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I've never been a guest on a blog before! How many times can I be a guest blogger? I love the site you've created and I'm so excited to spread the word and get more followers. If you want you can use what I wrote below for a post:
Constant Health Concerns When I Don't Take Time for ME
I'm currently taking a time and stress management course through the University of Phoenix online; on top of my current course in my degree program. There are a lot of things discussed that I'm struggling with that I thought I would share with you:
Many researchers have demonstrated time and again, that stress has profound effects, both immediate and long term on our bodies and minds. While stress alone does not cause disease, it triggers molecular changes throughout the body that makes us susceptible to many illnesses. The burden of chronic stress can undermine one's ability to cope with day-to-day hassles, and can exacerbate psychological problems like depression and anxiety disorders.
Has stress affected your everyday health?
You don't have to answer the question, just simply think about it.
It's all over MSN, Yahoo, and AOL front pages, "How to reduce your stress," I'll gander through the article and roll my eyes exclaiming to myself, "Yeah, like that's really gonna work." With three extremely active little ones majority of the times aren't gonna happen. It's not practical for me to take a walk outside when I'm stressed because getting the kids ready is only going to make me MORE stressed. Then constantly telling them to hurry up because I want to burn off some steam with only frusterate me more.
The trick is finding what works for you. That obviously doesn't work for me. There are a zillion and one methods out there and somewhere, someday, I'll find that method that works for me. Until then, I'm stuck here battling stress everyday, struggling with everyday activities; causing my health to decline. Some of the immediate affects include MASSIVE headaches, a constant struggle with fatigue (I could sleep 12 hours and still feel like I haven't had enough), and frequent cough/cold symptoms.
Another health symptom that I suffer from is Endometriosis. It's been a constant battle and I've been offered a hysterecomy on numerous occassions but I've been hesitant to follow through with the procedure because I think to myself, "I'm only 24, this shouldn't be happening to my body, if I want to have more kids I should be able too; not that it's in the immediate plan." If I were to get the hysterectomy I would also lose that sense of control, which I love so much, causing a whole other world of stress related problems.
I hate that I can't control unforseen situations and I really go crazy when I can't control my own environment.
In conclusion, in order to stay happy and healthy, to help us all with this constant struggle, we need to set aside some real "ME" time and don't foget about (enter your name here). I'm mostly stressed because of the million activities I have to do for someone else in a day, including caring for my husband and children (which I love dearly), but there is little to no return. When the "ME" time has returned, I feel rejuvinated and able to conquer the next stressful task; even if that is calming dealing with the in-laws.
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