Managing stress is being mindful…
February 4
Normal stress is our alert state that keeps us focused and conscious. It’s ideal to be in the state of mind. However, has our mind and body’s response to toxic thinking—normal stress gone wrong? Even a little bit of these negative levels of stress from a little bit of toxic thinking has far-reaching consequences for mental and physical health.
The dictionary defines stress as “a condition typically characterized by symptoms of mental and physical tension or strain, as depression or hypertension that can result from a reaction to a situation in which a person feels threatened, pressured, etc.” Synonyms for stress include anxiety, nervousness, fearfulness, apprehensiveness, impatience, fear, tenseness, and restlessness.
Here are just a few statistics confirming that 75 to 98 percent of mental and physical illness comes from one’s thought life:
- A study by the American Medical Association found that stress is a factor in 75 percent of all illnesses and diseases that people suffer from today.
- The association between stress and disease is 85 percent.
- The International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organization have concluded that 80 percent of cancers are due to lifestyle and not genetics, and this is a conservative number.
- According to Dr. Bruce Lipton, the vast majority of the world’s population comes into this world with genes that should enable them to live happy and healthy lives. Lipton says a staggering 98 percent of diseases are related to lifestyle choices—in other words, our thinking.
- According to Dr. H. F. Nijhout, genes control biology and not the other way around.
- According to W. C. Willett, only 5 percent of cancer and cardiovascular patients can attribute their disease to hereditary factors.
- The American Institute of Health estimates that 75–90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems. Some of the latest negative stress statistics causing illness as a result of toxic thinking are eye-opening.
The main point of this article is that mind controls matter. If we get this right, we have enormous potential to reach peak health. Therefore, stop and ask yourself: What state of stress level am I?