Just a thought by coppi

According to a national organization dedicated to the study and aid of mental health, holiday stress is a widespread occurrence that plagues more of the population every year, for more time each year. “Americans are stressed during the holidays, we’ve long known this,” said David Shern, president of Mental Health America. “However, on January 2, when a person may expect the stress let up, they instead find themselves feeling down, physically ill, or anxious. This is because stress takes a serious toll on a person’s overall health—both physical and mental.”And the phenomenon is hardly unique to America. (Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.)

Standish, my deceased husband and who was a surgeon, used to tell me that stress and emotions can affect your physical health.  I totally agree.  I remember in the distressful times in my life, somehow someway my health suffered.  But I was struggling to survive the tsunami that hit my life, I did not have time to be sick.  I usually have very low blood pressure, but during those times my blood pressure was off the charts.  I was put on blood pressure medicine to lower it.  Migraines, I never suffered with them either, but they too showed up.  Issues I never suffered with happened, because I was so strewn out with stress and emotions.  It was not a good time in my life, and I hope never to encounter again.  The lesson I learned was I had to depend on prayer, scriptures, and Jesus.  He guided my life through the storm.  He put good people in my life to help me, and after all the darkness, a glimmer of hope and light broke through and I was able to see the sun.  I try and remove myself from anything that will cause me stress and emotional havoc by making good choices, but I also know I cannot avoid living and things happen but I try and not live under the circumstances.