Why Should You Attend the Stress Management Workshops or Support Groups?

Posted by Carolyn

The average American triggers the “fight or flight” stress response about 55 times a day. Worries about family members, financial concerns, and traffic jams are just a few of the common social and psychological triggers for the biochemical cascade characteristic of the stress response. Most of what causes us “stress” is not helped by the increased heart rate, heightened respiration, shallow breathing, increased sweating, and slowed digestion that occurs when under stress. In fact, the chronic elicitation of the stress response puts considerable wear and tear on the body making it vulnerable to disease. A variety of medical symptoms and illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, obesity, infertility, irritable bowel syndrome, and many chronic pain conditions are either caused or exacerbated by the ill-effects of chronic stress.

People that learn to recognize and address the symptoms of chronic stress stand to enhance their health and resiliency in the face of daily demands. Mind-body medical research has given us overwhelming evidence of the health benefits of self-care and stress management in improving health.

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