“Stress is the health epidemic of the 21st Century “
- World Health Organisation
90% of illness today is based on stress and lifestyle - not genetics, the relevance of this fact is – is that we can do something about the former. We can gain back empowerment of our lives by making changes and being pro-active about how we live our lives and choices we make. When we perceive something is ‘stressful’ the brain reads it as dangerous therefore the ‘Fight-Flight” response is triggered.
We enter into the - Sympatric nerves system dominance.
This changes our biochemistry within our body, it is preparing us to get away from the metaphorical 'Tiger'.
When we are in fear we inhibit our immune system.
Constantly being in the stress response can lead to or intensify the following conditions: