What Causes Your Stress? Understanding Stress Management

Endtime Madness: A Condition To Be ‘Reckoned’ With

 

'How do you spell S T R E S S? How we deal with this little reality of life in 2012 and beyond will dictate, to a great extent, how far we stay away from even a hint of Endtime Madness. For those completely uninitiated in this type of discussion, please be aware that even the best of us can be caught unaware when we least expect it even after we have shined the light of awareness on it.

Please do be aware that we are using this label of “Endtime Madness” a little more loosely than usual in order to sensitize every reader to a dynamic which is occurring under the radar more and more every single day. Is it a bit melodramatic? Perhaps for those who live in a cocoon. 

 Does it have a definite set of symptoms and possible causes which might be listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)? Well, “NO”, not quite yet … and it may never make it to that level of acceptance or scrutiny for reasons that are best described in the following essay:'

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Holy Basil: My Number One, Ace-in-The-Hand Herb

'Holy basil, because of its adaptogenic properties, works to bring the body back to a proper balance – but what I’ve found is that it works extremely well with people who are experiencing stress and poor adrenal function.

Anyone who takes stimulants, stresses out, or is a high anxiety type, runs the risk of burning out the adrenals to the point where they don’t produce enough pre-hormones to help regulate the body.
For those of you who don’t know, the adrenals sit on top of your kidneys and are small glands that secrete hormones like cortisol (fight or flight) and pregnenolone (a pre-hormone that assists in the formation of others). The adrenals of course produce other hormones as well, but I want to focus on these two.'

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