- Be aware of excessive physical stress (eg, overtraining) and excessive mental stress (eg, anxiety, work, relationships)
- Never undervalue positivity and laughter
- Also be aware of other types of stresses – chemical(medication/drugs), electromagnetic(radiation/mobile phones), nutritional(poor dietry intake), thermal(too hot/cold)
- Remember everything around you is stress. Stress is necessary to evolution and adaptation. Balancing your overall stress levels is important because excessive stress is detrimental to your health
- Excess stress causes:
- stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (Fight or Flight)
- release of catabolic hormones like Cortisol
- breakdown of muscles and bone
- decreased growth and repair
- illness