As we’ve explored in part 1 of our autonomic nervous system series, our body functions like clockwork with a delicate balance between our parasympathetic nervous system and sympathetic nervous system. So what happens when the balance in the ANS gets disrupted?
Our modern life can be full of stressors such as chasing deadline at work, getting inundated with bills or relationship issues. The stress response from the sympathetic nervous system, in the short term, helps us to overcome our ‘threats’. However, when stress becomes long term, the sympathetic state takes over and struggled to 'switch off', leading to sympathetic dominance.
When our stress response kicks in day after day, it could devastate our health. Some common issues with chronic stress sums up below:
When our stress response kicks in day after day, it could devastate our health. Some common issues with chronic stress sums up below:
As you can see, a wide range of lifestyle diseases such as headache, muscular tension, sleep problem, digestion issues, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease are directly derived from the chronic stress response in our body.
In part 3, we shall explore methods on how we can help our body to restore the normal functionings of our nervous system.
In part 3, we shall explore methods on how we can help our body to restore the normal functionings of our nervous system.
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