Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Endocrine System, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Allostatic Load
27 Aug 2018
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Depend on mind for everything, don"t take care of mind, thus results in stress. Distraction = miss out on important things around us. Meditation - prevention in nature instead of you do it when stressed. Harvard study: on average our mind is lost in thought almost 47% of time. Meditation is about controlling the mind -myth, more about stepping back, viewing emotions with relaxed focused mind. What mediation gives: to step back, get a diff. perspective and change the way we experience it. Emergency state only meant to be active for a little while. Exercise, get in control, plan of action, talk to someone, socializes, laugh, nature, distract yourself. Situations that trigger physical and emotional reactions = stressor. Stress - the general physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response. Positive and negative stress (physiologically same reactions) The primary determinant of the health consequences of stress is how the individual responds to the stress.
