Natural Ways to Deal with Stress

It seems like you hear it all the time from nearly every one you know – “I’m SO stressed out!” Pressures abound in this world today. And those pressures will cause stress and anxiety.

Women suffer from anxiety and stress almost twice as much as men. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in America, surpassing even depression in numbers.

In fact, stress is more dangerous than we thought. You've probably heard that it can raise your blood pressure, increasing the likelihood of a stroke in the distant future, but recently a health insurance brochure claimed that 90 percent of visits to a primary care physician were stress-related disorders.

Health Psychology magazine reports that chronic stress can interfere with the normal function of the body's immune system. And studies have proven that stressed individuals have an increased vulnerability to catching an illness and are more susceptible to allergic, autoimmune, or cardiovascular diseases.

Doctors agree that during chronic stress, the functions of the body that are nonessential to survival, such as the digestive and immune systems, shut down. "This is why people get sick," he says. "There are also many occurrences of psychosomatic illness, an illness with an emotional or psychological side to it."

Furthermore, stress often prompts people to respond in unhealthy ways such as smoking, drinking alcohol, eating poorly, or becoming physically inactive. This damages the body in addition to the wear and tear of the stress itself.

Stress is a part of daily life. It’s how we react to it that makes all the difference in maintaining our health and well-being. Pressures occur throughout life and those pressures cause stress. You need to realize that you will never completely get rid of stress in your life, but you can learn coping techniques to turn that stress into a healthier situation.


Let’s Look at What are Natural Ways to Deal with Stress!

Treating anxiety before surgery with aromatherapy

Patients who worry a great deal about upcoming surgery may push the painkiller button more frequently when the surgery is over, a new study from York University professor Joel Katz has found.

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Usually some people might have worry but still they stay calm and some people would began uncontrolled crying and panic in the hour before they were taken into the operating room. Whatever the reaction are, anxiety always occur before the surgery.

If this happen, you can try this blend for treating anxiety before surgery:

Blend # 1 : 2 drops of each geranium, lavender, sandalwood and 1 drop ylang ylang.

Blend # 2 : 4 drops bergamot, 1 drop lavender and 1 drop peppermint.

You can use this blend for a bath or diffuser. If you don't have one. You can try to put a drop or two in the handkerchief and sniff it when the patient start panic or worry.

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How to use Lavender in your daily life?

There are many varieties of lavender, but lavandula angustifolia is the most commonly used in aromatherapy. The word Lavander comes form the latin Lavare means to wash and it does indeed have a cleansing affect on body and mind.

Lavender can also be used as calming effect. During the day when you have a very high stress level or you feeling anxiuos then vaporize a drop or two of these essential oils can help you with the problems. You can also use the oils to relieve exhaustion. More detailed>>>

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