Anxiety management and stress reduction to prevent burnout, inflammation, and oxidation, leading to a productive and disease-free life

Stress and Anxiety Excerpt from "Paleo Perspectives on Aging, Fat, Loss, Fitness, and Health" by Wayne Coolidge Jr., M.Ed. page 47.

Stress: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Stress is both beneficial and harmful. It's universal, and much like pain, everybody feels it. Only the degree to which it's felt and its effect on each individual differs. Stress is intimately related to human evolution and plays a pivotal role in our ability to navigate life successfully. Science recently discovered the link that explains the
relationship between stress and anxiety and their catastrophic effects on health and aging. Making matters worse, social conditions today cause us to be more susceptible to the ravages of stress and its negative impact on aging than at any other time in human history.

Stress can be good, bad, or ugly. The word "stress" assumes all those roles in its full context. The type, frequency, intensity, and duration of the stress or stressors, coupled with the individual's ability to manage them, determine their effects. Stress has many connotations and means different things to different people. Not all stress is bad; a certain amount is positive.

There are two main categories of stress: one is considered positive, and the other is deemed harmful. Interestingly, each can trigger a similar physiological response in the body. Distress is considered harmful and is more damaging to the body. Eustress is regarded as good stress. An example of eustress might be your wedding day or childbirth. Both are typically considered happy, positive
experiences, but each can also be highly stressful.

Although eustress can put your body through the wringer, there's usually an upside, making it ultimately positive, and the adverse physiological effects are temporary. Consistent, static heart rates may not be that
good for you. Heart rate variability caused by occasional jolts of excitement (stress)
may be a positive stimulus. We may be healthiest when our hearts "dance" occasionally throughout the day. The effects of distress, on the other hand, linger and usually worsen over time if not managed or changed.

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