If you suffered from ongoing stress and anxiety what would you look for as a solution? Would you look for drugs or would you look for a more natural stress relief alternative? It might surprise you that natural remedies are becoming more and more popular.
There is no one who finds their teenage years a stress free or easy time. Adolescent stress is common and can be linked to any number of different factors. There are the hormonal shifts which mark puberty, learning to deal with their developing minds, bodies and emotions and the pressure associated with realizing that they are growing up and starting to make choices about their lives. All of these things can cause an adolescent stress and anxiety.
Stress just seems to be part of our lives like eating and breathing. There are more demands placed on us over shorter time periods than perhaps ever in the history of mankind. In the days of old, stress was usually from physical danger. If you were a pioneer for example, then the seeing of indians would definitely cause stress as the pioneer surely feared physical harm. This type of stress is called the flight or fight reaction. However, in modern times most of our stress is mental and not physical. Yet our bodies have the same reaction to mental stress as they do to physical stress.
Have you noticed that people in general these days are more anxious and have to contend with ever increasing levels of stress and anxiety in their lives. And while there are many conventional treatment options for someone suffering with anxiety, there are also a number of very effective techniques and methods you can implement yourself that will make a big difference in your ability to cope with the anxiety in your life.
The Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety was founded by Lucinda Bassett, who shares the story of her 20-year battle with anxiety and depression through the Center as a way of helping others who suffer from stress and anxiety.
Lucinda Bassett’s Story
Lucinda Bassett’s story is well known, but it bears reporting here since the Midwest Center [...]
