Stress (was Re: Another Newbie)

[Guest guest]

Jen: no doubt about it, you are under stress. I hope you have a bit of

money saved to tide you over this period. The economy is improving (esp

because the party in power will ensure that in an election year).

But there is stress and there is stress. To put things in perspective, last

night as I was leaving to attend a function in conjunction with today's

March here in D.C, I received a phone call from my daughter. The news was

not good. A beloved family friend is about to lose her 2 year battle with

breast cancer. Sharon is a beautiful young woman (36 years old), is the

mother of two young children, 6 and 4 (who she will never see grow up), is

well off financially (for all the good that does) and in short has

everything to live for. But catastrophically she will not be . We that know

her can hardly imagine that this is happening. So I ask you and anyone else

who has problems (but thank goodness has their health) to remember that just

about everything in life is fixable except stuff like this.

on 4/24/2004 6:28 PM, at jene1157@... wrote:

> I was let go from my job on the 15th and have enough to pay my rent

> and insurance at the end of this month and very little money left.

> This was a total surprise to me as I received great reviews, a raise

> and a bonus just last month. Fickle lawyers! I am interviewing and

> should have a job soon as I have 16 years in the legal field.

>

> My problem is I am scared to spend any money right now. I went out

> and bought lots of frozen dinners last weekend - Healthy Choice and

> the like, to get me through. I don't really have any junk food in

> the house, but I need to at least go and get some veggies and

> fruits.

>

> Although I want to jump into this with both feet, I am restrained

> from doing so because of no income at this point and fear that it

> will take awhile to find another job.

[Guest guest]

So, CRers (or anyone) might obtain health benefit from watching

something cheery .... yes, will pop in VCR right now Silence of the

Lambs? :-) Seriously, I find this study interesting, and reminds me of

some other factors that purportedly lessen on-going stress (deep

breathing, music, exercise, meditation). Apparently, accute stress

works a little differently than on-going stress.

old542000 wrote:

>Stress is defined as

>

>2. The sum of the biological reactions to any adverse stimulus, physical,

mental or emotional, internal or external, that tends to disturb the organisms

homeostasis, should these compensating reactions be inadequate or inappropriate,

they may lead to disorders. The term is also used to refer to the stimuli that

elicit the reactions.

>

>Eustress is the opposite of stress:

>

>J Psychosom Res. 2004 Mar;56(3):377-9.

>

>Pleasant feeling from watching a comical video enhances free radical-

scavenging capacity in human whole saliva.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

http://dailymotivator.com/memberflash/rightnow.html = Relaxation

words and scenes is my relaxation method. This really approaches how

we may deal with the negative things that occur to us. This site was

provided by Warren Taylar.

Cheers, Al Pater.

--- In , apricot85 <apricot85@a...>

wrote:

> So, CRers (or anyone) might obtain health benefit from watching

> something cheery .... yes, will pop in VCR right now Silence of the

> Lambs? :-) Seriously, I find this study interesting, and reminds

me of

> some other factors that purportedly lessen on-going stress (deep

> breathing, music, exercise, meditation). Apparently, accute stress

> works a little differently than on-going stress.