Comments on: Stress Is a Decision

By: daria

daria — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:57:35 +0000

Choice is the word I woke up with today, I am choosing to me better than yesterday and will make choices that will both myself and those around me.

By: Dr.llona sebesi

Dr.llona sebesi — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:36:26 +0000

I totally agree that STRESS is the number 1 cause of all Diseases can be called by name like MMS, Cancer, etc. With Stress reduction you give a chance to your body to heal anything. And Stress can be Emotional, Mental, Physical. You need to find a modality to help to relive Stress.
Yes…Stress is a decision,but in many case is not,because sometimes we just can not avoid, it depends on the situation we are in.
In this high Tech life it is more and more harder to avoid Stress,so we have to start keep going closer to Mother Nature.
We fortunately with this Technology there is always an answer for Stress, like Quantum Biofeedback if you ever heard about that, it relives all the stressors in Mental, Emotional,Physical and Spiritual bodies and Healing starts right away.
We all have to look into the cause of Stress instead of just managing the symptoms. That is the true Stress reduction is all about.
Physical and Spiritual,

By: Valery

Valery — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:50:14 +0000

I would love a copy of the meditation, but was told my email address is not valid????!!!!!!??????

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:25:22 +0000

hi rachel. thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. i think most people were never taught compassion. i think our school systems got it all wrong and this should be one of the key lessons. it sounds like you understand the value of meditation for managing symptoms and that’s wonderful. i look forward to more of your comments in the future. thanks again.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:48:48 +0000

Hi Karen. I’ve read several of your popular posts tonight & I have to say, this one on stress is the one I relate to the most! Diagnosed with MS in 2005, but symptomatic for years prior(hindsight being 20/20). I’ve been blessed with the support of family. I’ve had advice thrown at me & been in the medical “system” long enough now to see that pills are not always the solution. I do ramble.

I’m a middle-aged mom of two girls (one teen & one tween)…stressor #1, very different from eachother, but I’m grouping them together. I’m also still working full-time. It’s January & I’m an Accountant…that’d be #2. My Psychologist doesn’t really think I have OCD, at least not severe enough to label me or put it in my records, so far as I know. He does try to make me aware that I control what I allow to stress me. Rambling on…my spouse is a wonderfully supportive man. I still have injection anxiety, but he can’t even watch & insists that he won’t until he absolutely has to do this for me. I do hope that day never comes. He’s a family therapist & has practiced meditation himself for many years. My personal meditation has been very calming & helpful to me. I think knowing meditation techniques before my diagnosis & practicing (not as often as I should have) was also helpful to managing symptoms. The out-of-control feelings that come with MS & my natural knee-jerk reaction to some stress-situations is still a progression I’ve not overcome. I have people close to me & situations I cannot avoid that inevitably get under my skin. It’s not an easy thing to unlearn. It’s like being in a 12-step program. Every day I have to get up & affirm that I will (deep cleansing breath) make the most of this day. I have a picture on the back of my bedroom door. The first thing I see when I leave the peace of my room behind me…it reads: Practice divine compassion every day. Hug someone every day. I was never taught this skill…compassion. I’ve always been a bit cold and stoic. It is my choice to change my behavior & I am healthier for it. Oh, and my mother is a Registered Dietitian, which has both advantages & disadvantages. She’s always worked in the medical field since first working as a Candy Striper. Now she always reviews my blood work & I run ideas past her. No real reason for this comment, just wanted to let you know I like your posts & I’ll be back to read more. Thank you.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:48:08 +0000

Hi Lisa. Thanks for your comment. Without knowing the specifics of your situation, I can only speak generally, but my first instinct here is that if you have severe stressors in your day to day life, you need to make some changes! There are two major things you can do about stress: 1. Learn how to not run stress in your body, meaning learn to relax or meditate, or slow down enough that you can make the decision to not do it. 2. Begin cutting out the stressors that are in your life and redesigning your life so that those things are no longer present, or at least no longer effecting you in the same manner. There’s a big “how” attached to this second point, but again without knowing the specifics it would be difficult for me to address that.

Above all else though, the best thing you can do for yourself is to make the commitment to put your health before ANYTHING else in your life. Begin to cultivate a fierce loyalty to your own well-being, because only from that will you find the resolve to break the habit and not run stress through your system any longer. That said, if you’d like to chat on the phone for a bit I’m happy to make myself available for a few minutes to discuss what’s going on for you. Just send me an email to karen@theselfhealingcoach.com. And if you want to meditate you can try the free white light meditation available on the top right of the site. Hope this was useful.

By: Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:13:53 +0000

I have MS and have severe stressors in my day to day life. I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Peace and Blessings to you!