STRESS - THE SILENT KILLER
By Judy Callihan Warfield

The World Health Organization calls stress, “A global epidemic”. Stress kills over 1 million people a year in the U.S.
Heart disease and high blood pressure; suppression of the immune system which inhibits the body’s ability to fight cancer and HIV ; deaths from smoking (number 1 reason people smoke is stress); deaths from obesity (number 1 reason people overeat is due to stress). Stress is also a contributing factor in arthritis, herpes, fibromyalgia, insomnia, migraines, chronic pain, infertility and a host of other ailments.

You experience stress from four basic sources:

1. Your environment bombards you with demands to adjust. You must endure weather, noise, traffic, and pollution.
2. Your social stresses, such as deadlines, money worries, relationship problems, loss of loved ones, fear of war and
   terrorism, and normal daily demands on time.
3. Physiological areas such as lack of exercise, sleep, poor eating habits, aging, and illness.
4. The way your own brain generates thoughts will determine if it will be stress producing.

80% of patient visits to their doctors are stress related. Almost 60% of all employee absences from work are related to stress. This epidemic not only increases disease, but financial inflation brought about by increases in medical costs and loss of productive employee work time. It is time to begin handling this epidemic in a more positive and efficient manner!! Disease, global problems, jobs, difficult people may or may not change, but you can change the way you react to them!

Becoming more aware and improving your ability to reframe and change your perspective in stressful situations will give you a renewed sense of empowerment and a feeling of being in control of your life again. Many people have lost the ability to remember what relaxation feels like. Ask yourself when was the last time you were able to just “let go” and/or feel
completely relaxed.

Hypnotherapy is a drug free alternative to change how you relate and respond to stress. Our subconscious mind dictates our behavior and habits and our “knee jerk” response to stress. Your will power, logic, and reasoning are located in your conscious mind and will continue to be over ridden by the power of your subconscious mind unless you start making the changes where the behavior and habits originate.

Hypnotherapy will touch on all areas that produce stress. Motivation to exercise and sleep better will be instilled. Your ability to cope with others, job difficulties, loss of loved ones, relationship problems, and daily demands will be increased. Limiting or destructive thoughts and beliefs will be amended to be more positive. A feeling of hope and optimism for the future will replace those negative thoughts that have now become a habit. I can not emphasize enough the power hypnotherapy has when combined with your doctor’s protocol in battling disease and illness. The ability to reduce stress and feel like you are active in your own recovery greatly increases your body’s ability to focus and respond to your physician’s treatment.

• Reduce Stress
• Feel empowered to control negative thoughts and actions
• Improve sleep patterns
• Improve immune system
• Enjoy life once again

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