The Mood Cure: Take Charge of Your Emotions in 24 Hours Using Food and Supplements. Julia Ross

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Food or respiratory allergies

      

Recurrent, chronic infections, such as yeast infections

      

Lightheadedness

      

Low tolerance for alcohol, caffeine, and other drugs

      

Fainting

      

Tendency to get upset or frustrated easily, quick to cry

      

Tendency to get a second wind at night

      

Low blood pressure

      

Haven’t felt your best in a long time

      

Eyes sensitive to bright light

      

Feeling of being weak and shaky

      

Fatigue and muscular weakness

      

Sweating or wetness of hands and feet caused by nervousness or mood swings

      

Ability, sometimes, to relieve depression and moodiness by eating

      

Frequent heart palpitations

      

Chronic heartburn

      

Vague indigestion or abdominal pain

      

Infrequent urination

      

Sweet cravings

      

Lack of thirst

      

Clenching and/or grinding of teeth, especially at night

      

Chronic pain in the lower neck and upper back

      

Inability to concentrate and/or confusion, usually along with clumsiness

      

An unusually small jawbone or chin; lower teeth crowded, unequal in length, or misaligned

      

A chronic breathing disorder, particularly asthma

      

An excessively low cholesterol level (below 150 mg/dl)

      

Bouts of severe infection

      DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE PRE-BURNOUT?

      Before we get into stress-liberation strategies, I’d like you to pause for a moment and try to recall the time before you started having these symptoms, when you could really handle, or even enjoy, stress. Do you remember when you could still face deadlines, confrontations, and long commutes with gusto and a sense of humor? Do you remember when you used to see difficulty as an exciting challenge: all-nighters in college, running marathons, your first job, your first diet? Do you remember making jokes about setbacks instead of becoming short-tempered and edgy? When was the last time your neck and shoulders didn’t feel tight and achy? When was the last time you regularly enjoyed an hour of peaceful daydreaming, a warm fire with no TV on, a whole weekend of lounging around with your family or friends, or a quiet stroll through the neighborhood at twilight?

      This is an important exercise because it can help you gauge how long you’ve been burning out and give you a concrete sense of your goal: How you’ll experience life when the feeling of being overwhelmed is a rare, instead of a constant, sensation. How I hope you’ll soon feel after you’ve followed the recommendation that I’m going to make later in the chapter about how to use effective nutritional peacemakers. But first, let’s look into the root causes of your adrenal burnout.

      GETTING CLEAR ABOUT YOUR STRESS-COPING CAPACITY OR LACK OF IT

      It’s easy for stress overload to creep up on us. Our society rewards the busy, high-flying multitasker. We can get so caught up in the challenges of juggling all the complex demands in our lives that we don’t recognize the very real risk of burnout. Looking at all the factors that are affecting your personal stress-coping capacity will help you identify exactly what you’ll need to change in order to meet life’s challenges with eagerness and strength once again.

      How Much Genetic Fortitude Got Passed On to You?

      We’re all built to handle stress, but each of us has a unique, partly inborn stress-coping capacity. Some of us are born with a fragile sensitivity to stress and wear out early in life. Others can muscle through quite a bit of adversity before they wear thin. Then there are those remarkable people who really seem to thrive on constant challenge and action, powerhouses of energy and stamina into old age.

      To get a better idea of what kind of person you were born to become, consider your parents and other close relatives. How have they handled stress? Have they needed tobacco, alcohol, or chocolate to cope with it? Have they gotten weepy, testy, or even explosive under fire? Our clients often describe parents or grandparents who couldn’t tolerate stress without a drink or a scapegoat.

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