The power of rest and relaxation in health optimization
In this punishing and demanding world, rest is often neglected. We go on with our day-to-day activities on autopilot mode. We seem invincible until we have exhausted our minds and body to the point of getting sick. We don’t get ill overnight. Chronic illnesses are developed for a period of time. We may be asymptomatic initially then progress to a full-blown debilitating, and sometimes, fatal condition like a heart attack.
The body has two types of responses through the nervous system. The first one is the sympathetic nervous system, the fight-or-flight response. This is activated when we are physically active, under stress, or in danger. The fight-or-flight response cannot always be activated, otherwise that would mean we are chronically under stress. It should be given time to shut down. This is a natural response by the parasympathetic nervous system or the rest and digest mode.
People may turn to unhealthy food, social media, television or multi-media, alcohol, smoking, illegal substances, and other unhealthy ways to counteract stress. Instead of restoring health, they are further damaging their overall health. To make matters worse, this does not only affect the individual but the people around them too.
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