Some stress is necessary for life, chronic stress is debilitating to life. Stress increases internal inflammation via IL-6 which leads to increased risk for cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, cancer, suppressed immune system (chronic infections), and autoimmune disease. High chronic stress leads to elevated cortisol which can lead to decreased thyroid function, accumulation of abdominal fat, prolonged healing time, reduced ability to respond to an infection, impaired cognition, and other symptoms.
Sleep has been a far too overlooked health attribute in our society. Sleep deprivation is a common cause of depression and anxiety, increased pain, decreased ability to perform daily duties, decreased work productivity, and reduced quality of life in general. Sleep must become adequate and quality for the body to have time to heal and clean up cellular debris. Apnea should be ruled out and many sleep stealing habits should be assessed to assure that you are utilizing this valuable time to heal your body.
When tough times bring you down, your ability to cope in a positive way is known as resilience. An essential skill for healthy development in childhood, resilience is critical to wellbeing throughout our lifetime. The overriding question is this: as adults can we increase our capacity for resilience in order to lead more fulfilling lives?
Adults and children alike are spending more time awake late at night to study, work, or have fun. All those late nights may be slowly killing us. More than 20 years of research shows us that sleep is vitally important to physical and mental health.
Nearly 4.3 million U.S. adults think so. That’s how many engage in ‘mindful practices.’
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