ARE YOU A VICTIM OF ANOTHER SOURCE OF DIABETES?

CAN IT BE THAT EVERYONE HAS STRESS?

WHEN I STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT, I COULD SEE THE NEW BORN BABY HOWLING. MAYE IT WAS WARM INSIDE, AND EVEN IF IT WAS DARK INSIDE, IT WAS COMFORTABLE.   NOW ON THE OUTSIDE, WHAT WAS THAT BRIGHT LIGHT?  IT FREIGHTENS ME, AND HURTS MY EYES.  ISN’T SOMEONE GOING TO WRAP ME IN WARM  BLANKETS.  WHERE IS THAT THING TO NIBBLE ON?  

THAN THERE IS THAT CRANKITY OLD MAN.  AND IN BETWEEN AGES,THERE IS MY BOSS, MY SPOUSE, AND THOSE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT, TRAFFIC COPS, AND TIRED WAITRESSS.  WHY EVERYONE HAS STRESS!

DOES STRESS AFFECT DIABETES? 

A STRESSFUL EVENT CAUSES US TO BE IRRITATED. THIS RESULTS IN OUR MIND TELLING OUR CELLS TO EMPTYOUT THEIR STORED GLUCOSE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.  OUR MIND UNDERSTOOD THE IRRITANT TO BEING AN ALERT FOR AN EXPECTED ACTION ON OUR PART!!

THE OBJECT IS TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY FOR ACTION TO WHAT THE BRAIN PERCEIVES AS A THREAT.  WITH GLUCOSE IN THE BLOODSTREAM, IT IS AVAILABLE TO GO TO ANY PART OF OUR BODIES TO PERFORM ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTION TO COUNTER THE PERCEIVED THREAT. 

IT COULD BE TO PUNCH OR KICK SOMEONE OR THING, TO RUN AWAY FROM THERE QUICKLY, OR SOME OTHER REACTION.  W ITH THE EXCESS GLUCOSE IN THE BLOODSTREAM, SOME OF IT WILL TRANSFORM INTO FREE RADICALS. 

YES, STRESS CAN CAUSE DIABETES!

I WONDERED IF TIME WAS A FACTOR.  I ASKED MYSELF, IS THE LENGTH OF TIME THE BODY IS IN A THREAT MODE IMPORTANT?

EXCESS GLUCOSE FOR THE BODY HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE BLOODSTREAM, AND IT CONTAINS FREE RADICALLS.  IF WE CONTINUE TO HOLD A FIGHT OR FLEE REACTION, THEN WE ARE PUTTING MORE AND MORE POTENTIAL FREE RADICALS INTO OUR BODY. 

THE BODILY REACTION KNOWN AS FIGHT OR FLEE  WAS IDENTIFIED BY DR. HERBERT BENSON OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MANY YEARS AGO.   I AM USING IT HERE TO SHOW IT’S AFFECT ON DIABETES.         

THERE IS NO INSULIN TO ESCORT THE GLUCOSE BACK INTO THE CELLS, BECAUSE THE GLUCOSE WAS NOT FROM A DIGESTIVE ACTIVITY. 

THE BEST ACTION BY US WOULD BE TO CONDUCT STRESS REDUCTION ACTIVITIES.  IF A YOUNG CHILD SPILLS CHOCOLATE MILK ON A NICE CARPET, THE BEST ACTIVITY IS TO GET THE CLEANING ITEMS, AND SAY, BILLY, IT’S ONLY AN ACCIDENT.

MY FIRST UNDERSTANDING OF STRESS IS THAT A NATURAL BUILT IN PART OF OUR BRAIN CAN CAUSE A REACTION TO A STRESSFUL EVENT THAT WILL PRODUCE SOME DIABETES. THE SECOND UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE CONTROL THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DIABETES BY OUR REACTION TO THE EVENT.   

 I HAD TO THINK HOW BEST TO PROCESS STRESS.  THE WORST CASE WAS TO SEE IT AS A PHYSICAL HAPPENING, AND HOLDING ONTO IT FOR A LENGTHY TIME.    

ROAD RAGE WAS AN INTERESTING EVENT. ONCE, ANOTHER MOTORIST WAS GIVEN ME A HARD TIME. HE PASSED ME GOING FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT, AND THEN CUT IN FRONT OF ME FORCING ME TO PUSH HARD ON MY BRAKES.  I WAS VERY UPSET. 
I HAD STRESS INDUCED INTO ME.  I WANTED TO OVERTAKE THE VEHICLE AND DO THE SAME THING TO HIM. 

AHA! EVEN THOUGH AN INCIDENT WAS OUTSIDE ME, I HAD CONTROL OVER THE IMPACT OF THE STRESSFUL EVENT.  I HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW LONG I LET THE REACTION BE ACTIVE IN ME, AND THEREFORE HOW MUCH DIABETES I WAS GENERATING.      

IF WE IMAGE THE PASSING CAR AS ONE WITH A PREGANT LADY ON THE WAY TO DELIVER A BABY, WE MIGHT SEE THE SITUATION DIFFERENT.  THEREFORE THE TECHNIQUE IS TO TRANSFORM THE EVENT FROM THE MOST INDUCED RAGE IN US, TO A POSSIBILITY OF RATIONALIZING SOMETHING IS OK, OR LESS TROUBLING.

WE SHOULD PRACTICE GETTING RID OF THE NEGATIVE FEELING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. 

COUNT TO TEN. THAT MAY BE GENERATING ABOUT A HUNDRED FREE RADICALS.  NOW THINK OF COUNTTING TO TWENTY.  DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY FIGHTERS IN RESERVE? 

WE NEED TO DEVELOP STRESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES, TO GIVE US AN “INTERNAL SENSE OF COMPOSURE” THAT BECOMES, THROUGH PRACTICE, OUR AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO DISTRESS-CAUSING EVENTS.

WE NEED TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED. WE ALL REALLY DO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE AMOUNT OF STRESS WE TAKE IN FROM TENSION EVENTS.  WE HAVE ALL KNOWN PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE CALM IF A BOMB WENT OFF NEAR THEM, AND ALSO THOSE IN GREAT ANXIETY IF SOMEONE BLEW UP A PAPER BAG, AND CAUSED IT TO EXPLODE. 

WE ALL NEED TO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.  PAUL McCARTNEY, THE BEATLE, LEARNED TO DEAL WITH STRESSFUL EVENTS BROUGHT ON BY HIS STRESSFUL LIFE, WITH THE BREAK UP OF THE BEATLES, AND HIS HARMFUL LIFESTYLE.  AWAKING ONE NIGHT HE SAW HIS DEPARTED MOTHER AND HEARD HER SAY “LET IT BE”.  THE WORDS BECAME A SONG THAT HELPED MANY THOUSANDS AROUND THE WORLD.  ITS TRUE MEANING CAN HELP YOU.
 
YOUR GOAL IS TO KEEP STRESS AT A MINIMUM, SO THAT ONLY A FEW BAD GUYS ARE CREATED IN YOU.  HOPEFULLY, THEN, YOU HAVE MORE FIGHTERS THAN THE FREE RADICALS.  YOU NEED TO DEVELOP COPING TECHNIQUES TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DANGER YOU ARE WILLING TO HAVE FLOATING IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM.

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES, MEDITATION. MASSAGE, HOT TUBS, HUMOR AND MUSIC ARE ALL HELPFUL, AS DISCUSSED IN “WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES”.  IT HELPS TO DEVELOP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE.