The Vedic World View

All of us are familiar with the feeling of being stressed, or the results of accumulating stress in the body, but, how many of us actually know the mechanics of this process?We know we can feel frustrated, annoyed, angry, fearful, sad, anxious, and so on, but where do these feelings come from, and why do we all react differently to them?Thom takes a deep dive into the subject today, looking at the mechanics of stress, how we feel it, where it goes, what happens when we have too much of it, and, most importantly, what we can do to remove it.Episode Highlights:[00:45] The Nature of Stress[02:39] Adaptation Energy[05:33] Depeleting the Adaptation Energy Account[07:34] Stress Response: Fight or Flight[10:08] Effects of Stress on Skin[11:48] Hydration and Stress[13:20] Digestive System and Stress Effects[14:43] Tunnel Vision[16:23] Dramatic Reactions[17:30] The Memory of Stress Reactions[19:55] Universality of Stress Reactivity[21:39] Accumulation of Stress Memories[23:24] Stored Stress and Faded Memories[24:51] T