Frequent Headaches and STRESS go hand in hand. Anyone that suffers with chronic frequent headaches whether they are tension headaches, migraine headaches, even cluster headaches KNOW that they need to reduce their level of stress.
Guess what...the stress in my life doesn't really change...yes, sometimes it's easier to handle but life comes at you from every angle. I'm a huge believer in learning how to be more resilient. More flexible...conditioning yourself to react more positively when things get tough.
I found this great ebook called Turn Stress into Energy and Enthusiasm by Michael Licenblat B.Sc.(Psych) a Resilience Expert from Australia. The concept is to condition your mind AND body to become more resilient to pressure. He calls it 'pressure proofing' yourself. Since the American Medical Association has conceded that "Stress may be the cause of almost 80% of all human illness and disease" then it should motivate us to get a handle on how we deal with everyday stress in our lives.
Throughout my adult life, every doctor has told me to reduce my stress for my headaches, back pain and fibromyalgia BUT even I know its not always possible to change those things in our life that are uncontrollable. We can focus on how we RESPOND to stress with the bonus being less headaches, chronic pain, depression, insomnia and more.
Take a look at Turn Stress into Energy and Enthusiam. Do you think he's on the right track? I do and I'm working on my mindset to see if I can't take control of my headaches and more.
Tammy
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