Having your heart beat rapidly and your breath coming quick and rhythmically is a sure way to turn mourning into a celebration of life, both yours and the life of a loved one who has passed. I know my father would have wanted me running again, and he would be pleased as pie that I was running to his favorite spot. This is a very personal example of exercise being used in a healing process, and in dealing with stress. This gobblygook is trying to say that anything we feel, think, or have physically happen to us can affect the chemistry of our bodies in both good and bad ways. The death of a loved one can be stress, and a long line at the grocery store can be stress if we allow it to be, and so can having a presentation for a big contract at work, and so, too, can be your child s first day of kindergarten.
Stress has many forms.
When stress is always around it is called strain. And strain can cause changes in your bodies baseline chemistry. It messes stuff up. If your blood pressure is always up, your body will reset its baseline blood pressure higher. And by now you ve got the point.