StressHow stress affects the skin:When we experience a moment of stress, our bodies shift itself into a state of ‘flight or fight’. Primitively, this would have helped us quickly decide to run from danger or gear up to fight till the death. The stress response is deeply encoded into us as humans and it produces a cascade of internal chemical reactions, until we our back to a safe (stress free) ground. However, in this modern life, that moment of stress can become prolonged and continual. Anything that causes us stress; financial hardship, a toxic relationship, an illness of a loved one, loneliness, or an uneasy workplace can keep us in this flight or fight mode. This leaves us in a constant state of unease, which shows up in our body as disease. It should come as no surprise that all of our organs are burdened by stress and disease, but unlike other internal organs, our skin will show it.Easiest way to manage stress:Find what makes you relaxed and practice this as much as you can, while making time for yourself, free from your phone, people and distraction. When we are relaxed our breathing is slowed, muscles are loosened, heart rate lowered and blood pressure dropped. It’s the physical opposite of the flight or fight state of being. It’s the opposite of stress.
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