In this episode of The Misdiagnosed Life, I explain how we can implement certain techniques in our lives to help us slow down and to enjoy life more and thus have better health as a result. “How you relate to your life will create your life.”
Are you one of those people who thrive on the next adrenaline rush? Do you thrive on going from one exciting thing to the next? Do you love to stay busy, have to always have something to do, are addicted to Starbucks coffee, and can’t seem to slow down and relax any? If this is you then you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue and are mistaking the energy you get from the excitement for the real energy your body is capable of having.
Most people mistake excitement for energy… energy is energy, excitement is a heightened state which can burn out your natural reserves.
Something happens to us when we burn the candle at both ends – we ‘wear down’ our stress response organ called the adrenal glands and this can cause a lot of fatigue among other things. Fatigue that doesn’t go away even with a good night’s sleep and can interfere with our sleep. Stress prompts our adrenal glands to produce hormones called cortisol and adrenaline. When they are stressed too much they become dysregulated and this affects our response to stress and the adrenal’s ability to produce and regulate other hormones. This can cause a whole host of symptoms and problems that can greatly interfere with our life.
We need to understand that the physical implications of living from one stressful event to the next can adversely affect our health and our life.
You process emotions through your body, not through your thinking. Why most people think that they process something is that they thought about it, but they haven’t actually felt it through.
This interview was originally published in America Outloud, you can check it out here.