Recognize The Long Term Effects of Chronic Stress!

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Hello stellar busy working moms!

I wanted to share a story with you today about one of my patients. She’s a 35 year old mom of two, she works full-time and her husband does as well, and she is so chronically stressed. 

I notice her stress right away but she can’t even identify it because she’s so used to always being on the go, not feeling very good, so it doesn’t register with her that her stress is off the charts. 

The main symptoms that she comes to me with are:

  • Irritability

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

Those are known effects of chronic stress. Physiologically, your body changes. 

To learn more, watch this short video - https://youtu.be/KMJt5iYLoHY

I wanted to show her the impact of this so we did a cortisol test, which involves testing it 4 times throughout the day. Needless to say, her levels were off the charts the whole day. It was so enlightening for her that she bursted into tears. She couldn’t believe that this was related to stress. 

Sometimes it takes seeing those numbers to really see the impact it’s having on your body. 

I just wanted to acknowledge all the amazing moms, partners, and families out there who are trying to make everything work. There’s a lot going on in our lives. You start to feel at the mercy of your moods day in and day out. Some even begin to feel chronically anxious about everything going on, even if there’s nothing bad happening. 

This story has mirrored so many patients of mine and in my life as well. 

So I wanted to talk to you about what can happen to your body long-term under that level of chronic stress. 

Here’s some of the things:

  • Deep depression

  • Chronic fatigue

  • Chronic joint pain

  • Cardiovascular disease

  • Stroke

  • Heart attack

  • Insulin resistance

  • Diabetes

  • Thyroid dysregulation

If you don’t address chronic stress or don’t know how to address these issues early on, it can lead to some really serious consequences. 

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