It is important to know that holding hard emotions without acknowledgement and without validation come at a cost; the cost is developing a pattern of difficult behaviours and risk factors for mental illness due to
accumulating stress levels in the body.
Darkest Dungeon's brutally hard difficulty coupled with an always
accumulating Stress level routinely forced players out of their comfort zone with an established party and experiment with unconventional tactics.
Not exact matches
However, it's highly likely that if you experience
stress levels above five, you have some other stressors that are weighing on your shoulders, or your neck, or whatever part of your body seems to physically manifest the
accumulated stress.
Sometimes you may not notice
stress levels accumulating within you.
Like many patients, Jennifer's super-hectic work schedule meant she neglected self - care, so
stress levels quickly
accumulated.
Each time we sit, we are literally inviting our cells to release long - held maladaptive
stress reactions that we've
accumulated over time, leaving us more clear, bright,
level - headed, and adaptable.
Through breaking down food, defending the body from infections, and recovering from
stress and exercise, the body
accumulates a number of chemicals that, if left unregulated, could build up to toxic
levels and cause serious harm to the body.
When consistent
stress induced inflammation and unrelenting stressors burden your detoxification response, your body's toxicity
levels will inevitably rise as reactive metabolites
accumulate.
The hormone cortisol is released during
stress, and it seems that high
levels of cortisol in the body tend to encourage central fat to
accumulate.
As research continues to
accumulate on genetics, what have become undeniably clear is that most chronic disease is preventable and greatly influenced by your lifestyle, including your nutritional status, sleep quality, exercise habits,
stress levels, chemical and toxin exposure and attitude towards your life.