Itching - Symptoms Of Stress, Part 5

This is Part 5 of 9 Part Series - Itching & Rashes

For a long time in my life, I never fully realized how much stress, emotions and trauma played into rashes and itching. I have known others who have gone through these things but never fully understood them until I experienced them first hand. According to this health.yahoo.com article, the adverse effects of stress are thought to cause the immune system to release histamine which causes the itchy bumps. In the article, it suggests that deep breathing will help but for those who suffer through severe itching and rashes, there is much more to alleviating this than deep breathing.

If you want to read more about what I went through on itching, please read my blog entry on Sleeping With Night Sweats And Fears or Itchy Skin And Oatmeal Baths .

The one thing I did learn was that taking medications/ointments and putting cream on the itches may have had a slight effect of helping but my body soon became accustomed to these things and then they stopped working. I tried many things and little would work. For me, the oatmeal baths were about the only thing that brought some relief but outside of that, it was a struggle until I did some serious trauma release with Dr. Paul Canali of Evolutionary Healing Institute.



Symptoms Of Stress: (9 Part Series)
Part 1. Tweaked and Tense Muscles
Part 2. Eye Twitching
Part 3. Ragged Cuticles
Part 4. Cavities
Part 5. Rashes & Itching
Part 6. Nausea
Part 7. Sleep
Part 8. Forgetfulness
Part 9. Confusion



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Cavities - Symptoms Of Stress, Part 4

This is Part 4 of 9 Part Series - Cavities

If you don’t take care of those teeth, than by all means you will have to deal with cavities. However, did you know that stress can be a major cause of cavities, according to an article in health.yahoo.com . This is something that is very near and dear to my heart.

Early on as a child, I never had a cavity and then later on in life after some triggers that I experienced, brushing my teeth became extremely difficult. So difficult that I stopped doing it and of course years later, I paid horribly for it. To this day, it is a haunting reminder of what stress and trauma can do to the body.

Teeth grinding and TMJ can also be caused by nervousness or stress and trauma. Often people who struggle with teeth grinding don’t even realize they are doing it until they experience pains in their face and mouth. Many times, the teeth grinding takes place at night and can be very painful and horrifying experiences for the people that suffer through it.

Again, take note of your body and listen to it. By paying attention to our body and opening ourselves up to listen, we can gain a vast amount of knowledge and information. Relaxation of all kinds will help in TMJ and teeth grinding but going in and discharging the energy that is stored within the body is essential to recovering from these conditions.

Consider that the more stress you apply to the body, the more basic biological functions are altered. If you take a balloon and fill it with water, notice the shape. Then apply pressure to parts of the balloon and see the effects that it has on it. It could be much more subtle as just shifting the weight of the water filled balloon around and noticing the changes. Much like our body systems, the more stress you apply, the more you change and alter the body. After altering the body for a period of time, the various systems within us may begin to operate differently than they were meant to be. Cavities are one such example of this.


Symptoms Of Stress: (9 Part Series)
Part 1. Tweaked and Tense Muscles
Part 2. Eye Twitching
Part 3. Ragged Cuticles
Part 4. Cavities
Part 5. Rashes & Itching
Part 6. Nausea
Part 7. Sleep
Part 8. Forgetfulness
Part 9. Confusion



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Ragged Cuticles - Symptoms Of Stress, Part 3

This is Part 3 of 9 Part Series - Ragged Cuticles

I’ve got to admit that when I read this on health.yahoo.com , I had never considered ragged cuticles as a symptom of stress. However, reading that nervous habits of nail biting as being channels of our stress, it makes sense. We all have nervous habits. People do all kinds of things in a day that just about bug the daylights out of others. Often times, the people doing these things don’t even realize they are doing them and people around them are afraid to bring it up for fear of angering these people. It sometimes is not an easy condition if you are easily annoyed by nervous habits of others. Here’s an interesting web page about the nervous habits that people have. www.surveycentral.org/survey/9990.html

Nervous habits can be defined as a constantly repeated gesture, mannerism or body motion which is either unconscious or compulsive. In “Measurement Of Nervous Habits” by Willard C. Olson, there are many nervous habits. These include nail biting, shrugging the shoulders, raising eyebrows, biting lips, nodding, shaking your head, clenching fists, scratching, yawning, swallowing, clearing your throat, hiccuping, coughing and sighing. Willard Olson al found that nervous habits are aggravated by poor general health, inadequate nutrition, emotional tantrums, nervous fatigue, stress and too much exercise.

If our nervous system is overloaded, than the excess energy has to find somewhere to go. Unless we find a way to discharge that energy, it will show up in various ways with our body. Of course recognizing that you have nervous habits is a good first step but then when you see the nervous habit show up, try to connect that to what is going on in your life. Most likely you will find something happening in your life that is major and is a connection to this. When you look for that and connect the two things together, you will find relief and a greater awareness of yourself.


Symptoms Of Stress: (9 Part Series)
Part 1. Tweaked and Tense Muscles
Part 2. Eye Twitching
Part 3. Ragged Cuticles
Part 4. Cavities
Part 5. Rashes & Itching
Part 6. Nausea
Part 7. Sleep
Part 8. Forgetfulness
Part 9. Confusion



*For more articles, check out the Mind Body Thoughts Blog