Chronic stress can be fatal – no question there. But what is less understood is how it can contribute to your demise, or what role it plays in dysfunction of the heart.

For years, people have attributed heart disease (and subsequent failure) to consumption of too many fats, when there is actually much more at play.

Fat is merely one part of the complete picture, with stress actually having a much more prominent role in development of heart failure.

However, unlike diet, which takes years for its toll on the heart to be revealed, you may be surprised with the speed that stress can cause an otherwise normal heart and circulatory system to deteriorate. Continue reading →

Many people do not consider the serious repercussions of suffering from long-term stress, as the acute stress response is what most people are accustomed to. This acute response could be elicited from something as simple as rushing to catch the train for your morning commute, or completing a work assignment during the last hour of the day.

Chronic stress is an entirely different beast. If you’ve ever seen someone change after being bombarded with a heavy stress burden, then you have observed the negative changes that may have happened to the brain.

Chronic stress affects almost every part of the body, inside and out and the brain is certainly one of the parts that suffers numerous serious consequences.

The following are some of the manifestations of chronic stress inside the brain; these are serious consequences making it more important than ever to get your stress under control today! Continue reading →