Chronic Stress Can Cause Cancer
From the office of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free For Life.
Chronic stress not only takes the form of long-held regrets and resentments, it also shows up as a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness when we feel that we have neither the skills nor the strength to cope with the challenges of life. The meaning that we ascribe to any stressful situation, be it a job, an illness or the death of a loved one, makes a tremendous difference in our ability to cope. And in most of those cases, when we are deeply affected, our body feels the impact and registers the stress.
If you feel joy, every cell in your body responds to that emotion. And if you are depressed, that image is broadcast throughout the entire body mind connection by the neuropeptide system. Some of us are very aware of the way that our moods affect our bodies – how anxiety tenses the muscles, how depression leads to fatigue, how joy creates energy, and how gratitude and love open the heart. Our very cells are conscious, aware beings that communicate with each other, affecting our emotions and choices. We know of the effect of the mind on the body. But how about the effect of the body on the mind, what we eat, whether we are touched, how and whether we exercise, how we breathe? All these seemingly physical acts have a profound effect on our moods and on our ability to be clear-headed, loving, creative.
People construct situations for themselves where they then can react with stress. They are not being stressed by external events beyond their control, but they are stressing themselves. As an adult, they can expand their options and assume responsibility for their decisions. They can decide to do things differently. To learn more about how stress can cause cancer, read Cancer Free For Life.
Susceptibility and resistance to infectious diseases is distinctly linked to stress, tension and emotional states. All illness is a consequence of stress. Not stress arising from your immediate environment. Stress is the result of unresolved early conflicts. Until you decide to change, you’ll continue to set up stressful events in your life. This reconfirms the childhood decisions that the world is not a safe place, and helps you feel safe. Stress is assumed to be beyond your control. In reality it is self-created, and a synonym of fear. It can be the fear of not meeting a deadline, or fear of not earning enough money to support yourself or your children. These are all unavoidably stressful, but they really are your personal reactions to the situations which makes them stressful, rather than stressful situations themselves.
Correlations between high levels of stress and many health problems have been found, including cancer, cardio-vascular disease, high blood pressure, headaches, back pain, ulcers, anxiety, insomnia, sexual problems, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, increased susceptibility to infectious disease, and auto-immune disorders.
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