering
theory of stress and the mind-body connection. He suggested
that illness can result from the body's failure to deal with
emotional, mental or physical stress. In 1946
Dr. Selye
published his theory of "General
Adaptation Syndrome".
This stated that
stress
contributes to
every disease and that
inability
to adapt to
or cope with
stressors can produce “diseases of adaptation”.
For example,
following a significant stressor or prolonged exposure to continuous
stress, a stomach ulcer may develop or blood
pressure
may increase resulting in a heart attack.
As part of our natural
survival instinct, which is stored in our subconscious
minds, our bodies change when presented with any real or
imagined threat. This is known as the ‘fight
or flight response’, which assists the animal (ape
or man) to deal with a threatening situation. So
naturally, when under stress/ pressure, your body will
prepare for ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ by very quickly
producing changes in the muscles and organs.
This physically
prepares you to run from the threat or to deal with it,
after which the body returns to normal.
Even though the ‘fight or
flight response’ is inappropriate for coping with much
of our daily stress/ pressure the body continues to
react in this way. So although work pressure or
family arguments are not life threatening and it is not
helpful to fight with your family or to run from work
pressure, the body still goes through the physiological
motions, so that we are tense and ready to fight or take
flight.
Quite naturally if no
action is taken we will suffer from a build up of
unreleased tension. For example, if you experience
a period of
ongoing stress/ pressure your body will be in an
almost permanent state of arousal. This means that
physiological changes which can be useful in the short
term, to maintain motivation, may be damaging in the
long term.
Dr. Selye's theory
explains the conditions in which more serious damage can happen in
the long term. In the resistance stage, the body remains on
the alert for signs of danger and the immune system fails to
function effectively. Following this, during the 'exhaustion
stage', hormones continue to be released into the body and suppress
the immune system so that it is further prevented from fighting off
disease. At this stage of course the body is vulnerable to
illness, hence Dr Selye's proposal that
stress
plays a role in
every disease.
To learn more about how
to combat this read about the...
Harmony4Life
Rapid Relaxation Programme |
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Different signs of stress – what to look out for... |
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Mental
Forgetfulness
Lack of concentration
Lack of clarity
Inability/ unwillingness to communicate
Less organised
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Physical
Headaches
Backache
Irritable bowel
Acne and skin rashes
Neck and shoulder
pain
Ulcer
Exhaustion |
Emotional
Feeling out of
control
Crying
Feeling picked on
Mood swings
Panic attacks
Withdrawing into oneself
Feeling scared
Feeling depressed
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For more information on stress and
Harmony4Life's downloadable Stress Management Programme
click here. The Stress Management Programme gives you access to a wide range of products, including
17 MP3s and 13 e-Books/ guides at one hugely
discounted rate.
Alternatively, you can buy any product individually, some of
which include FREE complimentary guides.
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