Modern Stressors

Modern Stressors and Complicating Health Factors

Adrenal Fatigue:  

New situations and problems to solve can be exhilarating.  Without proper down time and recuperation, what was fun becomes overwhelming and you can become less and less efficient.   Adrenal fatigue symptoms:

  • Fatigue, exhaustion, chronic overwhelm
  • Brain fog
  • Anxiety, irritability and depression
  • Low sex drive
  • Hormonal imbalances
  • Perfectionism, feeling you’re never doing enough
  • Being in constant overdrive, unable to stop and relax
  • Digestive issues
  • Insulin resistance/diabetes

Anxiety/Panic attacks:  

Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, people with anxiety disorders frequently have intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. Sometimes they escalate into full blown panic attacks

  • Feeling nervousness, restlessness or tension
  • a sense of impending danger, panic or doom
  • increased heart rate
  • Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation)
  • Sweating
  • Trembling
  • Feeling weak or tired
  • Trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present worry
  • trouble sleeping
  • gastrointestinal (GI) problems
  • Having the urge to avoid things that trigger anxiety

Coping mechanisms:

We are wired to handle and even thrive with short term stress.  In prolonged situations, however, it’s common to resort to short term solutions…which can erode our success. When we’re under acute stress, it’s hard to think of relaxing.  Learning new coping mechanism to balance your brain, your emotions, your breathing, nutrition, etc are part of the Acceleration Program and are essential if you want to sustain high performance living.

Common Coping Mechanisms include:

  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Porn
  • Avoidance issues in close relationships.

Concussions/TBIs:

Lots of very successful people  pushed their limits in sports, and learned a lot in the process.  However,  unresolved Injuries from  high school and college concussions can erode the brains ability to process information and emotions:   Concussions related issues that can affect performance:

  • Anger outbursts
  • Depression
  • Brain fog
  • Memory issue
  • Sustained attention/lack of focus
  • Sleep issues
  • Loss of motivation and drive

Dyslexia and ADHD:  

70% of entrepreneurs are ADHD and 35 % are self-proclaimed dyslexic.  50% of the time, if you have one diagnosis, you have both.  “Some of the most brilliant people I know, says Dr. Books, are dyslexic and ADHD. And they are going to change the world….if they don’t collapse first.” Dr. Books has trademarked her revolutionary methods for improving dyslexia and ADHD.   Clues that dyslexia can be causing roadblocks or delays in your efficiency:

May hide reading problems or have others do their reading

  • May ask others to help with spelling
  • Avoids writing and reading
  • Often have great “people skills”
  • May be great at spatial relationships and seeing solutions “Outside the box”
  • Unless wildly successful, often working at a “lesser” job because the reading/following instruction isssues interfere with job performance
  • Sense that something is “off” but not sure what or where
  • Takes a lot of effort to look like everyone else
  • Energy levels inconsistent
  • Occasional glimpses of a healthier, happier, more productive you waiting to come forth
  • Taking the “easy” track in school or in life even though you know you are capable of more
  • Fit some of the symptoms of various learning/behavior/neurological or performance profiles…but not enough to be sure.
  • Hard to develop ideas in written work

Dyslexia Symptoms in Your Past? Children younger than five years old:

  • Developmental delays such as walking or talking late, or difficulty with fine motor skills. May be clumsy, even in familiar surroundings.
  • Reluctance when speaking, or perhaps continuing baby talk longer than age two or three.
  • Trouble telling a story familiar to him or her, often looking to an adult for help in finding the right word.
  • Slow to pick up new concepts or ideas, such as learning numbers or colors.
  • Confusion or difficulty recalling something he or she has just learned.

Children in elementary school:

  • Difficulty remember simple sequencing, as days of the week, counting to 20
  • Difficulty understanding rhyming words
  • Difficulty clapping hands to beat of music
  • Difficulty making and keeping friends
  • Difficulty sitting still
  • Difficulty understanding right-left, up-down, front-back?
  • Difficulty remembering spoken instructions
  • Difficulty with sounding out words
  • Children in junior high and high school:
  • Hard to stay on topic and getting to the point
  • Difficulty understanding instruction/directions
  • Reading aloud without substituting/skipping over words
  • Doesn’t read for pleasure
  • Hard to prepare an outline for written work
  • Hard to develop ideas in written work
  • Chronic boredom
  • Chronic lateness and forgetfulness
  • Difficulty concentrating when reading
  • Difficulty controlling anger
  • Employment problems
  • Impulsiveness
  • Low frustration tolerance
  • Low self-esteem
  • Poor organization skills
  • Procrastination
  • Peer/Relationship issues

ADHD SYMPTOMS ADHD in Adults

  • Chronic boredom
  • Chronic lateness and forgetfulness
  • Difficulty concentrating when reading
  • Difficulty controlling anger
  • Employment problems
  • Impulsiveness
  • Low frustration tolerance
  • Low self-esteem
  • Poor organization skills
  • Procrastination
  • Relationship issues

ADHD in children younger than five years old:

  • ADHD can be diagnosed by the age of four
  • Harder to sit still than other children the same age
  • Blurt out answers
  • Hard to settle down for naps, meal times, bedtime
  • On the go all the time

ADHD in children in elementary school

  • Are in constant motion
  • Daydream a lot
  • Squirm and fidget
  • Talk excessively
  • Easily distracted
  • Don’t finish tasks at home
  • Forget to turn in homework
  • Lose homework
  • Trouble playing quietly

ADHD in junior high and high school

  • Easily distracted
  • Irritability
  • Poor concentration
  • Forget to do or turn in assignments
  • Easily bored in class
  • Rush through assignments
  • Tough to sit still
  • Daydream or tune out a lot
  • Hard to stay motivated unless immediate rewards
  • Report card reflect poor focus, lack of effort or underachievement
  • Teens with ADHD are twice as likely to have car accidents than non-ADHD teens
  • Teens with ADHD are twice as likely to have abused alochol and three times as likely to abuse drugs other an marijuana than non ADHD teens (from Web MD)

No “official” diagnosis

  • Sense that something is “off” but not sure what or where
  • Takes a lot of effort to look like everyone else
  • Energy levels inconsistent
  • Occasional glimpses of a healthier, happier, more productive you waiting to come forth
  • Taking the “easy” track in school or in life even though you know you are capable of more
  • Fit some of the symptoms of various learning/behavior/neurological or performance profiles…but not enough to be sure.

 

Multiple Health Challenges:

Sometimes several serious issues compete for your time and attention..such as business, family, and health.

Examples of concurrent health issues which can affect your productivity:

  • Lyme, Epstein Barr, or Mold
  • Cancers
  • Kidney and Liver issues,
  • Long Haul Covid
  • OCD, can slow progress and render you practically non-functional.

It’s easy to become overwhelmed when you’ve been playing full out and don’t know where to turn or even how to assess what’s real. After all, you’re an expert in your field.  But that doesn’t make you an expert when it comes to healing you. It’s hard to think straight when your brain isn’t working right.  

 

Stress: How Stress Affects Your Productivity:  

Hormones released during stress can make your brain more alert, causes your muscles to tense and increase your pulse. In the short term, these reactions are helpful.  When you have chronic stress, your body stays alert, even when there is no imminent danger..  

Stress puts you at risk for health problems, including:

  • Anxiety and/or depression
  • Racing pulse/ heart issues/panic attacks
  • Diabetes
  • Gut issues
  • Sleep issues
  • Concussions/physical injuries

Signs of too much stress:

  • Diarrhea or constipation
  • Forgetfulness
  • Frequent aches and pains
  • Headaches
  • Lack of energy or focus
  • Sexual problems
  • Stiff jaw or neck
  • Tiredness (inability to recharge)
  • Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
  • Upset stomach
  • Use of alcohol or drugs to relax
  • Panic attacks

Statistics remind us  that 70-90 % of diseases are stress related.  So keeping your brain and body clean and clear are essential if you want to soar instead of crash. Especially in our Acceleration programs, Dr Books will work with you to keep your stresses down and your productivity up.

One of the strengths of Dr. Books’ program is regulating brain issues. Finding the root cause of the reasons behind the anxiety is one of her specialties. 

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