That Thing About Stress
“I AM SOOOOOO DESSERTS!”
Did you know that “STRESSED is DESSERTS spelled backwards?”
As soon as I heard that it got me thinking, “what if I have been looking at stress backwards all along?”
Stress by definition is “any uncomfortable emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical, physiological and behavioral changes.”
We humans were designed to have a stress response in times of demand or threat. While our fight-or-flight response was needed to save our ancestors from saber-toothed tiger attacks, modern-day humans tend to allow our stress response to run amuck – plus our nervous system is not very good at distinguishing between emotional and physical threats even when we are physically safe yet under some emotional distress.
When our stress response is engaged or we feel threatened...
(Please visit The Graceful Boon - where I was a guest blogger! - to read the full post: bit.ly/thatthingaboutstress)