Health and performance consultant Richard Sutton provides a scientifically based and comprehensive report on stress – what it is, what causes it, what its effects are and how you can manage it. Sutton explains, counterintuitively, that stress also can improve personal development and growth. As a physical trainer and performance expert, Sutton has worked with top-flight athletes – some of the world’s most highly stressed performers. Sutton outlines a “resilience model” you can implement.
Stress is good and bad. A little stress can help people grow. A lot of stress can ruin people.
Stress, which is ubiquitous, can be both good and bad. A little stress at the right time can serve as the forced but needed impetus that sparks growth and success – and in prehistoric times, fight-or-flight survival.
It’s largely impossible to avoid stressful circumstances. Stress can lead to numerous negative and potentially debilitating challenges to your physical and mental well-being. Heavy doses of continual stress can destroy or shorten lives.
Chronic stress can cause fear, increased blood pressure, heartbeat issues, headaches/migraines, sweating, prematurely aged skin, sexual issues, problems with digestion, “hearing loss/ringing in ears, reduced kidney function, more frequent urination [and] sleeplessness.” Other negative effects include a reduction in your drive to accomplish your goals, indulging in antisocial actions, and suffering unease, fright and a constant sense of uncertainty.
People who suffer from chronic stress have a strong susceptibility to colds and flu. Their appetite often increases. So does...
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