Stress Lecture
Updated November 13, 2023
Intro
Background
Conventional vs Holistic Medicine
What is Stress? Its Characteristics?
What Causes Stress?
How Is Stress Treated Conventionally?
What Are the Alternative Treatments?
Next steps-Resources
Stress Levels
Definitions
Mind, body and spirit
Pain and Suffering
Emotions vs Feelings vs Affect vs Mood
Anxiety–nervous, worrysome, obsessive, stressed, tense
Depression–hopeless/helpless, sadness
Situational vs Disorder
Panic
Psychosis: Delusions, Hallucinations
Types of Anxiety: Generalized, Social, PTSD, Phobias, Other
Related Conditions: Anhedonia, OCD, ODD
Physiology
Fight, Flight, Freeze
Adrenal Glands
Autonomic Nervous System
Adrenal Glands
Autonomic Nervous System
Causes
Genetic
Traumatic
Biochemical/Metabolic–Food, Deficiencies and Toxicities
Secondary
Evaluation
Physician
Psychologist
Social Worker
Counselor
Spiritual Leaders
 Therapists
Testing, Scales
Adrenal Phases
Adrenal Phases
Conventional Treatment
Psychotherapies: Talk Therapies
Cognitive-Behavioral
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reeducation (Shapiro)
Other
Medications
SSRIs Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Prozac, Lexapro, Zoloft…
Benzodiazepams (Valium and family)
Hormones
Other
Alternative Testing
Metabolic Testing: Vitamins, Minerals, Aminos, Hormones, Inflammatory Markers
Gut-Brain, Leaky-Gut
Vagus Nerve and the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Alternative Treatments: Non-chemical
Education: Information is power
Sleep : quality, quantity, blue light,
Breath & Mouth Taping: Nestor book **
Yoga
Heartrate
Neural
Oura Ring, other.
Alternative Treatments: Metabolic
Core Nutrients: Food, Air, Water, Sun, Sleep, Movement, Connection
Food = sun, air, water and soil
Running a car at 70 mph vs 50 mph: more gas, more exhaust
Omega-3’s
B’s
Minerals including Iodine and Lithium
Aminos
Gut: Probiotics, Acids, Enzymes
Hormone Balancing: Adrenals, Sex, Thyroid, other
Alkalinization
Detoxification
Alternative Treatments: Psycho-Spiritual
Gratitude
Purpose
Serving Others
Take Home Summary Points
- Sleep as well as possible, no EMFs, no blue light, tape mouth
- Gratitude, purpose, services are healthy emotional states
- Eat well, take “core” supplements
- Get measured if issues persist or you seek more
- Yoga, nature, music, connection
- cohlife.org/stress **
- cohlife.org/stress-management **
- Register for more info at cohlife.org/register **
Next Steps
cohlife.org/stress-management **
Register for more info at cohlife.org/register **
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