Stress Beyond 50: Tools & Wisdom for a Healthier, Longer Life, Paperback/Joan Vernikos Phd

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Description How many of you have ever been on a Roller Coaster? Did you love it? Was it Fun? or were you terrified? One person's stress is another one's fun. Were you on a Roller Coaster in the last year? Stress at one point of your life may be fun, and fear at another. What has changed? Not the Roller Coaster There is no such thing as Good Stress or Bad Stress. Stress is life's stimulus. It gives you your sense of fun and excitement. It's the juice that helps an actor or an athlete step on a stage or a track and perform better. It could also be a signal that your survival is in danger. You might be filled with fear, freeze in terror, try to escape and run away from the wild animal chasing you, from your teacher or boss who is chastising you. Or you may take a stand, attack, fight for your survival, whether the threat is physical or psychological. Does the stress fill you with anxiety or stimulate you to achieve or do superhuman things? For instance, to move your car after an accident, something you normally could not do. Too much or too little of anything could be stressful. Too hot or cold, starvation or overindulgence, lack of sleep, joy, sadness, worry are stimuli; all are stressful. Did you know that every time you stand up, you normally are not aware of it as stress because the response is so slight and you are used to it. But if you have let your health slip, you may feel faint and even pass out when you stand up. Learning how to keep stress manageable is the foundation of good health. The secret to good stress management is keeping stress within limits. This begins with Perception. Is it fun, is it familiar, have you experienced it before and handled it well or does it seem like a threat that triggers fear?So, what is different after 50? Both the stresses and you are different. You have 50 years of experiences and habits, good and bad, behind you. That and how you handled them forms your data base, against which every novel experience is compared. The stresse