Have you ever gotten so stressed out that when people tell you to relax it makes you angry? You know that feeling of barely keeping your head above water? Constantly trying to keep up or catch up? And then you get an article in your inbox that says Relax! You’ll Be More Productive! Or another one that says chronic stress leads to diabetes. Great!
We know that the body’s normal response to stress is to raise the blood glucose. It does this by sending out hormones that help the liver release glucose into the blood stream. Yet this is the last thing we need, since we are probably going to overeat in response to all the stress anyway!
There are many ways to relax and get some stress relief each day. The thing is, you have to decide what works for you. Knowing what pushes your buttons (like having someone tell you to relax) and then figuring out how to handle it may help a lot. I’ve been away for the last week, so I have to go deal with re-entry now. That’s relaxing – not!