While some people may seem to think that too much stress is the zest of life and keeps you going, it is actually the opposite that is true. Stress shuts you down and holds you hostage in your own body. It keeps you from properly acting and reacting and it can eventually kill you.
But, there are natural ways to relieve stress without zoning out on pills at the end of a hard day, or at the beginning to help you “handle” yourself. Continue reading “How Stress Can Shut You Down And Kill You” »
Depression is a very serious subject and by no means does any doctor, functional, holistic or alternative, downplay the seriousness of what depression can cause. The symptoms of depression are vast, from physical to mental to emotional. The effects are devastating on it’s victims, families, careers, children and futures. Suicide is the most awful ending to depression, but it is not the most common at all.
Most people live with depression. Some seek counseling, while others just suffer through the symptoms. Many learn to live with the symptoms until life is only a shell of what it used to be. But this is not how to handle depression. Even treatment, with a psychiatrist and medication, may not always help the ways that one may expect.
Some of the basic signs of depression include: Continue reading “Why Depression Medication Fails Us” »
If stress lowers testosterone, how come people in very high stress work places seem to have more of it? Boosting your testosterone level may be good for sexual performance and this seems to be a well known theory. So, men look to keep their testosterone up, hoping that it will keep their sexual prowess at peak.
Continue reading “Chronic Stress Can Lower Your Testosterone” »
Doesn’t it seem like your allergies get worse and worse every year? Some of us who never experienced them before suddenly find ourselves suffering. Continue reading “Allergies Can Be Related To Chronic Stress” »